Level 2 Key Competencies for Vocational Certificates Involving Languages: Communication in Spanish, Mathematical Competence, and Communication in a Foreign Language (English)

MODULE 1. SPANISH LANGUAGE SKILLS

TEACHING UNIT 1. COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE

1. The Nature and Elements of Communication
2. Language, tongue, and speech:
3. Differences Between Oral and Written Communication

TEACHING UNIT 2. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SPANISH LANGUAGE USE

1. Statements. Characteristics and types. The difference between sentences and phrases.
2. Types of Sentences
3. Phrases. Types of phrases (noun, prepositional, verb, adjective, and adverb)
4. Subject and predicate. Agreement.
5. Verbal complements.
6. Compound sentences: juxtaposition, coordination, subordination. Linking words and connectors.
7. Use of Vocabulary in Oral and Written Expression
8. Using Spelling Rules

TEACHING UNIT 3. ORAL PRESENTATIONS

1. Verbal Communication and Social Interaction.
2. Types of Oral Presentations
3. Development of language skills in listening, speaking, and conversation:
4. the communicative intent.

TEACHING UNIT 4. WRITTEN WORK

1. Written Communication. Written works as a source of information and learning.
2. Types of Written Texts
3. Development of language skills for understanding and writing various types of texts:
4. (letters, applications, resumes)

TEACHING UNIT 5. TECHNIQUES FOR SEARCHING, PROCESSING, AND PRESENTING INFORMATION

1. Consulting information from various sources (indexes, dictionaries, encyclopedias, glossaries, the Internet, and other sources of information)
2. Planning, editing, and formatting texts. Word processors
3. Presentation of the texts in accordance with grammatical, spelling, and typographical rules.

MODULE 2. MATHEMATICAL COMPETENCE

TEACHING UNIT 1. USING NUMBERS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS

1. Decimal positional numeral system.
2. Natural numbers.
3. Divisibility of Natural Numbers.
4. Integers.
5. Recognition and conceptualization in real-world contexts.
6. Fractions and decimals in everyday situations.
7. Percentages.
8. How to Use the Calculator.

TEACHING UNIT 2. USING MEASUREMENTS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS

1. Currency units.
2. The metric system.

TEACHING UNIT 3. APPLICATION OF GEOMETRY TO PROBLEM-SOLVING

1. Basic Elements of Plane Geometry.
2. Cartesian coordinates.
3. Polygons.
4. Circumference and the circle.
5. Geometric solids: prisms and pyramids.
6. Solving geometric problems that involve estimating and calculating lengths, areas, and volumes.
7. Use of computer tools to construct and simulate relationships between geometric elements.

TEACHING UNIT 4. APPLICATION OF ALGEBRA TO PROBLEM SOLVING

1. Algebraic language for representing and communicating everyday situations: situations involving change.
2. First-degree equations with one unknown.

TEACHING UNIT 5. APPLICATIONS OF DATA ANALYSIS, STATISTICS, AND PROBABILITY IN PROBLEM SOLVING

1. Compiling data from various sources into tables of values.
2. Basic data collection techniques (surveys, observation, measurement).
3. Two-way tables and frequency tables.
4. Graphical representation of data. Ways to represent information: types of statistical graphs (bar charts, pictograms, frequency polygons, pie charts).
5. Collecting and using information to create graphs and data tables related to objects, phenomena, and situations in the environment.
6. Measures of central tendency: arithmetic mean, mode, median, and range.
7. An assessment of the importance of critically analyzing information presented through statistical graphs.
8. The Random Nature of Some Experiences
9. The Role of Chance in Everyday Life. Estimating the Probability of an Event.
10. Formulating and testing conjectures about the behavior of simple random phenomena at an intuitive level.

MODULE 3. COMMUNICATION IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (ENGLISH)

TEACHING UNIT 1. THE USE OF LINGUISTIC FUNCTIONS AND SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS IN ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SITUATIONS

1. Use of the English language for:
2. Recognition of sociolinguistic and cultural aspects. Formal and informal uses
3. Use of Vocabulary in Speaking and Writing:

TEACHING UNIT 2. GRAMMATICAL AND PHONETIC ELEMENTS IN THE USE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

1. Sentence Structure
2. Nouns
3. Adjectives
4. Adverbs
5. Determinants
6. Pronouns
7. Use of Verb Forms
8. Description and Comparison of Habits and Lifestyles with Current Actions
9. Expressing past events related to the present or to an earlier time in the past
10. Making predictions and expressing intentions. Expressing certainty and probability
11. Expressing preferences and opinions. Extending invitations and responding to them
12. Formulating hypotheses and giving advice. Conditional sentences (Type II)
13. Conveying the opinions and ideas of others. Indirect style. Time expressions
14. Expressing processes and changes. Passive voice
15. Use of Phonology and Spelling Rules

TEACHING UNIT 3. ORAL PRODUCTIONS IN ENGLISH

1. Oral Presentations in English

TEACHING UNIT 4. WRITTEN WORK IN ENGLISH

1. Works written in English