Module manager: Alba del Pozo Garcia
Email: A.delPozoGarcia@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2023/24
| FLTU1801 | Spanish for Scientists |
| FLTU1802 | Beginners Spanish 20 credits, Semester 2 |
| FLTU1803 | Beginners Spanish 20cr Sem1&2 |
| FLTU1805 | Beginners Spanish |
| FLTU1808 | Beginners Spanish |
| SPPO1090 | Spanish Language for Beginners 1A |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This module enables absolute beginner students to develop their language skills up to A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). Language Learning in this module is student-centred and task-based. The classroom is conceived as a social space for communication. Listening, reading, writing, speaking, interaction and mediation tasks will be set.
To develop their language skills and competence up to CEFRL A1 level/equivalent.
Teaching is divided into a series of units, developing various important skills, such as the ability to work in a team, to a deadline, and the ability to assimilate and organize language material and present it in a given register, style and context.
Students should also develop an awareness of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases with a specific communicative purpose
2. introduce themselves and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where they live, people they know and things they have
3. interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
The syllabus for this module typically includes the following elements:
• giving and asking for personal information, greetings and farewells, seeking for linguistic items clarification
• expressing intentions, speaking about interests and expressing the reasons why you do things
• describing places and countries, expressing existence, location and speaking about the weather
• identifying objects, expressing necessity, shopping, speaking about preferences
• speaking about appearance and character, expressing likes and dislikes, speaking about personal relationships
• speaking about daily life and expressing frequency
• asking for and giving information about food, restaurants and eating habits
• describing places where you live, what you like about a place, asking for and giving information about a places
• talking about past experiences, skills and abilities
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language Class | 20 | 2 | 40 |
| Private study hours | 160 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 40 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Review of the lesson/lecture and preparation for the weekly lectures/classes – 60 hours
Guided and independent study each week – 40 hours
Assessed work write-up – 30 hours
Exam preparation – 30 hours
Weekly homework and tutor feedback both written and orally.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Integration of several linguistic skills (ie. narrated PowerPoint presentation) | 30 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 30 | |
1 x activity set semester 1 week 6 and due semester 1 week 8.
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Exam / OSCE | 0.0 Hrs 15 Mins | 30 |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) (S1) | 2.0 Hrs 0 Mins | 40 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 70 | |
Practical Exam / OSCE - Speaking exam. Speaking exam re-sit on campus or via video conference in August resit period.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 02/08/2023
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