Spanish 3
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| MLAC3076 | Modern Languages and Cultures | 3 | 20 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- MLAC3076
- School
- Modern Languages and Cultures
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
This advanced module will be your final step towards fluency, training you in a more formal, sophisticated register of spoken and written Spanish.
We'll continue to use a wide range of authentic Spanish texts to further deepen your knowledge and confidence at this advanced level. We'll look at how the texts are put together so that you may use these skills within your written and spoken Spanish, taking you to the highest level of proficiency.
Target Students
Available for Spanish level 3 students. Must have completed MLAC2059 OR MLAC2085. Available to Exchange students.
Co-requisites
Modules you must take in the same academic year, or have taken in a previous year, to enrol in this module:
Classes
- One 1-hour seminar each week for 20 weeks
- One 1-hour seminar each week for 20 weeks
- One 1-hour lecture each week for 20 weeks
The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies operates an attendance policy. The details of this policy can be found in the student handbook on Workspace and in module handbooks.
Assessment
- 10% Coursework 1: Written assignment. Composition 500-words Autumn semester.
- 10% Coursework 2: Written assignment - grammar/translation (Spr). 10 multiple choice grammar questions and 10 multiple choice translation questions.
- 20% Coursework 3: Moodle assignment. 3-minute oral presentation based on audio-visual material (Spr).
- 20% Oral Exam: 20-minute oral examiniation (Spr)
- 40% Exam 1 (3-hour)
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
This module aims to take you to a level commensurate with C1/C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference. As such, you will be able to express, in written and spoken Spanish, attitudes, feelings, opinions and arguments with a near-native degree of fluency, grammatical accuracy, complexity and lexical variation. In terms of comprehension, you will be able to understand both the explicit and implied meaning of written, audio and audio-visual texts, of varying lengths, produced for native Spanish speakers, on a wide range of subjects. In addition to obtaining advanced levels of competence in Spanish comprehension and expression, you will develop to a high-level your ability to translate texts into and out of English.Learning Outcomes
A. Knowledge and understanding:
•the development of all the necessary skills which contribute to producing near-native competence in Spanish (A1, A2)
•the development of comprehension, reading and writing skills of an advanced order (A1, A2)
•the development of the understanding of contemporary issues relating to the Spanish -speaking world and society in general through oral and aural work (A4, A6)
•the ability to understand the syntactic and lexical patterns of Spanish (A1, A3)
•the development of translation skills (A2)
B. Intellectual skills:
•the ability to process complex Spanish texts and the information they contain (B1, B2, B3)
•the development of creative writing skills (B6)
•the development of the ability to express ideas in written and spoken Spanish in a variety of formal and less formal contexts (B8)
C. Professional skills:
•the ability to consult and exploit grammar books and dictionaries (C3)
•the ability to produce language work of an advanced order accurately and in an appropriate manner (C1, C2, C3)
•the ability to utilise an appropriate style of expression in various circumstances (C1, C3)
D. Transferable skills:
•the ability to communicate effectively, fluently and precisely in writing and speech (D1)
•the ability to organise arguments (D1)
•an understanding of contemporary social, political and moral issues (D2)
•the ability to work productively, both independently and under pressure (D4, D6)
•time organization (D7)