Module: Intermediate Spanish 1A

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Intermediate Spanish 1A
Module Code	SPA1005 (ITS: SP140)
Faculty	SALIS	School	Humanities & Social Sciences
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5

Description

This module is conducted predominantly through Spanish. Throughout the course, students will perform individual and collaborative tasks to build on students’ existing knowledge of Spanish at an intermediate level, emphasising intercultural competence, oral and written skills. It seeks to develop students’ ability to function effectively across cultures, think and act appropriately, and communicate and work with people from different cultural backgrounds. Materials used in this module are mainly pitched at CEFR level B1.

Learning Outcomes

1. Show intercultural awareness by contrasting cultural behaviours and values.
2. Demonstrate ability to function efficiently across cultures, communicating and acting appropriately in different intercultural activities.
3. Communicate orally on personal opinions and cultural topics using suitable language registers and structures within a good degree of correctness and fluency.
4. Participate in intercultural group discussions adequately.
5. Express him/herself coherently in writing on both familiar topics and some beyond his/her personal experience, and show awareness of some text type conventions, such as personal email, blog entry, news article, etc.
6. Prepare, discuss and deliver interactively several collaborative multimodal productions in the target language using lexical and grammatical features that are adequate to express thoughts about cultural topics and to describe experiences, feelings and events in some detail.
7. Reflect on his/her learning experience, language skills and intercultural competence development.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Seminars	22	Students are expected to attend and contribute to all sessions, actively participating in class discussions with individual contributions to whole-class and small group discussions.
Group work	33	Students will engage in several collaborative/ telecollaborative activities designed to develop intercultural competence and autonomous language use.
Independent Study	45	Reading/watching the required materials before the session and completing any assigned activities. Students are expected to engage autonomously in activities that will foster their language acquisition (through activity completion, group work outside the classroom, etc.).
Assignment Completion	25	Preparation and submission of assignments.
Total Workload: 125

Section Breakdown
CRN	21030	Part of Term	Semester 2
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Ana Maria Diaz Perez	Module Teacher	Alicia Castillo Villanueva, Elena Lopez

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Practical/skills evaluation	Telecollaborative Activities. (Throughout the semester)	20%	n/a
In Class Test	Written Production. In-Class Test. (Mid-semester)	40%	n/a
Oral Examination	Group Presentation (End of the semester)	40%	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

Indicative Content and Learning Activities
The course is conducted predominantly in Spanish. Tasks include the development of the student’s intercultural competence, critical thinking and the ability to express opinions through spoken and written interaction. The classroom sessions are interactive and learner-centered. Students will work on individual and collaborative tasks. These can include but are not limited to: role-plays, interviews, mini-dialogues, cultural exercises, etc. In this module, students will also enhance their capacity to reflect on their learning experience and outcomes to become ‘better’ language learners. Students will engage in group or peer projects designed to foster intercultural competence development and autonomous language use. Support materials and independent learning activities will assist them in further developing their language skills. Students are expected to attend and contribute to all sessions. The material used in this module corresponds to the Intermediate level from the Common European Framework of Reference.

Indicative Reading List

Books:
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Articles:
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Other Resources

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