Students are expected to develop an excellent understanding of Spanish grammar and the ability to use the language flexibly and effectively in a variety of contexts and using a variety of registers. Through a weekly class with the Spanish lector(a), students are expected to develop and consolidate advanced oral skills, building particularly on their experience during their year abroad. Students are also expected to be able to show the ability to assimilate and transmit information through simultaneous and/or liaison interpreting.

(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' speaking, listening, reading and writing skills will all have improved and their ability to translate texts 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) - Reading skills

(S5) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Report writing

(S6) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Communicating for an audience

The teaching will normally be delivered face-to-face on campus. Online delivery may be used to complement the on-campus delivery and where technology affords a better learning experience. The module is taught three hours per week except in tutorial week. These are all seminar-style classes and are conducted in the target language.

Students are expected to come prepared and actively participate. All skills are practiced in an integrated way and sociocultural topics relating to the Hispanic-speaking world are embedded into the weekly content. The first hour typically focuses on the comprehension, analysis, and written production of texts in different genres, the second hour focuses on the comprehension and analysis of written and audiovisual texts and on the development of speaking skills, and the third hour, on listening and translation via the means of interpreting.

Verbal feedback is provided during the classes to facilitate students’ development of appropriate , accurate, and fluent usage of Spanish, and opportunities for individual feedback on progress are available during the tutors’ office hours and by appointment. Additional material is available on CANVAS for independent study and students are strongly encouraged to engage with the Language Lounge activities and the multiple opportunities for conversation exchange they offer.

Topics covered during this module may include:

Revision of advanced grammar;

Text genres such as news, editorials, podcasts, complex descriptions, and reports;

Presentation and public speaking skills;

Linguistic variety, current literature and film, and sociocultural topics in the Spanish-speaking world, Aural translation skills (Subtitling).

The weekly syllabus for each of the three seminars may vary to include current sociocultural issues and it is to be found in Canvas at the beginning of the Semester.