Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey Basics in Business Spanish A1 ECTS credits: 3 Teaching hours: (from Monday to Thursdays) Teaching hours: (on Fridays) Office hours: a.m. GENERAL INFORMATION

Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey This course focuses on the basic structures of Spanish and provides a review of basic vocabulary in everyday life. The goal is for the student to be able to manage in some simple everyday and business situations (shops, restaurants, hotels) and to get to know some customs of Spanish-speaking countries. LEARNING OUTCOMES Basics in Business Spanish A1

Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey 1.Grammar book: Collins Easy Learning Spanish: Spanish Grammar and Practice. 2.Text book + exercise book + 4 CDs: Sueños: World Spanish Photocopies. 5.Spanish-English or one’s mother tongue dictionary. CLASS MATERIAL Basics in Business Spanish A1

Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey Unit 0. Welcome to Spanish. Greeting people. Asking someone’s name and giving yours. Spelling. Unit 1. First impressions. Saying where you’re from and where you live. Unit 2. Who is who. Saying what your nationality is. Saying what you do. Meeting the family. Introducing people. Unit 3. My city, Saying what your home town is like. Describing people and places. my neighborhood. Saying what there is in your town. Unit 4. Where is…? Saying where a place is. Asking for things. Talking about places. Asking for and giving directions. Unit 5. At the market. Shopping for groceries. Finding out what things cost. Unit 16. At the restaurant. Offering food in a restaurant. Saying what you eat every day. Describing recipes. UNITS Basics in Business Spanish A1

Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey Unit 0. Welcome to Spanish. Present tense. Interrogative adverbs. Unit 1. First impressions. Reflexive verbs and irregular verb “ser” (to be). Definite article. Asking questions. Indefinite and demonstrative articles. Verb "tener”. Unit 2. Who is who. Nouns and genders. Possessive pronouns. Unit 3. My city, Adjectives. Irregular verbs in simple present. “Hay” (there is/are). Unit 4. Where is…? Imperative. Place prepositions. Unit 5. At the market. “Querer”/”poder”/”necesitar” (to want/can/need) + infinitive. How much? How many? Direct and indirect objects. Unit 16. At the restaurant. Verb “gustar” (to like). “Se” impersonal. Differences between “ser” and “estar” (to be).. GRAMMAR Basics in Business Spanish A1

Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey Unit 0. Welcome to Spanish. Greetings. Unit 1. First impressions. Countries. Nationalities. Languages. Numbers from 0 to 40. Unit 2. Who is who. Occupations. Family. Numbers from 0 to 100. Unit 3. My city, Buildings. Descriptions. Places. Numbers from 100 to Unit 4. Where is…? More buildings. Monuments. Directions. Ordinal numbers. Directions. Numbers from 1000 to billions. Unit 5. At the market. Food. Containers. Measures. Unit 16. At the restaurant. Cooking and eating utensils. Restaurant vocabulary. Appliances and cooking terms. VOCABULARY Basics in Business Spanish A1

Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey EVALUATION TESTS100 %Exam Listening comprehension13 % Last day of the course Reading comprehension13 % Last day of the course Grammar28 % Last day of every week Vocabulary26 % Last day of every week Long homework essays and oral presentations 15% Short homework5% Basics in Business Spanish A1

Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey Basics in Business Spanish A1  100% per homework without any errors.  80% per homework with two main errors.  70% per homework with three main errors.  Less than 60% per homework with more than three main errors. If you do not hand in a piece of homework, 100% will be deducted for that homework. If you have an excused absence on the day when you have to hand in a piece of homework, you should submit it by that day or, if you are sick, the day you join the class again. EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR HOMEWORK

Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey 100%: oral presentation with great research, no grammatical mistakes, and good pronunciation. 80%: oral presentation with great research, two grammatical mistakes, and good pronunciation. 80%: oral presentation with great research, no grammatical mistakes, but small mistakes in pronunciation. 60%: oral presentation with great research, three grammatical mistakes, and good pronunciation. 50%: oral presentation with great research, three grammatical mistakes, and small mistakes in pronunciation. 4%-0%: oral presentation with poor research, more than four grammatical mistakes, and mistakes in pronunciation. If you do not give an assigned oral presentation in due time without an excused justification, 100% will be deducted for the missing oral presentation. Basics in Business Spanish A1 EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey Oral presentations must be done with the help of Power Point slides that you will upload to Moodle the day before your presentation. You should talk between 7 to 10 minutes. Most oral presentations will be given in my office hours. Basics in Business Spanish A1 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey At the end of the course you have to submit all exercises in the exercise book. One percent of the final grade will be taken for every exercise that is not done. Basics in Business Spanish A1 EXERCISE BOOK

Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey Basics in Business Spanish A1 SPEAKING SPANISH: PRACTICE Students must practice oral Spanish with me for at least minutes every week during my office hours, starting from the second week of the course. 1.5% of the final grade for requirement 1 (listening comprehension) will be deducted from your final grade, per every practice you may miss.

Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey Basics in Business Spanish A1 SUMMARIZING At the beginning of the lesson every day three students should summarize the previous lesson in front of the class and present any questions they may have related to grammar, vocabulary or any other issue.

Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey 1)Three unexcused absences from any course will result in being dropped from the course. 2)Five absences (excused and unexcused) will result in being dropped from the course. 3)Absences are excused by approval of staff and the instructor for legitimate reasons only (medical certificates or other critical reasons), per the Permission for Absence Form. 4)An unexcused absence on the first day of the course will result in 5 points (on a 100- point scale) being deducted from the student’s final raw score before converting it to the final grade. 5)A student missing a graded activity due to an: a) excused absence will be given special consideration, eg the chance to make up an exam. b) unexcused absence may not be able to compensate for the missed work, in which case the student will lose the points for that activity. Students not able to attend class on a day with a graded activity should make every effort to inform the instructor ahead of time, regardless of the reason. 6)A student getting to class after the doors are closed will not be able to enter the classroom until the first break and will get an unexcused absence for the day. CLASS ATTENDANCE Basics in Business Spanish A1

Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey Students are expected to abide by the Academic Code of Conduct and the canons of ethical conduct within the disciplines of business and management education. (See Aalto Mikkeli Catalog, section 6.2 Academic Code of Conduct, for comprehensive details, including information on prohibited practices and disciplinary actions.) The use of computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices will not be allowed during class hours unless the professor indicates the contrary. If you use them without permission, you will be asked to leave the classroom and will get an unexcused absence for the day. ACADEMIC CODE OF CONDUCT Basics in Business Spanish A1

Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey Homework not handed in on time will not be graded although the professor may correct it and 100% will be deducted for that piece of homework. Homework has to be typed not written by hand and not sent by . Bring a Spanish ‑ English (or your mother tongue) dictionary or use the dictionaries available at class. Be physically and mentally present in the classroom. ACADEMIC CODE OF CONDUCT Basics in Business Spanish A1

Prof. Dra. Ana Mª Monterde Rey A student getting to class after the doors are closed (09:00 a.m.) will not be able to enter the classroom until the first break and will get an unexcused absence for the day. Breaks will normally be every hour and they will last between five and ten minutes. Copying literal information from other students or other sources (books, Internet) will result in being dismissed from the course. Homework are meant to be individual. ACADEMIC CODE OF CONDUCT Basics in Business Spanish A1