- Offered for Year: 2021/22
- Module Leader(s): Dr Josep Cru
- Lecturer: Ms Maria Zubelzu de Brown
- Owning School: Modern Languages
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
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Semester 1 Credit Value:
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5
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Semester 2 Credit Value:
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5
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ECTS Credits:
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5.0
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Aims
In consonance with the overall aims of the degrees offered in SML, this module will:
- build on language skills gained at Stages 1, 2 and 3.
- provide students with an in-depth knowledge of the target language and with the ability to develop a high level of written proficiency in professional and academic environments.
- prepare students for postgraduate study in areas that make extensive use of the target language.
- develop students' written translation skills into the target language.
Outline Of Syllabus
Specific topics and materials based on current issues will initially be provided by the lecturer. Subsequently, these will be supplied by students themselves for group practice in group work sessions.
Translation into the target language, summarising, and open writing will be practised throughout the year, preparing students for written communication in the target language.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category |
Activity |
Number |
Length |
Student Hours |
Comment |
|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 22 | 1:00 | 22:00 | PiP language seminars |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 10 | 1:00 | 10:00 | PiP language workshops |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 68 | 1:00 | 68:00 | N/A |
| Total | | | | 100:00 | |
Jointly Taught With
| Code |
Title |
|---|
| SPA4181 | Level D (HE Further Advanced) Spanish: Advanced Writing Skills - Exchange Students Semester 1 |
| SPA4281 | Level D (HE Further Advanced) Spanish: Advanced Writing Skills - Exchange Students Semester 2 |
| SPA4084 | Level D (HE Further Advanced) Spanish: Advanced Writing Skills - IBM |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Language classes will introduce, model and offer guidance in each of the skills that students are required to practise during the course (including summary and commentary writing, intensive reading, taking part in critical discussions, and translation into the foreign language).
Group work will offer students an opportunity to work in small groups (in the target language) under close supervision of the lecturer. These classes will focus on the skills listed in the outline syllabus.
Teaching will be mostly in the target language.
Work requirements:
- researching materials for oral presentation and discussion
- writing critical discussions and summaries in the target language
- practising written translation
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
| Description |
Length |
Semester |
When Set |
Percentage |
Comment |
|---|
| Written Examination | 120 | 2 | A | 80 | 24 hr take home exam. *Continued in Assessment Rationale below |
Exam Pairings
| Module Code |
Module Title |
Semester |
Comment |
|---|
| SPA4281 | Level D (HE Further Advanced) Spanish: Advanced Writing Skills - Exchange Students Semester 2 | 2 | N/A |
| | 2 | N/A |
Other Assessment
| Description |
Semester |
When Set |
Percentage |
Comment |
|---|
| Written exercise | 1 | M | 20 | 24 hr take home assessment. ** Continued in Assessment Rationale below |
Formative Assessments
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
Writing and translation are assessed by means of an examination in order to ensure that the students' output is produced in identical conditions and is their own work.
The written examination and assessment are performed in a setting that is as close to a real-life professional or academic situation as possible.
* (Continued from above) This 24h take home assessment will test students' ability to write and translate into
the Target Language.
** (Continued from above) This 24h take home exam will test students’ ability to write in the Target Language.
Reading Lists
Timetable
