Spanish Stage 8

Tuesday 30 January, 4-6pm

This language module is designed for students who have completed Stage 907/007 Advanced Spanish or who have advanced knowledge of the language or have a rusty B2 standard of the language in the Common European Framework of Reference, for example an A level. Through a variety of methods, students will further develop an advanced competence in reading, writing, listening and speaking and their understanding of advanced grammar. At the end of this 12 week-module, students will have reached an B2 proficiency level in the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and will be able to carry out complex tasks in the language. You will be able to understand and use elaborate phrases aimed at the satisfaction of most needs in a day-to-day context. You will be able to interact and participate effectively in advanced conversations. You will achieve a good understanding of aspects of life and culture of countries where the language is spoken and the intercultural skills necessary for your language proficiency level. 

Syllabus

  • Week 1 MANERAS DE VIVIR – Unit 4 - Diferentes estilos de vida: Tener o no tener hijos, vivir en pareja
  • Week 2 MANERAS DE VIVIR - Unit 4 - Cualidades personales y del carácter
  • Week 3 MANERAS DE VIVIR – Unit 4 - Las tribus urbanas
  • Week 4 MANERAS DE VIVIR – Unit 4 - Cómo nos gustaría que fuera nuestra vida en el futuro
  • Week 5 - LUGARES CON ENCANTO – Unit 5 Describir ciudades y comentar sus cualidades
  • Week 6 - LUGARES CON ENCANTO – Unit 5 - Impresiones que nos han dejado ciudades o lugares visitados
  • Week 7 - LUGARES CON ENCANTO – Unit 5 - El rincón más bonito de… Guía de mi lugar preferido
  • Week 8 - SE VALORARÁ LA EXPERIENCIA – Unit 6- - oncursos y convocatorias
  • Week 9 - SE VALORARÁ LA EXPERIENCIA – Unit 6 - Solicitudes de trabajo El lenguaje formal
  • Week 10 - SE VALORARÁ LA EXPERIENCIA – Unit 6 - Elaborar reglas y requisitos para participar en concursos
  • Week 11 REPASO GENERAL
  • 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 Plus: Libro del alumno + MP3 descargable 4 (B2.1)

Spanish edition | by Jaime Corpas, Carmen Soriano, et al

ISBN-10

8418224460 £30 approx.

ISBN-13

978-8418224461

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.

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.

Fees for language courses are £180/£90.

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.

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