Module: Spanish Language & Culture 4 (A2.2)

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Spanish Language & Culture 4 (A2.2)
Module Code	SPA1024 (ITS: SP3004)
Faculty	SALIS	School	Humanities & Social Sciences
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5

Description

This module is designed for elementary users of Spanish. Students will consolidate some of the essential aspects of the Spanish Language and culture of Spanish-speaking countries. Throughout the year, students will enhance their communication skills in their target language by performing individual and collaborative tasks. Students will develop their ability and competence in spoken production and basic oral interaction in the target language while also establishing solid listening and writing skills. Students will develop skills that will help them understand and critically evaluate information about Hispanic-speaking culture and produce spoken and written texts directed to both Irish and Spanish-speaking audiences. Lifelong learning strategies will also be developed to support language learning.

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand the overall meaning of short texts from a variety of simple texts dealing with everyday topics (e.g lifestyle, hobbies, sports, weather, cultural events),being able to derive the probable meaning of unknown words/signs from the context.
2. Demonstrate effective oral skills in a range of social situations (e.g presentation or description of people, living or working conditions, daily routines and basic past activities and personal experiences).
3. Produce short texts, linked with simple connectors, on matters of personal relevance e.g. write short basic descriptions of events, activities and personal experiences using present and past simple. Also, engage in basic social communication online for example in chats and forums of personal relevance.
4. Demonstrate control of basic structures of the language as well as increasingly complex grammatical structures (e.g word order in main and subordinate clauses, the use of genders and cases, adjectival endings, verb tenses).
5. Continue identifying economic, social and cultural similarities and differences between Ireland and Spanish-speaking countries.
6. Use IT skills to access language specific-resources (life-long learning) to be able to reflect on your own learning path to support your future progression in the language, as well as employability.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Seminars	22	Class contact hours
Independent Study	33	Autonomous learning outside the classroom, aiming to foster students' language and cultural competence. For example, participation in the activities organised in the Languaculture Space.
Assignment Completion	25	Completion of prescribed homework and assigments required to monitor the progress of the student.
Portfolio Preparation	45	Preparation, creation, and final submission of the portfolio.
Total Workload: 125

Section Breakdown
CRN	11557	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	Juan Pablo Aunon	Module Teacher

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Participation	Attendance to at least 50% of seminars.	10%	n/a
Performance evaluation	Language skills, intercultural and communicative competence evaluation.	40%	n/a
Portfolio	Progress is based on the completion of a learning portfolio to show evidence of independent learning and successful achievement of the learning outcomes.	50%	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

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