Module: Year Abroad Portfolio

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Year Abroad Portfolio
Module Code	LC475 (ITS) / HUM1018 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	SALIS
Module Co-ordinator	Olga Springer
Module Teachers	Valerie O'Reilly, Vicent Briva Iglesias
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Coursework Only

Description

This module guides students in systematic reflection on their own learning and personal development during the Year Abroad through the target language. The focus lies on engaging with all types of intercultural experiences during the study abroad period, both in an academic and a non-academic context, whether these occur in the forms of reading and writing texts or direct interaction and communication, with the purpose of consolidating students’ proficiency as independent language users with a career as a language professional in mind.

Learning Outcomes

1. Use knowledge of socio-cultural conventions in the target culture in order to establish a consensus on how to proceed in a particular situation.
2. Analyse and clarify misunderstandings and misinterpretations during intercultural encounters.
3. Understand and reflect critically on presentations, news items, articles, books and other media in the target language.
4. Relay the main points contained in propositionally complex texts written in the target language within the student's fields of professional, academic and personal interest.
5. Summarise the main points made in authentic, longer, complex spoken texts or discussions in the target language on subjects of current interest, including the student's fields of special interest.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Assignment Completion	50	Preparing and completing assignments.
Independent Study	200	Autonomous language learning throughout the study abroad period
Total Workload: 250

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Content includes:
Engaging critically with authentic spoken and written texts produced in the target language in both academic and non-academic contexts; developing a critical sense of one's own notions and values originating in a specific cultural context.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Portfolio	Portfolio (Oral submissions, written submissions and reflective tasks)	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Other Resources

None