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Module Catalogue

LL215-24 Spanish 2

Department
School of Modern Languages and Cultures
Level
Undergraduate Level 2
Module leader
Monica Martin-Castano
Credit value
24
Module duration
21 weeks
Assessment
60% coursework, 40% exam
Study location
University of Warwick main campus, Coventry

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Introductory description

Students will learn and reinforce the basics of the Spanish language.
This will offer an opportunity for students not specialising in foreign languages to improve their communicative competence in Spanish. For those students intending to travel to Spanish-speaking countries, either for study or on work placements, the module can work as a refresher and promote confidence-building for communicating with native speakers abroad.
Prior knowledge of Spanish required:
-A1 of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference)
-or GCSE level
-or Language Centre Spanish 1
-or equivalent.

Successful completion of Spanish 2 qualifies students to progress to Spanish 3 or Spanish Intermediate Accelerated.

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Module aims

  • to understand and communicate in familiar and routine situations, using frequently used expressions;
  • to develop strategies for language learning;
  • to achieve A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference.

Outline syllabus

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

Communicative skills: This module will cover topics such as: leisure activities, travelling, talking about past experiences, and celebrations.
Grammar: This module will cover consolidation and revision of essential basic structures including the Present Tense, adjectives and adverbs. The use of the Preterit, the Perfect and Imperfect Tenses to recount past events in a range of situations.
This syllabus is for indicative purposes only and will be updated regularly to remain relevant.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

  • Apply a basic knowledge of grammar.
  • Gain insight into everyday life in the relevant countries.
  • Apply strategies for understanding gist and short descriptions.
  • Interact about familiar topics and activities.
  • Write simple texts giving background information and relating to areas of immediate need.

International

This module develops intercultural awareness and helps to prepare students for international student mobility.

Subject specific skills

  • This module will develop students’ language proficiency through engaging with primary materials in the target language
  • Strategies for understanding gist and specific information.
  • Intercultural competence.

Transferable skills

Problem solving
Self-awareness
Communication
Teamwork
Digital literacy
Sustainability
Ethical values
Intercultural awareness
Professionalism

Study time

Type Required
Fieldwork 21 sessions of 2 hours (18%)
Private study 194 hours 30 minutes (81%)
Assessment 3 hours 30 minutes (1%)
Total 240 hours

Private study description

Work set on moodle and homework set by tutor.

Costs

No further costs have been identified for this module.

You do not need to pass all assessment components to pass the module.

Assessment group D
Weighting Study time Eligible for self-certification
Assessment component
Interim test 10% 1 hour No

A short test to monitor progress in term 1. The duration is indicative and depends on specific arrangements.
Reassessment component is the same
Assessment component
Reading/writing test 50% 1 hour 30 minutes No

Reading/writing test.
The duration is indicative and depends on specific arrangements.
Reassessment component is the same
Assessment component
Oral test 40% 1 hour No

Speaking test
Reassessment component is the same
Feedback on assessment

Verbal feedback is provided to the class regarding regular formative tasks set for homework and activities completed in class; individual written feedback is also provided for written work which has been handed in by students. Feedback is also provided orally and in writing on practice test papers.

Past exam papers for LL215

Courses

This module is Optional for:

  • Year 4 of UIBA-MN32 Undergraduate Law and Business Studies

This module is Option list B for:

  • Year 4 of UIBA-N203 BSc in International Management
  • Year 2 of UIBA-NN36 Undergraduate Accounting and Finance (with Intercalated Year/Undergraduate Partnership Programme)