This module is designed for students who have a GCSE in Spanish, or equivalent (including Spanish Language C - CE4093), or who have maintained their language skills either by a stay in a Spanish-speaking country or by a course of study. The focus of this module is upon the applied use of the language in work or study. At the end of this module, students should be able to sit one of the DELE examinations (held every May at the Centre).  Students with an 'A' level in Spanish are not permitted to take this module.
 

METHODS OF TEACHING: i) Weekly two-hour workshops ii) Self study including use of digital language laboratory.

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT: i) Coursework 20%, ii) Reading comprehension 20%, iii) Oral assessment 30%, iv) Aural end test 30%.

• Make an oral presentation to a group of peers on an appropriate topic
• Read and, with the help of a dictionary, comprehend passages of written Spanish from authentic sources
• Summarise in English, in speech or in writing, passages of written Spanish
• Initiate a telephone conversation in Spanish
• Show awareness of the formulae used in business correspondence and translate or summarise examples of standard correspondence
• Transcribe a passage of spoken Spanish

This module will be taught in small groups to encourage interaction. The emphasis will be on communication. The module is taught over 12 weeks.

Intellectual Skills           - integrate information provided in taught sessions and private study. 

Discipline Specific (including practical) Skills:

• demonstrate their ability to understand simple instructions and respond appropriately in everyday situations,
• demonstrate their ability to communicate in spoken and written form using limited vocabulary and formulaic expressions,
• collect information from short texts in the target language. 

Employability Skills:      - to be responsive to the discipline of working with others as part of a group,

                                     - to understand and reflect upon different cultures and societies

• Revision of essential functions, notions, lexis and syntax
• Development of oral/aural language skills

Topics covered will be a selection of the following:

• transport 
• holiday information, making plans, describing facilities, discussing intentions, describing holiday resorts
• the weather
• talking about the past

Required:

Pasos 1 - Coursebook: Spanish Beginner's Course, Hodder Education; 3^rd edition, 2011

Suggested:

El cronómetro : manual de preparación del DELE : nivel inicial / Marina Monte Fernández ... [et al.], Madrid : Edinumen 2008.