Linguistic Country Studies of the Spanish Speaking Countries

Course: Translation from Spanish and English

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Linguistic Country Studies of the Spanish Speaking Countries
Code
ННД 19.02
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
7 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2
Learning outcomes
PLO 1. Communicate freely on professional issues with experts and non-experts in Ukrainian, Spanish and English, in oral and in written form, use these languages to ensure effective cross-cultural communication. PLO 2. Process information effectively: collect relevant information from a variety of sources, including professional literature and electronic databases, critically analyse and interpret it, organize, classify and systematize it. PLO 5. Collaborate with colleagues, representatives of other cultures and religions, proponents of different political views, etc. PLO 22. Use the knowledge of history and culture of Ukraine and Spanish- and English-speaking countries for ensuring successful communication and adequate translation.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The student must successfully complete the following courses: "Introduction to the Speciality", "Practical Сourse of Spanish" and know - basic linguistic concepts; - features of semantics, structure and functioning of units of all levels of the Spanish language; - the basics of communication theory; be able to: - apply linguistic tools in practice; have basic skills of - selection, analysis and interpretation of linguistic facts; - communicate on linguistic topics.
Course content
The aim of the discipline is to acquaint students with the state and administrative structure, physical and economic geography, nature, social and political life, history, science, language, culture and art of modern Spain and Latin America. The course is of general educational value and helps to improve practical knowledge of the Spanish language, as well as socio-cultural and linguistic knowledge. The course consists of two content modules. They are devoted to the study of the conceptual and methodological foundations of the linguistic and country studies aspect of Spain, its physical geography, culture and history of the 20th and 21st centuries, the economic geography of Spain (industry, agriculture, transport, foreign trade), political parties and trade unions, the press, radio and television. Classes are held in the form of lectures and practical clases. The course ends with an exam.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Oksana Guseynova, Civilización española tras lengua, literatura y contexto socio-histórico. Київ. Ніка центр. 2016. Diccionario de la Real Academia Española. Madrid, 2009. MOLINER, Maria. Diccionario del uso del español. Madrid, Gredos, 2007. NOYA, Javier: La imagen de España en el Exterior. Estado de la cuestión. Madrid. Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos. 2002. Sebastian Quesada Marco. Espana. Manual de civilización. Edelsa. Madrid. 2020. 127 A complete list of recommended references is available in the Program of the discipline.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment criteria: oral response max. 20 points, additions max. 6 points, participation in discussions max. 20 points. Preparation of the presentation max. 7 points, defence of the presentation max. 7 points. The maximum number of points during the semester is 60. The minimum is 36. The course ends with an exam - 24/40.
Language of instruction
Spanish

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Oksana Mykolaivna Guseinova
M. Zerov Department of Theory and Practice of Translation from Romance Languages
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology