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Undergraduate Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module SPAN2011: SPANISH LANGUAGE 2A

Department: Modern Languages and Cultures (Spanish)

SPAN2011: SPANISH LANGUAGE 2A

Type	Level	Credits	Availability	Module Cap	Location
Open	2	20	Available in 2006/2007	80	Durham

Pre-requisites

Spanish Language 1A (SPAN1011).

Corequisites

None.

Excluded Combinations

Spanish Language 2B (SPAN2111); Spanish Language 2B and Year Abroad (SPAN2121) or Spanish Language 2A and Year Abroad (SPAN2131). Not available to students following the European Studies programme; Spanish in Society II (LANG2091).

Aims

In year 2 students improve and expand their written and oral skills, expanding on the foundation of grammatical and syntactical accuracy consolidated at Level 1, so as to explore more sophisticated modes of verbal expression and variety of linguistic registers.

Content

This module builds on the skills acquired in Spanish language 1A and will involve the further development and consolidation of writing, speaking and comprehension skills in Spanish.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge

Students should have acquired a greater knowledge of Hispanic culture and an increased awareness of cultural issues.

Subject-specific Skills

Students should have enhanced and consolidated the skills and knowledge acquired in the first-year core language module - in speaking, writing and aural comprehension.

Key Skills

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

The teaching will consist of two one-hour classes per week. Classes will be conducted in Spanish and the module will follow the format of the textbook Pasaporte al mundo hispano. Stuents will take part in debates and discussions, participate in listening-comprehension and translation exercises, and prepare short texts and grammatical exercises for correction in the class.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total Hours
Language Classes	42	2 per week	1 hour	42
Preparation and Reading				158
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component	Component Weighting	Element	Element Weighting
Written Examination	50%	two-hour written examination	100%
Oral Examination	25%	15-minute oral examination	100%
Listening Comprehension	25%	listening comprehension	100%

Formative Assessment

Regular written assignments/oral practice.

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.