SPANISH FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS (EXAM)

In line with the guidelines of the three-year degree course in foreign trade and tourism, the Spanish language course aims to improve general linguistic-communicative competence and to introduce the economic-commercial micro-language, providing specific language training in business relations with the Hispanic world through an in-depth study of thematic areas relating to foreign trade.

1. Knowledge and understanding:
Good knowledge of business vocabulary
Good knowledge of frequently used grammatical structures
Being able to recognise the peculiarities of business-related writings

2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
To be able to correctly use Spanish economic-commercial terminology in all processes of application and communication of the acquired knowledge.
To know how to apply linguistic metacompetence to the acquisition of foreign language and the use of business Spanish.

3. Judgement skills
To be able to adopt a critical and reflective approach to the contents addressed

4. Communication skills
Knowing how to use the appropriate specialist terminology
Know how to interact using the linguistic formulas addressed

5. Learning skills
Being able to take notes and share them collaboratively on the online platform.
Being able to critically consult reference texts and the bibliography contained therein.

To follow this course, it is advisable to attend the tutorials that will be organised in September, before the official course begins.

1. During the course, the fundamental grammatical topics of the Spanish language will be explored.
2. Microlanguage specific to the business sector
3. Conversation, translation, business writing and the use of vocabulary and phraseology to deal with the main situations in foreign trade.

M.de Prada, P. Marcé, M. Bovet (2022). Entorno laboral. Nivel A1/B1. Nueva edición. Madrid: Edelsa.
Romero Dueñas, C., González Hermoso, A. (2015). Gramática del español como lengua extranjera. Normas y recursos para la comunicación. Madrid: Edelsa.
Dispensa a cura del docente.

At the end of the course students will take a written test.
The structure of the written test is specified below:
- Multiple-choice questions on general grammatical aspects and economic/commercial micro-language;
- Structured TRUE/FALSE questions on general grammatical aspects and economic/commercial micro-language;
- Translation (Spanish-Italian/Italian-Spanish) of short text portions to demonstrate mastery of the economic/commercial micro-language;

The written test will last 60 minutes and the use of books, dictionaries, notes and electronic media will not be permitted during the test.
The test will be considered passed if a mark of 18/30 is achieved.

written

The final mark will follow the following pattern:

INSUFFICIENT
≤17 - Inadequate, fragmentary and deficient knowledge of content, which is not understood or is understood and reworked only partially. Inappropriate thinking skills and exposition.

SUFFICIENT
18 - Very uncertain knowledge of content, which is necessarily to be consolidated, and which is confusedly understood and reworked. Ability to reflect and expound.
19 - Confused knowledge of content, which needs to be consolidated, and which is understood and reworked in a confused manner. Sufficient reflection and exposition skills.
20 - Sufficient content knowledge, which still needs to be partially consolidated, and which is understood and reworked in a manner that is not always entirely adequate. Sufficient reflection and exposition skills.

DISCRETE
21 - More than sufficient knowledge of content, which is understood and reworked albeit with some uncertainties. Fair reflection and exposition skills.
22 - Fair knowledge of content, which is understood and reworked with some uncertainties. Fair reflection and exposition skills.
23 - More than fair knowledge of content, which is understood and reworked with some uncertainties. Fair reflection and exposition skills.

GOOD
24 - Correct knowledge of content, which is understood and reworked albeit with some uncertainty. Good reflective and expository skills.
25 - Correct knowledge of content, which is understood and reworked fairly confidently and coherently. Fair reflection and exposition skills.
26 - Complete knowledge of content, which is understood and reworked in a fairly confident and coherent manner. Fair reflection and exposition skills.

VERY GOOD
27 - Complete knowledge of content, which is understood and reworked in a confident, cohesive and coherent manner. Remarkable reflective and expository skills.
28 - Complete and thorough knowledge of content, which is understood and reworked in a confident, cohesive and coherent manner. Remarkable reflective and expository skills.

EXCELLENT
29 - Comprehensive and thorough knowledge of content, which is understood and reworked in a confident, cohesive and coherent manner with full autonomy and personal insights. Excellent reflective and expository skills, albeit with minor imperfections.
30 - Extensive and thorough knowledge of content, which is understood and reworked in a secure, cohesive and coherent manner with full autonomy and personal insights. Excellent reflective and expository skills.

30 e Lode (with high praise) - Extremely thorough and cross-cutting knowledge of content, which is understood and reworked in total autonomy and with personal contribution, with full command of specialized language and excellent ability to make interdisciplinary connections.Full capacity for reflection and exposition.

The lectures will be seminar-based, dialogue-based with direct interaction with the students in order to initiate informed reflection on the content covered.

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development