Undergraduate Course: Foundation Spanish Language 3 (ELCH07017)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | A course for students with Foundation 2 or CEFR A2 in Spanish who wish to improve.
1. Auditing (Class Only) is not allowed. All students must take all elements of assessment, including the examination.
2. Students will be assigned a group and each group has two classes a week. You must be able to attend both classes in order to take the course.
3. Students with a higher level of the language than stated above are not permitted and may be asked to withdraw from the course.
This course runs both in semester 1 and semester 2.
On successful completion of the course, students will be eligible to take Foundation Spanish 4. When a mark of at least 70 has to be achieved, students will be eligible to take Spanish 1B.
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| Course description |
Foundation Spanish 3 is the follow-up to the 40 hour Foundation Spanish 2 course. Students who have successfully completed Foundation Spanish 2 course or have an equivalent knowledge in the language will be ideally suited for this course.
This course is not suitable for students who have Advanced Highers, A-Level, or knowledge above CEFR level A2. At the end of the course students should have reached approximately CEFR level A2+. Students wishing to continue learning Spanish will be eligible to join Foundation Spanish 4 or Spanish 1B (ELCH08002) -provided that they have a pass rate of minimum 70% in the next academic year.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
Foundation Spanish Language 2 (ELCH07010)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | A course book. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Entry is subject to a language test by the relevant subject area on arrival and at the discretion of the course organiser. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2022/23, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 30 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 40,
Formative Assessment Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
152 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework 80%: 5 x Assignments (weeks 3-5-7-9-11); 5 x On-line test (weeks 4- 6-8-10-11).
Participation 20%:
Participation 20%: Weekly online participation tests (weeks 3 to 10), Padlet introductory presentation and a class exercise on week 7. |
| Feedback |
Students will be given general formative feedback on their written entries and comments in the discussion boards as well as their spoken interactions during collaborate sessions. |
| No Exam Information |
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| Academic year 2022/23, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
(
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 40,
Formative Assessment Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
152 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework 80%: 5 x Assignments (weeks 3-5-7-9-11); 5 x On-line test (weeks 4- 6-8-10-11).
Participation 20%:
Participation 20%: Weekly online participation tests (weeks 3 to 10), Padlet introductory presentation and a class exercise on week 7. |
| Feedback |
Students will be given general formative feedback on their written entries and comments in the discussion boards as well as their spoken interactions during collaborate sessions. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Communicate in formal and informal situations, discuss everyday themes, and deliver short presentations.
- Understand factual speech relating to university context and matters of common interest in different linguistic varieties of Spanish.
- Compose a variety of texts, using a range of tenses and modes such as future tense, conditional tense or present subjunctive and some of the structures that use these grammatical forms.
- Comprehend general information on familiar matters, social issues and cultural topics.
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/open-languages |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
This course is open to all students as a credit bearing course, or over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course.
Please note that auditing this course is not allowed. You must be enrolled as CE (Class and Assessment including centrally arranged exam).
DELC students may only take this course if it is over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course. Visiting Students may only take this course for credits.
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
IMPORTANT: Students must attend pairs of classes. See Web Timetable.
The First Class meeting will take place in week 1 and tutorials start in week 2. Please see your personalised timetable for location. |
| Keywords | OLFSPAN3SEM1&2 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Patricia Rueda Diez
Tel: (0131 6)50 3746
Email: patricia.rueda@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Bronwen Jones
Tel: (0131 6)50 4026
Email: bronwen.jones@ed.ac.uk |
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