2016/17 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

SPPO1010 Practical Language Skills in Spanish 1

20 creditsClass Size: 190

Module manager: Antonio Martinez-Arboleda
Email: A.Martinez-Arboleda@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2016/17

Pre-requisite qualifications

Grade A or B in A-level Spanish (B1)

This module is approved as a discovery module

This module is approved as a skills discovery module

Module summary

SPPO1010 is an integrated Spanish language and language skills module, designed to continue learning Spanish after A-level. The module places particular emphasis on the development and application of the four skills (reading, listening, speaking and writing) in a variety of relevant communicative contexts.

Objectives

The key objectives are that on completing the module students will:

1. Understand the core grammatical functions in Spanish and analyse syntactically basic complex sentences;

2. Understand the main points of accessible written journalistic, academic and literary texts in Spanish;

3. Understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, university, leisure, etc;

4. Produce different types of simple and connected texts in Spanish in a variety of contexts, including adverts, letters, blog entries and short narrations, in a clear and purposeful manner with a level of accuracy that allows successful communication with native speakers;

5. Describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for plans and opinions in Spanish, including their views on current affairs, cultural production and their own learning experience;

6. Interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes communication with sympathetic native speakers quite possible without significant strain for either party;

Learning outcomes
Students will gain knowledge on Spanish Grammar at the B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and will acquire a level of discursive, lexical and functional competence which will allow them to communicate in professional situations both in writing and orally.

Syllabus

This is an integrated language skills module, designed to enhance and consolidate inherited structures, and to provide a firm foundation for Spanish learning in a University context.

Students will have 3 contact hours a week (1 Lecture a week in large group 75 students) and 2 hours a week of language teaching seminars (14 students), supported with online exercises and homework.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Group learning	6	1.00	6.00
Lecture	20	1.00	20.00
Tutorial	40	1.00	40.00
Private study hours			134.00
Total Contact hours			66.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

- Working on their autonomous learning portfolio (60 hours)
- Reading and preparing texts for the tutorials, lectures and conversation classes (20 hours)
- Undertaking exercises and other activities in preparation for class (30 hours)
- Revising/preparing for their exams (24 hours)

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Monitoring of attendance to lectures and seminars;
- Supervision of portfolio work throughout the academic year;
- Monitoring of oral performance in oral classes and final exam in May;
- Assessment of performance in Semester 1 test;

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Portfolio	Autonomous learning portfolio - 1 instalment per semester	30.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		30.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	1 hr 00 mins	15.00
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	3 hr 00 mins	35.00
Practical Exam / OSCE	0 hr 15 mins	20.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		70.00

(1) A one-hour multiple choice test held in January (2) A three-hour examination held in May (3) A 15-minute oral examination

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 26/08/2016

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