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Modern Languages and Cultures

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Title	PROFICIENT SPANISH 10
Code	SPAN310
Coordinator	Ms M Rabadan Gomez Languages, Cultures and Film M.Rabadan-Gomez@liverpool.ac.uk
Year	CATS Level	Semester	CATS Value
Session 2025-26	Level 6 FHEQ	Second Semester	15

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):

SPAN309 ADVANCED SPANISH 9 2025-26

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:

Co-requisite modules:

Teaching Schedule

	Lectures	Seminars	Tutorials	Lab Practicals	Fieldwork Placement	Other	TOTAL
Study Hours		33					33
Timetable (if known)
Private Study							117
TOTAL HOURS							150

Assessment
EXAM	Duration	Timing (Semester)	% of final mark	Resit/resubmission opportunity	Penalty for late submission	Notes
Standard UoL penalties will apply. There is a resit opportunity. This is an anonymous assessment.	120		55
CONTINUOUS	Duration	Timing (Semester)	% of final mark	Resit/resubmission opportunity	Penalty for late submission	Notes
Portfolio of two tasks Standard UoL penalties will apply. This will be marked anonymously. There will be a reassessment opportunity.	0		25
Oral assessment Standard UoL penalties will apply There is a resit opportunity. This is not an anonymous assessment.	0		20

Aims

To equip final year students with sophisticated expressive skills in the area of formal text production on an advanced level in a variety of genres;

To develop grammar skills to an advanced level. Through writing in a variety of registers (reporting tasks, letters, summaries, dialogues, descriptions) students are expected to consolidate and apply their understanding of Spanish grammar;

To develop advanced listening skills;

To develop speaking and presentation skills.

Learning Outcomes
(LO1) By the end of the module, students will be expected to be able to speak and write Spanish with near-native fluency and with grammatical correctness.
(LO2) Students will be able to communicate effectively in a variety of different contexts and registers.
(LO3) Students' ability to write in different registers and interpret short interviews / talks will have been enhanced.
(S1) Communication (oral, written and visual) - presentation skills - oral.
(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - presentation skills - written.
(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - listening skills.
(S4) Communication (oral, written and visual) - report writing.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching will be delivered face-to-face on campus. Online delivery may be used to replace or complement the on-campus delivery where technology affords a better learning experience.

The module is taught in three hours per week (Grammar, Written, Oral) in weeks 1-6 and 8-12.

Grammar and Written are dedicated to the comprehension, analysis, and especially production of texts in different genres in Spanish. Students will learn how to write specific text-types, each of which demands a particular form, style, register, and vocabulary.

Students will also improve and practice listening comprehension both in classes and through independent work with audio-visual and audio material and converse on current topics often inspired by a video.

Student will also present and deliver through personal oral presentations different topics of Spanish culture.

Syllabus

Students will learn how to write specific text-types each of which demands a particular form, style, register and vocabulary. Students will continue to develop their translating and basic interpreting skills. The module also tackles diverse points of higher sentence grammar and students will read extensive texts of high standard language level. Finally, students will improve listening comprehension and speaking skills.

The Syllabus is to be found in the Module Handbook (accessible through CANVAS);
Each student is issued with a detailed Weekly Schedule for the Module at the beginning of the Semester.

Recommended Texts
Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.