Undergraduate Course: Foundation Spanish Language 4 (ELCH07020)
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 | This course is not suitable for students who have Advanced Highers, A-Level, or knowledge above CEFR level B1. At the end of the course students should have reached approximately CEFR level B1+.
Foundation Spanish Language 4 is a course that helps students to move away from more simplistic language usage and allows them to cope with most situations they are likely to encounter whilst in a Spanish-speaking country or when interacting with Spanish speakers. Students will engage with more complex tasks such as giving an oral presentation on a topical or cultural issue or composing an article for a university magazine. |
| Course description |
Foundation Spanish Language 4 is a semester-long course that aims to take students to approximately CEFR Level B1.
Foundation Spanish 4 is the follow-up to the 40 hour Foundation Spanish 3 course. Students who have successfully completed Foundation Spanish 3 course or have an equivalent knowledge in the language will be ideally suited for this course.
Students discuss a selection of themes that are contemporary, historical and cultural in focus, and concentrate learning about the Spanish-speaking world.
Students develop their listening comprehension skills as well as their awareness of the linguistic variation within the Spanish-speaking world by being exposed to texts and online clips in different varieties of the language.
Students develop their reading comprehension skills whilst engaging with a variety of texts in Spanish.
Students practise writing short pieces of prose text on familiar and topical issues.
Students reflect on the use of grammar in written and oral texts and acquire grammatical structures and vocabulary, which they can then apply in the production of both written and spoken language.
Students are expected to prepare for each class by going through the explanations given in the coursebook and workbook and completing the corresponding exercises; this preparation forms the basis for the discussion of questions and further practice in class.
Regular attendance at all classes and the completion of all set work, including formative homework exercises, is vital for the successful attainment of the course.
Self-study is an essential part of learning a foreign language. In order to structure this process, students should keep track of their progress towards meeting the learning outcomes.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, 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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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% Coursework:
4x Online Tests (2.5% x 4) = 10%
Course Performance 10%
Reading Comprehension 10%
Listening Comprehension 10%
Group Poster 10%
Written Text 1 10%
Written Text 2 20%
Video Interview 20% |
| Feedback |
Throughout the semester students will receive regular written and oral feedback on their written assignment and their oral presentation.
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| No Exam Information |
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 25 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
(
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% Coursework:
4x Online Tests (2.5% x 4) = 10%
Course Performance 10%
Reading Comprehension 10%
Listening Comprehension 10%
Group Poster 10%
Written Text 1 10%
Written Text 2 20%
Video Interview 20% |
| Feedback |
Throughout the semester students will receive regular written and oral feedback on their written assignment and their oral presentation.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Communicate information on familiar matters and express thoughts on social issues and cultural topics.
- Understand straightforward factual information about common everyday or university-related topics, identifying both general messages and specific details, provided speech is clearly articulated in a familiar accent.
- Comprehend straightforward factual texts on subjects related to the university context and matters of common interest.
- Compose a variety of types of texts in Spanish on a range of familiar subjects using a wide range of tenses including past and present tenses, future and conditional tenses and present subjunctive.
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Reading List
Rosales, F, et al 2017. Campus Sur. Curso intensivo de español. Libro del alumno. Barcelona: Difusión, 2019
Rosales, F, et al 2017. Campus Sur. Curso intensivo de español. Cuaderno de ejercicios. Barcelona: Difusión, 2019 |
Additional Information
| 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. DELC students may only take this course if it over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course. Visiting Students may only take this course for credits.
Please note that auditing this course is not allowed. You must be enrolled as CE (Class and Assessment including centrally arranged exam). |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
MPORTANT: 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 | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Miss Roser Vich-Gallego
Tel: (0131 6)50 3140
Email: roser.vich@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Hope Hamilton
Tel: (0131 6)50 4167
Email: hope.hamilton@ed.ac.uk |
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