Overview
This language module is designed for students who have completed Level 906/006 Intermediate Spanish or who have upper intermediate knowledge of the language. Previous knowledge of the language is required. Through a variety of methods, students will develop advanced competence in reading, writing, listening and speaking and an understanding of advanced grammar. At the end of this 12 week-module, students will have reached a B2 proficiency level in the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and will be able to understand and use elaborate phrases aimed at the satisfaction of most needs in a day-to-day context. They will be able to interact and participate effectively in advanced conversations. They will achieve a good understanding of aspects of life and culture of countries where the language is spoken and the intercultural skills necessary for their language proficiency level.
Learning Outcomes
1. Apply advanced reading, writing, listening and speaking skills in line with the B2 level in Spanish in the CEFR.
2. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of complex structures in Spanish.
3. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the cultures of Spanish-speaking countries.
Syllabus
Functional Content:
- Commenting and discussing news
- Discussing and debating opinions, actions and conducts
- Talking about feelings, moods and personality traits
- Expressing (dis)agreement about beliefs
- Establishing conditions and requirements
Grammatical content:
- The passive voice
- The conditional
- Uses of the subjunctive
- Relative clauses
- Uses of the compound infinitive
Lexical content:
- Information transmission
- Tourism and spare time activities
- Sports and cultural traditions
- Urban tribes
- Politics and society
Week 12: Written and speaking tests will take place this week. Completing the assessment is required for students taking the course as part of their degree. For all other students, taking the tests is also strongly recommended, as a measure of your progress and learning.
Textbook details:
Aula Internacional 4 Plus Híbrida, Difusión, ISBN: 9788419236098 , approx. £30.
We recommend our students to buy their textbooks from Blackwell’s on campus. They have a price match policy and you can pre-order over the phone with them and pick the book when you are on campus.
Study Hours
The total number of study hours for this module is 150 hours, in line with undergraduate university modules. This includes class meetings, assessment preparation and self-directed study in line with guidance from the course lecturer.
If you are studying on the extracurricular mode, we recognise that the total number of hours that you may be able to study every week may depend on your availability and previous experience studying languages, however, expected contribution to classes, homework completion, and learning outcomes will not vary.
Please note that the ‘last date available to book’ date is only a guide. We reserve the right to close bookings earlier if courses are over- or under-subscribed. In order to avoid disappointment, please be sure enrol as soon as possible. Registrations will not be processed until the following day if received after 3pm.
Course Lecturer: Dr Lourdes Salgado
Born in Galicia, Northwestern Spain, Lourdes completed her PhD at the University of Salamanca, Spain, and was awarded a Mention of Excellence and a Cum Laude. Her research focuses on power relations between servants and masters in Victorian sensationalist fiction. She has studied such relations in the novels of G. W. M. Reynolds, known as Dickens’s archenemy, from a Foucauldian and Chartist viewpoint. She has lectured on Spanish language and culture and Business Spanish for over ten years. She is an Assistant Examiner for the International Baccalaureate (Spanish) and a Cambridge Speaking Examiner (English). She has translated two books from English into Spanish and Galician language within the field of Children and Young Adults Literature in the 19th and 20th century and has several other publications. She is also a Portuguese freelance interpreter.
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