Second Foreign Language (Spanish)

2025/2026

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

6

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент иностранных языков

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 3, 4 модуль

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is aimed at acquirement basic knowledge and competences of modern Spanish language (А2), including phonetics, graphics, normative grammar and vocabulary in the amount provided by the course. The aim of studying is also to enable students to develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish and focus on practical activities and exercises as well as project work. It aims to foster intercultural competence and provide students with the ability to communicate effectively in Spanish-speaking environments, both orally and in writing. Additionally, the study of a second foreign language can enhance cognitive abilities, improve memory and problem-solving skills, and broaden cultural horizons.

Learning Objectives

• Сomplex formation and development of communication skills in the field of speaking, listening, reading and writing in various communication situations at the A2 level.
• Formation and development of linguistic competence aimed at mastering grammatical, orthographic, lexical and grammatical language means on the basis of authentic material.
• Development of cognitive and research skills when using resources in a foreign language in order to search for and systematize the necessary information.
• Development of educational and cognitive competence, formation of skills and abilities of independent work, including using information technologies, increasing the level of educational autonomy and developing individual effective strategies for performing educational tasks, readiness to comply with the established deadlines for reporting on the course, development of the ability to educate oneself.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Recognize and reproduce lexical and grammatical structures of the Spanish language of level A2 in accordance with the communicative task.
• Recognize and apply the basic rules of Spanish graphics and spelling, normative pronunciation and speech rate, taking into account the features of the articulation base of the Spanish language.
• Understand the rules and structure of writing letters/messages of a personal and semi-official nature, filling out forms and apply them in practice in situational contexts of level A2.
• Extract information from authentic texts of level A2, including those presented in the form of audio or video sequence, interpret it/react to it in accordance with the communicative task.
• Request information and formulate a response to the request for information orally and in writing in situational contexts of level A2.
• Create texts in writing of a descriptive nature (from 100 to 350 words depending on the level of the task, correctly designed in terms of language) based on the information provided (exact data, reference words, drawings, diagrams and other images), illuminating the questions asked, based on a specific plan of presentation and using elements of the assumption;
• Build an unprepared monological/dialogical statement in situational contexts of level A2 based on the information provided (visual series, statement, quote, support words) with elements of assumption, setting out and briefly arguing your point of view, indicating causal relationships.

Course Contents

• 1. Introductory phonetic and orthographic course
• 2. Pleased to meet you (total)
• 3. Daily routine
• 4. My district. Instructions
• 5. My house. My apartment. My room
• 6. What I’ve done in my life. How I have spent my vacations
• 7. Travelling. My recent trip
• 8. Tell me about your life. Biographies and historical events
• 9. Air travel. Solving problems at the airport
• 10. What I did before I entered the University
• 11. Difference between three past times
• 12. Restaurants and shops
• 13. Medical consultation. 10 health advice

Assessment Elements

• Homework
  Homework is offered to the Students during all the semester and it can be 5-12 Homeworks in one Module. Homework includes phonetic, listening, vocabulary and grammar assignments and can include different exercises and activities based on the material of the course. Students take this Homework individually.
• Classroom work
  Written and oral assignments based on group linguistic assignments, unprepared oral speech, lexical and grammatical complexes of exercises, audio and video materials, essays and presentations offered to students for performing directly at the lesson and based on the material of the course - 9-18 works per course. Individual presentations: involves the creation of a presentation - individually. • Essays: essay is written on the main topics of the thematic plan, the topics of essays are formulated by the teacher, every essay must contain at least 150- 250 words (during the first semester of study) and 200-350 words (during the second and third semester of study)
• Test
  Written lexical and grammatical tests based on various types of authentic tasks developed by HSE teachers based on course materials, for which the student is given 1-3 academic hours, are performed directly in class - 12-24 works per course.
• Exam
  An examination test takes place 5-10 days before the oral part of the exam. In some cases, depending on the curriculum, this time period may be shortened, due to the fact that the final, examination test is held in the last two lessons of the course. The test includes reading, grammar, vocabulary, listening and writing parts. 4 hours for the test. The final test consists of 5-10 parts and includes vocabulary and grammar writing assignments. • Exam, Oral answer A complex or mono task involving an oral response and corresponding to the thematic plan of the course. May include description of images, protection of level presentations, development of a monologue based on specially developed methodological materials, etc., depending on the choice of the course instructor and should be compiled in full accordance with the level of complexity of the studied program. The teacher has the right to ask additional questions. Exam format: teacher in class, students in class. During the exam, students are forbidden to: communicate (on social networks, with people in the room), use notes, tips, phones, smart-watches, write them off. During the exam, students are allowed to: use a blank Word sheet to record a short answer. A short-term communication failure during the exam is considered a communication failure of less than a minute. A long-term communication disruption during an exam is a violation of a minute or more. In case of a long-term communication disruption, the student cannot continue to participate in the exam.

Interim Assessment

• 2025/2026 4th module
  0.4 * Exam + 0.25 * Test + 0.2 * Classroom work + 0.15 * Homework
• 2026/2027 2nd module
  0.15 * Homework + 0.25 * Test + 0.2 * Classroom work + 0.4 * Exam
• 2026/2027 4th module
  0.4 * Exam + 0.25 * Test + 0.15 * Homework + 0.2 * Classroom work

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Ардаева, Н. В., Учебник испанского языка для начинающих. Уровень А1-А2. Часть 1 : учебник / Н. В. Ардаева, И. А. Ломакина. — Москва : КноРус, 2021. — 313 с. — ISBN 978-5-406-01879-8. — URL: https://book.ru/book/938410 (дата обращения: 09.12.2025). — Текст : электронный.
• Ардаева, Н. В., Учебник испанского языка для начинающих. Уровень А1-А2. Часть 2 : учебник / Н. В. Ардаева, И. А. Ломакина. — Москва : КноРус, 2024. — 223 с. — ISBN 978-5-406-12579-3. — URL: https://book.ru/book/951809 (дата обращения: 09.12.2025). — Текст : электронный.
• Барсукова, В. С. Испанский язык. Начальный курс : учебник / В. С. Барсукова. — Санкт-Петербург : КАРО, 2023. — 376 с. — ISBN 978-5-9925-1328-8. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/423884 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Комарова, А. И.  Испанский язык. Тесты (A1-A2) : учебник для среднего профессионального образования / А. И. Комарова, Г. А. Нуждин, М. И. Кипнис. — 2-е изд., перераб. и доп. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2025. — 119 с. — (Профессиональное образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-10955-9. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/558077 (дата обращения: 14.01.2026).

Authors

• DOMINGES EKATERINA YUREVNA
• Diugaeva Irina Dmitrievna