• Offered for Year: 2025/26

• Module Leader(s): Ms Maria Zubelzu de Brown

• Owning School: Modern Languages
• Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus

Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Aims

In consonance with the overall aims of the degrees offered in the SML, this module aims to build on skills and knowledge gained in stages 1 and 2. In particular, it aims to allow students studying academic courses at an approved institution abroad to accredit, at Newcastle University, their study abroad to a total of 10 ECTS credits or the equivalent thereof.

Outline Of Syllabus

If you are studying at a university during your year abroad (for one semester or for the whole year) you must take SML3006 – Study Abroad. Marks from the university at which you are studying during your Year Abroad are converted into a percentage. If you are studying at more than one university abroad during your YA, marks from each of the universities at which you have studied will be converted separately, and the best converted mark will be used as your Newcastle YA mark.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

This will vary according to modules taken at host universities abroad. Modules taken at host universities are expected to be either language-learning modules, or modules on cultural topics. With very specific exceptions, most modules taken are expected to be taught in the language of the country and not in English.

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Other Assessment

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

Modules should be taken in the target language except for the specific exceptions confirmed in the module handbook.

For students of European languages: Students must pass assessments for eligible courses (see below) that have an aggregate minimum value of 10 ECTS credits (or the equivalent in a non-ECTS institution).

For students of East Asian Languages:
Students must meet the 70% minimum attendance requirement for the approved language course undertaken at the partner institution, and must obtain a Pass overall in the averaged mark for related assessments. % of module assessment from ‘other assessed work’ 100%

For students studying in countries whose official language is of European origin:
The mark awarded by Newcastle University for SML3006 will be based on the student’s mark(s) in those eligible modules taken abroad, amounting or equating to 10 ECTS credits, in which he/she has performed best. For students in this category, a single mark is reached by converting the marks gained in the module(s) defined above to the Newcastle scale. If this involves conflating two or more marks, an average is taken that reflects the credit weighting accorded to each mark. Average marks for the 10 credits will then be ‘scaled’ to produce a UK percentage mark which reflects the value of the mark obtained abroad in terms of Newcastle University’s descriptions of attainment for student work.

- Students spending one semester in one country only will be awarded the converted mark for that semester.
- Students spending two semesters at the same university will be awarded a converted mark from the best 10 ECTS credits over the full year.
- Students spending two semesters at different universities will be awarded the higher mark awarded for Semester 1 or Semester 2.

For students studying in China or Japan only:
A single, summative percentage will be produced for all language assessment undertaken while abroad. This percentage is then converted to the Newcastle scale. This will vary according to modules taken.
- Students spending one semester in China or Japan only will be awarded a converted mark from the average of all language modules taken in that semester.
- Students spending the full year at the same university in China or Japan will be awarded a converted mark from the average of all language modules taken over the year.
- Students spending two semesters at different universities will be awarded the higher mark converted from the average of all language modules taken in Semester 1 and the average of all language modules taken in Semester 2.

For students studying one semester in a country whose official language is of European origin and one semester in China or Japan:
- Students will be awarded the higher mark converted from the marks from the European language and the mark converted from the average of all language modules taken in the East Asian country.

Reading Lists

• SML3006's Reading List

Timetable

• Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
• SML3006's Timetable