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Undergraduate Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module SPAN2121: SPANISH LANGUAGE 2B AND YEAR ABROAD

Department: Modern Languages and Cultures (Spanish)

SPAN2121: SPANISH LANGUAGE 2B AND YEAR ABROAD

TypeLevelCreditsAvailabilityModule CapLocation
Open 2 20 Available in 2006/2007 45 Durham

Pre-requisites

  • Spanish Language 1B (SPAN1072).

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combinations

  • Spanish Language 2A (SPAN2011) OR Spanish Language 2A and Year Abroad (SPAN2131) OR Spanish Language 2B (SPAN2111). Not available to students following the European Studies programme.

Aims

  • In respect of work undertaken in Year 2: to improve and expand linguistic competencies (oral and written).
  • In respect of Year Abroad: to further improve and expand linguistic skills, knowledge of the culture of a country where the target language is spoken, and to stimulate intercultural awareness.

Content

  • This module builds on the skills acquired in Spanish Language 1B and will involve the further development and consolidation of writing, speaking and comprehension skills in Spanish and preparation for the year abroad project.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge
  • Students experience total immersion in the linguistic and cultural environment of a Spanish-speaking country, acquiring increased knowledge and the ability to observe, absorb, and evaluate cultural differences.
Subject-specific Skills
  • To improve 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 a variety of linguistic registers.
Key Skills

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

  • Year 2: regular, assessed practice in a variety of written and oral exercises extends linguistics accuracy and verbal manipulation.
  • these exercises include some relevant to functioning well in a Spanish-speaking country.
  • Summative assessment tests competencies acquired in formative practice.
  • Year Abroad assessment consists of an essay to demonstrate: accuracy of language.
  • appropriateness of language (register and idiom).
  • range of language (lexis and structures).
  • originality of content (evidence of personal experience and response.
  • sophistication of reflection and analysis.
  • insight into the target language culture).
  • quality of information in content (breadth and/or depth of information).
  • structure and presentation.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotal HoursAttendance Monitored
Practicals 63 1 Per Week 1 Hour 63
Preparation and Reading 137
Total 200

Summative Assessment

ComponentComponent WeightingElementLength/DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Examination 50% written examination 25%
oral examination 25%
audio-video examination 25%
duo-based grammar test 25%
Essay 50% 2000 word essay produced during the year abroad 100%

Formative Assessment

Regular written assignments; listening comprehensions; 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.