Module: Spanish Language, Business and Society

Module Specifications..

Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024

Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Spanish Language, Business and Society
Module Code	SP498
School	SALIS
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Iker Erdocia Iniguez Semester 2: Iker Erdocia Iniguez Autumn: Iker Erdocia Iniguez
Module Teachers	Iker Erdocia Iniguez Paula Alvarez
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

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Description

This module is designed to introduce students to the role that ethics plays in contemporary businesses and societies. It aims to develop student’s understanding of the relationship amongst the economic, social, governmental public, and nonprofit domains. It also aims to enable students to recognise and identify a range of professional capabilities necessary for taking an active part in a sustainable society. The module will focus on developing more specialised Spanish vocabulary and also focus on improving students’ oral and written language skills

Learning Outcomes

1. Engage with and comprehend multimodal texts and videos concerned with ethical issues
2. Access and source digital publications in Spanish that can provide arguments on relevant topics and critically evaluate and manage in-depth information
3. Express, communicate and share their own views on topics related to ethics and the business world and broader areas through Spanish
4. Demonstrate a good command of a very broad lexical repertoire related to ethical issues and maintain a high degree and consistent grammatical control of complex language
5. Create new meanings constructing structured and well-argued written texts on ethical topics using first and secondary sources
6. Present a complex ethical topic orally in collaboration with peers mastering presentation and communicative skills

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Assignment Completion	50	Completion of tasks set every three weeks and engagement with individual feedback provided by the lecturers
Lecture	30	Interactive synchronous and asynchronous sessions. Interactive group sessions among students and with lecturers to prepare assessment elements
Class Presentation	25	Identify and gather information about a certain topic related to business. Organise this material and prepare a group presentation accompanied by an oral commentary
Directed learning	40	Complete online exercises set. Watch Spanish materials recommended (television series, online series, Spanish news). Complete grammar exercises allocated
Independent Study	105	Further study dependent on individual areas in need of development, to be advised. A focus will be placed on exposure to aural and oral material and engagement with written production and grammar
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

Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Topics will cover aspects such as applied ethics, globalization, business, human resources, entrepreneurship, fair trade, digital economy, freedom of speech, COVID-19, etc. Students will engage with aural and written stimuli in order to complete associated tasks. These will include interpreting an infographic, reading articles and pieces of academic research, watching videos, answering questions and expressing their opinions in relation to a variety of material. Supplementary online exercises will also be used that students complete in their own time and which give automatic feedback and provide links to additional resources

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Assignment	Completion of tasks	20%	n/a
Presentation	Group research and oral presentation	40%	n/a
Completion of online activity	Reading comprehension and written production	20%	n/a
Completion of online activity	Audiovisual comprehension and written production	20%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Other Resources

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Programme or List of Programmes

EBS	BA in Global Business (Spain)
INTB	Bachelor Business Studies International

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