Module: Intermediate Spanish Language Skills 6

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Intermediate Spanish Language Skills 6
Module Code	SPA1031 (ITS: SP324)
Faculty	SALIS	School	Humanities & Social Sciences
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5

Description

This module, taught entirely through Spanish, aims to develop students’ language competence and fluency in written and spoken production to an upper-intermediate level. Students will encounter a variety of multimodal activities in order to develop digital literacy and a variety of cognitive abilities like critical thinking and persuasive discourse in a variety of communicative contexts. Materials used in this module are mainly pitched at CEFR level B2.

Learning Outcomes

1. Follow the main points of lectures, talks and reports and other forms of academic/professional presentations which are propositionally and linguistically complex. Understand the speaker’s point of view on topics that are of current interest or that relate to his/her specialised field.
2. Understand texts concerned with contemporary issues presenting a particular stance or point of view. Synthesise information from a number of resources based on their interests.
3. Demonstrate sufficient language competence to be able to give clear descriptions, express viewpoints and develop arguments without much conspicuous searching for words, using complex sentence structures to do so.
4. Show good control of formal and informal registers in different communicative situations.
5. Demonstrate an appreciation of perspectives other than his/her own worldview in intercultural encounters.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Seminars	24	Students are expected to actively participate in class discussion with individual contribution to whole-class and small group discussions.
Independent Study	40	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.).
Directed learning	40	Completion of prescribed homework. Participation in oral and written activities on chosen topics and related tasks.
Assignment Completion	21	Preparation and submission of assignments.
Total Workload: 125

Section Breakdown
CRN	21045	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

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Written Exam	Written Production	40%	n/a
Group project	Multimodal Production	20%	n/a
Oral Examination	Oral Assessment and Interaction	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

Format
The course is conducted through Spanish. Timetabled sessions are interactive and learner-centred. Students are expected to attend and contribute to all sessions. They are also expected to engage in language learning activities on a regular basis.

Syllabus
The syllabus focuses on increasing the language fluency and accuracy as well as covering a variety of cultural aspects through a range of tasks, class activities and projects.

Class activities
Students will be asked to work in pairs/groups and complete a variety of language assignments/tasks. These can include but are not limited to: role-plays, interviews, mini-dialogues, language and cultural quizzes, cloze-tests, grammar exercises, written and audiovisual comprehension exercises and presentations based on short specific projects.

Indicative Reading List

Books:

2014: Aula internacional 4 B2.1. Nueva ediciÃ³n. Libro del alumno, DifusiÃ³n, 157, 9788415620853,

Articles:
None

Other Resources

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