ML9033: Spanish Intermediate A2 Part 3
School | Languages for All |
Department Code | MLANG |
Module Code | ML9033 |
External Subject Code | 100332 |
Number of Credits | 10 |
Level | L4 |
Language of Delivery | English |
Module Leader | Dr Sian Edwards |
Semester | Autumn Semester |
Academic Year | 2018/9 |
Outline Description of Module
This is a module designed for students who completed Spanish Intermediate A2 Part 2 or who have studied Spanish up to GCSE (and who achieved a grade A* or A). This module aims to provide you with the necessary linguistic tools to be able to confidently cope with everyday situations, make and respond to invitations, apologies, etc., and understand a simple and direct exchange of limited information on familiar and routine matters.
This module is the third part of the preparation for CEFR A2.
On completion of the module a student should be able to
- Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).
- Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
- Describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.
How the module will be delivered
All courses on the Languages for All programme are delivered on a hybrid mode, mixing face-to-face and virtual teaching. You will be expected to actively participate in role-plays, interactive activities and group discussions. Course material is accessible on the University’s Virtual Learning Environment, Learning Central, and should be cross-platform compatible.
18 contact hours – 2 hours per week of interactive language workshops.
Skills that will be practised and developed
Intellectual Skills:
- Enhanced cognitive skills leading to innovation, creativity and problem solving.
- Critical analysis applied to discourse, texts, images and events.
- Advanced listening and reading skills: the ability to scan complex texts (including audio) for gist, to synthesise information and focus on salient points.
Discipline Specific (including practical) Skills:
- Understand spoken phrases and the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most immediate personal relevance; catch the main point in spoken short, clear, simple messages.
- Read very short, simple texts; find specific, predictable information in simple everyday material.
- Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar topics and activities.
- Write short, simple notes and messages relating to matters in areas of immediate needs.
Transferable Skills:
- Ability to learn additional languages for personal/employment reasons.
- Awareness of and sensitivity to diversity based on culture.
- Ability to navigate and mediate between more than one culture to interpret meaning and intent beyond the purely linguistic.
- Heightened literacy, textual analysis and oracy in mother tongue.
- Presentation skills.
- Ability to work cooperatively, as a member of a team or with a partner.
- Problem solving and the ability to look at things from multiple perspectives
How the module will be assessed
Written class test (30%) and course work (30%).
Oral and aural continuous assessment (40%).
Assessment Breakdown
Type | % | Title | Duration(hrs) |
---|---|---|---|
Written Assessment | 15 | Coursework 1 | N/A |
Written Assessment | 15 | Coursework 2 | N/A |
Oral/Aural Assessment | 20 | Speaking Test | N/A |
Oral/Aural Assessment | 20 | Listening Test | N/A |
Class Test | 30 | Class Test | N/A |
Syllabus content
- Con una condición (establising hypothesis or probabilities about the past; giving and asking for advice; communicating desires and aspirations; talking about health and arranging medical appointments).
- Primera Plana (drafting short news stories, relating stories, real or invented in the past, expressing surprise and probability)
- Imperativamente (asking and giving permission, giving orders, advice and persuading)
- ¡Campeones!) (Talking about sports, expressing wishes and desires using the present subjunctive, asking for and offering help, discussing healthy living)
Essential Reading and Resource List
Nuevo Prisma A2 - Libro del alumno, 2013; Equipo nuevo Prisma; Edinumen (Units 9-12).
Background Reading and Resource List
A Spanish Learning Grammar, 2012, 3rd edition; P. Muñoz and M. Thacker; Routledge.
To prepare for A2:
El Cronometro A2, 2011, A. Bech Tormo, E. Dominguez Marin, C. Salvador Garcia and M. Sauras Rodriguez-Olleros, Edinumen.