Module: Year Abroad Portfolio

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Year Abroad Portfolio
Module Code	HUM1018 (ITS: LC475)
Faculty	SALIS	School	Humanities & Social Sciences
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10

Description

This module aims to develop mediation skills through reflection on students’ own learning during the period of Year Abroad. The focus is on mediating texts and mediating communication, with the purpose of consolidating students’ proficiency and mediation skills as an independent language user with a career as a language professional in mind.

Learning Outcomes

1. Exploit knowledge of socio-cultural conventions in the target culture in order to establish a consensus on how to proceed in a particular situation.
2. Clarify misunderstandings and misinterpretations during intercultural encounters, suggesting how things were actually meant in order to move the discussion forward.
3. Relay (orally) in English presentations, news items, articles, or books given in the target language that are particularly relevant for a specific purpose.
4. Relay (in writing) in English the relevant point(s) contained in propositionally complex but well-structured texts written in the target language within his/her fields of professional, academic and personal interest.
5. Interpret and describe reliably in English detailed information contained in complex diagrams, charts and other visually organised information with text in the target language on topics in his/her fields of interest.
6. Summarise in English the important points made in longer, complex, live spoken texts or discussions in the target language on subjects of current interest, including his/her fields of special interest.
7. Summarise in the target language the important points made in a clearly structured lecture in the target language on a familiar subject.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Tutorial	5	Synchronous online consultation.
Assignment Completion	50	Asynchronous preparation and reading
Independent Study	195	Autonomous language learning throughout the study abroad period
Total Workload: 250

Section Breakdown
CRN	10930	Part of Term	Semester 1 & 2
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	PASS/FAIL	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Maria Loftus	Module Teacher	Olga Springer, Valerie O'Reilly, Vicent Briva Iglesias

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

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

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:
Interactive exercises through the target language and English relating to mediating texts;

Participative cultural and intercultural exercises related to mediating communication.

Indicative Reading List

Books:
None

Articles:
None

Other Resources

None