Università Roma Tre

Description of course
The course aims to introduce students into varieties of Spanish Language: diachronic, diatopic, diastratic and diaphasic. Guided by the teacher, students will analyze and translate different kinds of texts.


Attendance, student work and assessment
Attendance, although not compulsory, is strongly recommended. It supports students to personal study.
For attending students:
1) Active attendance and coursework (20%);
2) Written exam (30%);
3) Oral exam (50%).
For non attending students:
1) Non-attendant students have to contact the teacher at least two months before the final exam in order to accord program’s integration and written essay;
2) Written essay;
3) Oral exam conform with integrations previously accorded in point 1) e 2).

Notes
All students are exhorted to consult website of Dr. Elena Marcello (http://lingueletteratureculturestraniere.uniroma3.it/bacheca/emarcello/), where they will found updaten information about class, programs and teaching material. They will read and comment on texts during the lessons, so it’s essential for the students to get them in time.

Teaching material (To be studied for the finals)
1) Textbooks and critical essays
Zamora Vicente, Alonso, Dialectología española, Madrid, Gredos, 1996 (2ª ed.), pp. 287-331.
Moreno Fernández, Francisco, Las variedades de la lengua española y su enseñanza, Madrid, Arco Libros, 2010, pp.15-88 (capitoli 1 e 2).
Calvi, Maria Vittoria et alii, Las lenguas de especialidad en español, Roma, Carocci, 2014, pp. 15-38 («Las lenguas de especialidad»), pp. 75-100 («El lenguaje de los medios de comunicación»), pp. 123-144 («El lenguaje económico»).
Other bibliographical references will be provided during the course.
2) Texts
Selection of texts (download from teacher’s website) for practice exercises and translation during the course.
Alonso de Santos, La estanquera de Vallecas. La sombra del Tenorio, Castalia, 2010
Carrasco, Jesús, Intemperie, Seix Barral, 2013.
Mendoza, Eduardo, La verdad sobre el caso Savolta, Seix Barral, 2003.
Pérez Reverte, Arturo, Perros e hijos de perra, Barcelona, Alfaguara, 2014.
3) Dictionaries
Tam, Laura, Grande dizionario di spagnolo con CD-ROM, Milano, Hoepli, 2009 (2ª ed.)
Arqués, Rossend – Padoan, Adriana, Il grande dizionario di spagnolo, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2012.
RAE, Diccionario de la Real Academia Española, Madrid, RAE, 2014 (23ª ed.)
Seco, Manuel; Ramos, Gabino; Andrés, Olimpia, Diccionario del Español Actual, Madrid, Santillana, 2006.

Additional mandatory material will be provided for students who have failed their final tests and for non attending students.