SP40A5: SPANISH LANGUAGE 7 (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19

Course Overview

This is the final Spanish language course within the degree that will provide students with advanced comprehension and writing skills in general and specialised registers.

Course Details

Study Type	Undergraduate	Level	4
Term	Full Year	Credit Points	30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Barbara Barreiro

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

One of SP30A3 Spanish Language 6 (Passed) or SP30A4 Spanish Language 6a (For Mode B Junior Honours) (Passed) or Ma Modern Languages & Translation & Interpretation Studies
One of European Studies (EU) (Studied) or Spanish And Latin American Studies (SP) (Studied) or Ma Modern Languages & Translation & Interpretation Studies
Either Programme Level 4 or Programme Level 5
Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

SP40A4 Spanish Language 7 (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

Building on Spanish Language 6 this course is topic-based, and aims to enable students to identify and use, accurately and fluently, a further range of advanced lexical and syntactical features, and linguistic registers. Reading and writing skills are further honed though the exploitation of a wide variety of literary, journalistic and other Spanish and Latin-American texts. Aural and oral skills will be further developed through the linguistic exploitation of Spanish and Latin-American programmes and films, and other activities. Special attention will be paid to further advanced grammatical areas which are still likely to cause difficulty to students by focusing on advanced writing skills. The course curriculum reflects the emphasis placed on self-directed learning and private study at this level.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1x Oral Class Assessment -to include presentations, attendance and participation in tutorial sessions (15%)

1x Final Oral Exam (15%)

1x Final Written Exam- May exam diet, on campus if possible, otherwise take home exam (45%)

1x Language Class Assessment - based on completion of online exercises and journal entries, performance on online reading quizzes, participation in sessions (10%)

2x Compositions--one in each half-session (15%)

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Procedural	Create	Can use Spanish language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text and speech on complex subjects.
Conceptual	Understand	Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer clauses, and recognize implicit meaning in written and spoken Spanish.
Factual	Apply	Can express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions in Spanish.
Reflection	Evaluate	Students will learn to evaluate, according to the CEFR, their own achievement and progress in the different language skills: aural and reading comprehension; oral and written expression.