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Undergraduate Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module SPAN3011: SPANISH LANGUAGE 4

Department: Modern Languages and Cultures (Spanish)

SPAN3011: SPANISH LANGUAGE 4

Type	Level	Credits	Availability	Module Cap	Location
Open	3	20	Available in 2006/2007	None.	Durham

Pre-requisites

Spanish Language 2A (SPAN2011) OR Spanish Language 2A and Year Abroad (SPAN2131) OR Spanish Language 2B (SPAN2111) OR Spanish Language 2B and Year Abroad (SPAN2121).

Corequisites

None.

Excluded Combinations

Not available to students following the European Studies programme; Area Studies in Spanish (LANG3621); Spanish in Society 3 (LANG3**1).

Aims

To continue to a high level the development of language skills in spoken and written Spanish, especially the discussion of social and cultural issues and the analysis of meaning and register in short texts.

Content

Oral skills, especially discussion of Spanish and Latin American current affairs.
Writing skills: comprehension exercises, stylistic and linguistic analysis of short texts, development of grammatical knowledge, production of short essays on political/social/cultural topics.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge

By the end of this module students should:
understand and articulate complex arguments; appreciate and use variations of register and style; and produce syntactically accurate and idiomatically effective Spanish,
have enhanced their understanding of contemporary Hispanic societies and cultures by reading about and discussing a range of topics, and by having reflected on their experience abroad.

Subject-specific Skills

By the end of this module students should be able to demonstrate an advanced level of competence in all four linguistic skills in Spanish: reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Key Skills

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

There are two one-hour classes per week. All classes will be conducted in Spanish, and will be based on authentic materials. Students are required to attend all classes and will be expected to prepare material in advance so that they are able to participate actively in discussion.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total Hours
Language Classes	40	2 per week	1 hour	40
Tutorials	2	2 per year	0.5 hours	1
Preparation and Reading				159
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component	Component Weighting	Element	Length/Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Examination	50%	two-hour written examination		100%
Oral Examination	50%	oral examination		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.