Compulsory subject in all International Programs, Centro Universitario Villanueva International Programs.
Students from different countries in their international semester
7 ECTS credits
55 teaching hours
84 individual work hours

GOALS
The goals, contents and activities of this course are organized in three main blocks and cover all aspects related to the use of the L2 (second language):

Oral Communication
These sessions are aimed at providing the students with different pragmatic communication tools to improve the adjustment of oral messages to the context in which they are delivered. Several techniques will be used in the classroom (roleplays, brainstorm, debates, group dynamics) in order to make the student aware of the need to blend the practice of oral comprehension and expression with the other language skills.

Written Communication
These sessions are aimed at providing the students with the tools needed to improve their written communication and reading comprehension in Spanish. Classroom work will include analyzing different kinds of texts and producing their own following a set of pre-established requirements.

Linguistic tools for Communication
These sessions are aimed at helping the student reflect and become aware of the linguistic structures he/she needs to know and use in order to produce messages that are correct and appropriate to the communicative intention and the context. Classroom work includes different tasks to make the student identify and use these structures.

METHODOLOGY
The student is the only protagonist in his/her own classroom learning. According to their starting level (minimum level: B1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), they will be put into different classes. The group will never exceed 15 students, in order to allow their involvement and monitoring of their progress.
Individual work outside the classroom is essential to consolidate the skills acquired in class. On-line and on-site tutorials will be offered in order to optimize results.

ASSESSMENT
Continuous assessment of the students´ progress in each of the different language skills through active presence in class, individual and group projects and a final examination.