Language, Culture, Translation and Interpreting - Spanish

llsti2140  2018-2019  Louvain-la-Neuve

Language, Culture, Translation and Interpreting - Spanish
4 credits
30.0 h + 30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Munoz Mendoza Carlos;
Language
Spanisn
Prerequisites
For allophone students with a competency level of B2 in both French and Spanish
Main themes
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Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
This course consist of two parts:
1) the history of modern Spain's most relevant processes, the analysis of its political, institutional and cultural systems' basis, along with leading social challenges (nationalism, economic crisis).

2) Spanish diachronic grammar, the various lexical contributions in history and its expansion to America. 
Teaching methods
The methodology combines lectures delivered in Spanish (with video support) and practical work, which both require an important reading, summarizing and writing effort from each student. Reading list. Presentation made by the students. Coaching in online collaborative work. Theory lectures: 45 h, practical work: 15 h.
Evaluation methods
Final written exam in June. Students will be allowed to have the table of contents.
The final grade takes practical work and active involvement in account (25%).
Compulsory course attendance.
Other information
All further information, textbook, documents and resources will be uploaded in an e-learning platform.
Online resources
'    TVE, Memoria de España : http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/memoria-de-espana/
'    Universidad de Traducción de Valladolid, http://obras-de-traductologia.wikispaces.com/
Bibliography
ALEZA, M et al.  (1999) : Estudios de Historia de la lengua española en América y España, facultad de Filología, Universidad de Valencia.
ALONSO, M., FURIO, E., (2008) : Panorama de l'Espagne contemporaine, Ellipses, Paris, (bilingue).     
FERRERA, C. (2006) : Diccionario de Historia de España, Alianza Editorial,  Madrid.
JULIÁ, S., et al. (2003): La España del siglo XX, Marcial Pons, Ediciones de Historia, Madrid.
LODARES, J.L. (2001) : Gente de Cervantes. Historia humana del español, Taurus, Madrid.
PENNY, R.,  (1993) : Gramática Histórica del español, Ariel, Barcelona,.
TORRES, A. (2005) : El Español de América, Universidad de Barcelona.
PEGENAUTE, L. y LAFARGA, F. (2004) : Historia de la traducción en España. Ambos mundos, Salamanca.
Faculty or entity
LSTI


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Interpreting

Master [120] in Translation