SPA4081 : Level D (HE Further Advanced) Spanish: Advanced Writing Skills - Undergraduate Study

Offered for Year: 2020/21

Module Leader(s): Dr Josep Cru Talaveron
Lecturer: Dr Dunja Fehimovic, Miss Raquel Beltran Puig
Other Staff: Ms Laura Arbones Martinez

Owning School: Modern Languages
Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus

Semesters

Semester 1 Credit Value:	5
Semester 2 Credit Value:	5
ECTS Credits:	5.0

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

Please note that module leaders are reviewing the module teaching and assessment methods for Semester 2 modules, in light of the Covid-19 restrictions. There may also be a few further changes to Semester 1 modules. Final information will be available by the end of August 2020 in for Semester 1 modules and the end of October 2020 for Semester 2 modules.

Teaching Activities

Category	Activity	Number	Length	Student Hours	Comment
Guided Independent Study	Assessment preparation and completion	15	1:00	15:00	N/A
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities	Small group teaching	16	1:00	16:00	9 hours present in person. 7 hours online synchronous.
Guided Independent Study	Skills practice	18	1:00	18:00	N/A
Guided Independent Study	Independent study	49	1:00	49:00	N/A
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities	Module talk	2	1:00	2:00	Online synchronous
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	99	2	A	100	24 hr take home exam. This will test students’ ability to write in the Target Language. *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
LSP4081	Level D (HE Further Advanced) Spanish: Advanced Writing Skills	2	N/A
LSP4084	Level D (HE Further Advanced) Spanish: Advanced Writing Skills - IBM	2	N/A

Formative Assessments

Description	Semester	When Set	Comment
Written exercise	1	M	This exercise will help students prepare for the final written examination (writing).
Written exercise	2	M	This exercise will help students prepare for the final written examination (translation and writing).

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.

* (Continued from above) Students may be allowed to type their own answers provided that spell and grammar checks have been disabled.

Reading Lists

SPA4081's Reading List

Timetable

Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
SPA4081's Timetable

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