| Module Identifier | SP20130 | ||
| Module Title | SPANISH LANGUAGE | ||
| Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
| Co-ordinator | Professor Robert G Havard | ||
| Semester | Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters) | ||
| Other staff | Ms Esther Santamaria-Iglesias, Professor Gwynne Edwards, Dr Rob Stone | ||
| Pre-Requisite | (Normally) Eligibility for entry to Level 2 Spanish. | ||
| Course delivery | Lecture | 30 Hours | |
| Seminars / Tutorials | 30 Hours | ||
| Assessment | Semester Exam | 3 Hours Written exam. The written examination will involve different types of exercise: translation (from or into Spanish), comprehension and expansion of themes or situations in Spanish | 30% |
| Semester Assessment | Oral Examination: Oral exam. The Oral Examination takes the form of a 15 minute interview with a native speaker (normally the tutora) in which each student will be asked to: (a) read a passage in Spanish (given to student 15 minutes prior to interview) and answer a few questions, in Spanish, on the content of the passage; (b) offer a brief presentation (3-4 minutes), in Spanish, on a selected topic (each student will be given notice of topics to prepare for this presentation); (c) engage in a general conversation. The distribution of marks for the above parts of the oral examination is as follows: (a) 25%; (b) 25%; (c) 50%. | 30% | |
| Semester Assessment | Continuous Assessment: Continuous Assesment (written assignments =30%: Oral = 10%) | 40% | |
- identify your own improvement in Spanish vocabulary and grammatical knowledge in written - and spoken language
- differentiate between major stylistic levels of Spanish
- recognise and understand different linguistic registers in Spanish
- translate selected Spanish passages showing idiomatic, authentic style and grammatical usage
- present independently prepared material in spoken or written Spanish
- discuss and debate topical issues in Spanish
- summarise in your own words selected pieces of written or spoken Spanish
- give your own insights into contemporary Spanish life and culture
- take part in role-plays in Spanish
- enter into conversation in Spanish with confidence in your ability to express youself
Language modules have, as an integral part of their structure, regular homework assignments and class tests as well as end of year examinations. All assessment is designed to measure your progress against learning outcomes at the appropriate level.
A weekly class, which utilises the course book and other selected material, seeks to develop expression by discussion and by the completion of exercises that include gap-filling description and oral commentary, while the written assignments for this class comprise comprehension, precis, essay writing and translation from Spanish. This is complemented by a fortnightly class which is primarily devoted to translation into Spanish and in which accuracy is stressed. Students have a written assignment at least every other week and are required to do assessed work regularly on CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) in the Language Laboratory.
In the weekly oral class and the debate/discussion meetings students are required to offer presentations in Spanish on given topics and are expected to participate actively in role play games and discussions relating to contemporary issues.
Note: Students are expected to obatin a card-key for access after 5pm to the Language Laboratory and computer terminals.
Syllabus: 22 weekly classes using the course book (ciclos 1-6) and other material;
11 fortnightly classes using prescribed translation material
22 weekly conversation classes
10-12 classes on 'temas de Espana' (5/6 temas, 5/6 debates)