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Spanish Language Culture & Text |
| Module Code |
SPA1032 (ITS: SP373) |
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Faculty |
SALIS |
School |
Humanities & Social Sciences |
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NFQ level |
8 |
Credit Rating |
5 |
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Description
The purpose of this module, conducted in Spanish, is to provide students with skills that will enable them to become autonomous learners in their partner institution during their Erasmus and to gain an insight into sociocultural adaptation issues. In order to do so, students will engage with different text types and practical situations to increase and consolidate their language and cultural competence with particular emphasis on productive skills and audiovisual comprehension. SPA1032 will also nurture the development of a range of transferable and life-long learning skills such as digital literacies and critical thinking.
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Learning Outcomes
1. Understand and extract information and opinions from a wide range of texts, conversations, multimodal documents for social, administrative and academic purposes;
2. Express him/herself effectively and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions and grammatical features and adapt the language register according to the situation;
3. Demonstrate the ability to draw on topic-specific vocabulary and grammatical features in Spanish to express ideas with accuracy in a variety of contexts (formal and informal registers);
4. Express personal opinions on a topic in an interactive manner in oral discussions with a level of fluency and accuracy appropriate for this level and produce clear, well-structured texts showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices;
5. Demonstrate reflective and critical thinking on the topics covered throughout the module and also on the tasks carried out individually and with peers;
6. Make effective use of digital tools and resources for language learning and language use.
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| Workload | Full time hours per semester | | Type | Hours | Description |
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| Seminars | 21 | Seminars are interactive and learner-centered. Students are expected to actively participate in class discussion with individual contributions to whole-class and small group discussions. | | Directed learning | 44 | Preparation for the seminars & asynchronous practice is essential in order to successfully engage and follow the class. This includes reading/watching the required materials before the session and completing any assigned homework. | | Independent Study | 35 | Students are expected to take responsibility and engage autonomously in a variety of activities required to successfully complete the course: CA preparation and completion, self-planned interaction with classmates to complete collaborative tasks, study of the subject matter using textbooks and online learning resources/tools, revision of content and feedback, consultation with teachers when needed, keeping up to date with course information and announcements, reflection and analysis of work. | | Assignment Completion | 25 | Students will engage in the completion of the 3 CAs throughout the semester. |
| Total Workload: 125 |
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| Section Breakdown | | CRN | 11561 | 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 | Inmaculada Gómez Soler | Module Teacher | |
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| Assessment Breakdown |
| Type | Description | % of total | Assessment Date |
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| In Class Test | Students will complete a test focused on both comprehension and production skills. | 30% | n/a | | Essay | Students will write an argumentative text on one of the topics discussed during the semester. | 20% | n/a | | Oral Examination | Students will do a short individual presentation related to current events affecting the Spanish-speaking world. Then, each student will carry out a conversation about this and other related current events with the teacher. | 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
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None |
| Compatibles |
None |
| Incompatibles |
None |
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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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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
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Indicative Reading List
Books:
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Articles:
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Other Resources
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