Module: Spanish Language & Business 1

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Spanish Language & Business 1
Module Code	SPA1016 (ITS: SP295)
Faculty	SALIS	School	Humanities & Social Sciences
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10

Description

This module is designed to acquaint learners with specialised language related to socioeconomic, occupational, and corporate topics in Spanish. Students will increase their vocabulary in these areas, develop oral and written skills to discuss a specialised topic, and consolidate grammar structures and communicative functions. Materials used in this module are mainly drawn from CEFR level B1+.

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand standard written and spoken language (live or broadcast), on themes related to professions, work placements, job applications and political or economic topics
2. Analyse and interpret a variety of specialised document, including online texts and artefacts, from a range of socioeconomic contexts
3. Demonstrate the ability to apply knowledge and control of the language system (lexical, grammatical, semantic and orthographic) by completing a number of tasks at text and sentence level
4. Express their opinion, ideas and points of view on a specialised topic related to business
5. Produce written short essays in a logical and well organised manner on a variety of social, political or economic subjects
6. Make effective use of digital tools and resources for the purpose of language learning

Total Workload: 0

Section Breakdown
CRN	11553	Part of Term	Semester 1
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Iker Erdocia Iniguez	Module Teacher	Maria Del Carmen Lopez Cara

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Completion of online activity	Completion of tasks	20%	n/a
Presentation	Group research and presentation	40%	n/a
In Class Test	Reading comprehension and written production	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
Topics will cover aspects such as globalisation, business, human resources, entrepreneurship, fair trade, environmental issues, COVID-19, etc.

Students will engage with aural and written stimuli in order to complete associated tasks. These will include interpreting an infographic, 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

Indicative Reading List

Books:

Editorial enClave-ELE: 0, Profesionales de los negocios (B1-B2),

Articles:
None

Other Resources

None