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Modern Language I (Romanian)

Code: 104088
Credits: 6
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Art History OP 3
Art History OP 4
Musicology OP 3
Musicology OP 4
Social and Cultural Anthropology OP 4
History OP 4
Humanities OP 3
Humanities OP 4
Ancient Studies OP 3
Ancient Studies OP 4
Catalan Philology: Literary Studies and Linguistics OP 4
Spanish Language and Literature OP 3
Spanish Language and Literature OP 4
English Studies OP 3
English Studies OP 4
English and Catalan Studies OP 3
English and Catalan Studies OP 4
English and Spanish Studies OP 3
English and Spanish Studies OP 4
Catalan and Spanish Studies OP 3
English and French Studies OP 4
English and Classics Studies OP 3
English and Classics Studies OP 4

Contact lecturer

Name :
Maria Ioana Alexandrescu
Email :
ioana.alexandrescu@uab.cat

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

None.

Objectives

Modern Language I (Romanian) aims to familiarize students with the essential aspects of present-day Romanian, so that on completing this subject students acquire an elementary competence of the language both in its communicative aspects and in its relevant phonetic, lexical and grammatical aspects. It also aims to introduce students to various socio-cultural aspects of Romania.

Learning outcomes

  1. Carrying out oral presentations using appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  2. Submitting works in accordance with both individual and small group demands and personal styles.
  3. Ability to maintain an appropriate conversation.
  4. Critically taking part in classroom oral debates and using the discipline's specific vocabulary.
  5. Communicating in the studied language in oral and written form, properly using vocabulary and grammar.
  6. Carrying out oral presentations using an appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  7. Engaging in debates about historical facts respecting the other participants' opinions.
  8. Identifying the main and secondary ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
  9. Preparing an oral and written discourse in the corresponding language in a proper and organized way.
  10. Communicating in oral and written form in the studied language, properly using vocabulary and grammar.
  11. Critically taking part in classroom oral debates and using the discipline's specific vocabulary.
  12. Carrying out oral presentations using an appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  13. Carrying out oral presentations using an appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  14. Critically taking part in classroom oral debates and using the discipline's specific vocabulary.
  15. Carrying out oral presentations using an appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  16. Identifying main and supporting ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
  17. Submit assignments in formats tailored to requirements and personal styles, whether carried out individually or in a small group.
  18. Construct an oral and written discourse in the corresponding language that is well-organised and correct.
  19. Identify principal and secondary ideas and express them using correct language.
  20. Participate in classroom debates from a critical perspective, using the vocabulary of the discipline.
  21. Express ideas in the language studied, orally and in writing, using vocabulary and grammar appropriately.
  22. Give oral presentations, using an appropriate style and vocabulary.
  23. Maintain a conversation attuned to the level of the interlocutor.
  24. Carrying out oral presentations using an appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  25. Identify main and secondary ideas and express them with linguistic correctness.
  26. Identify the relationships between literature and language, and the language in which it is spoken and written, and express them with linguistic correctness.
  27. Participate in oral debates in the classroom in a critical manner and using the vocabulary of the discipline.
  28. Express themselves in the language studied, orally and in writing, using vocabulary and grammar appropriately.
  29. Make oral presentations using appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  30. Maintain a conversation appropriate to the level of the interlocutor.
  31. Present work in formats suited to personal demands and styles, both individually and in small groups.
  32. Preparing an oral and written discourse in the corresponding language in a proper and organized way.
  33. Develop an organized and correct oral and written speech, in the corresponding language.
  34. Identify the main and secondary ideas and express them with linguistic correctness.
  35. Communicate in the studied language in oral and written form, properly using vocabulary and grammar.
  36. Carry out oral presentations using an appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  37. Critically take part in classroom oral debates and use the discipline's specific vocabulary.
  38. Present works in formats tailored to the needs and personal styles, both individual and small group.
  39. Create an organised and correct discourse, spoken and in writing, in the corresponding language.

Contents

Grammar content:

- The personal pronouns in the nominative case

- Usual verbs in the present indicative and the past tense

- The gender of nouns

- The plural of nouns

- The indefinite and the definite article

- The qualifying adjectives

- The interrogative, indefinite and negative pronouns

- The demonstratives

- The cardinal numbers

- Prepositions, conjunctions, adverbs and locutions

Lexical content:

- Professions, family, spaces and objects of everyday life, time, colours, etc.

Additional content will be provided, such as phonetic and orthographic content, as well as communication (greeting, presentation, expressing preferences etc.) and socio-cultural (regions of Romania, traditions, music etc.) content.

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Supervised 30.5 1.22 10
Directed 52 2.08 5
Autonomous 60 2.4

Modern Language I is essentially instrumental and practical. In order for students to achieve the established objectives this subject mainly involves practical classes.
The teaching methodology will combine several types of actions and techniques, such as lectures, debates, cooperative learning, simulated situations etc. 

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Oral comprehension and expression assignments 25% 2 0.08 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38
Second reading comprehension, grammar and vocabulary test 25% 2 0.08
Written expression test 25% 1.5 0.06 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 25, 26, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39
First reading comprehension, grammar and vocabulary test 25% 2 0.08 5, 10, 17, 21, 28, 31, 35, 38

The evaluation will be continuous and will be organized in three modules:

1) Oral comprehension and expression assignments

2) Two reading comprehension, grammar and vocabulary tests

3) Written expression test

The lecturer teaching this course will inform students of the assesment activities schedule. On carrying out each evaluation activity, the lecturer will inform students of the procedures and the date / time for reviewing assessment.

Reassessment:

Students can resit or make up evaluated work if they have submitted a minimum 2/3 parts of the final grade and only if they have got an average exam mark of 3.5 or more according to the evaluation criteria.

\"No-evaluable\" mark: A mark of (N/A Not Assessable) will be awarded if a student doesn't hand in more than 30% of the assessement activities.

In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.

In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is not permitted at any stage of the assessment activities. Any work that includes AI-generated content will be considered a breach of academic integrity and will be graded a 0, regardless of any disciplinary proceedings that may be initiated.

Single assessment: This subject does not incorporate single assessment.

Bibliography

Avram, Mioara. Sala, Marius (2013), Les presentamos la lengua rumana. Alicante: Universidad de Alicante.
Dorobăţ, Ana. Fotea, Mircea (1999), Româna de bază, vol 1 și 2. Iasi: Institutul European.
González-Barro, José Damián (2015), Esquemas de rumano: Gramática y usos lingüísticos. Madrid: Centro de Lingüística Aplicada Atenea.
Kohn, Daniela (2009), Puls. Manual de limba română pentru străini. Iasi: Polirom.
Platon, Elena et alii (2012), Manual de limba română ca limba străină(RLS): A1-A2. Cluj-Napoca: Casa Cărții de Știință.
Moldoveanu Pologea, Mona (2016), Learn Romanian. Bucuresti: Rolang Publishing House.
http://www.vorbitiromaneste.ro/
 

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Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE