Module manager: Glòria Ribugent
Email: g.ribugentigubau@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
Catalan A2 level (CEFR) (either pre-requisite qualification or pre-requisite module)
| SPPO1145 | Catalan Language and Culture I |
SPPO2590
This module is approved as a discovery module
The module aims to further enhance your linguistic skills, bringing you to a Threshold or Intermediate (A-Level) standard. By the end of the module, you will be able to comprehend television and radio programmes in Catalan and grasp the main ideas of complex texts that address both concrete and abstract topics, including technical texts within specialised professional fields. In addition, you will develop the ability to interact effectively with native speakers, communicating your ideas with a degree of fluency and spontaneity while expressing your viewpoints clearly. Finally, you will be taught to write on a wide range of subjects, without committing many basic grammatical errors. Simultaneously, the course will expand your understanding of Catalan history and culture, building on the knowledge acquired in Catalan Language and Culture I. Please note this is an optional module and runs subject to enrolments. If a low number of students choose this module, then the module may not run and you may be asked to choose another module.
On the language front, this module aims to enhance and consolidate structures learnt in Level 1 Catalan and the communicative autonomy and strategies. The students will gain competence in language and social interaction in the following areas (described in Level B1 of the Common European Framework for Languages):
- Understand the main ideas in clear information about topics related to work, school, leisure, etc.
- Be able to deal with the majority of language situations that can occur when travelling or living in a country where Catalan is spoken.
- Produce simple and coherent discourse about topics that are familiar or of personal interest.
- Describe events and experiences, dreams and ambitions and give brief reasons and explanations for opinions and projects.
Students will practise the four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in a variety of contexts. On completing the module they should be able to express yourselves in Catalan with a significant degree of fluency. At the same time, the module aims to build on the knowledge of Catalan culture acquired in Catalan Language and Culture I.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Hold a conversation in Catalan on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life
2. Demonstrate the ability to understand the main point of many radio, podcast or TV programmes in Catalan on current affairs or topics of personal or professional interest
3. Demonstrate the ability to understand relatively complex texts in Catalan
4. Identify and employ core grammatical structures of Catalan
5. Identify and appraise aspects of Catalan history and culture
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
6. Communicate effectively adapting your communication strategy and style to different communication contexts, media, and audiences
7. Reflect on linguistic aspects such as morphology, syntax, and grammar.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practical | 60 | 1 | 60 |
| Private study hours | 140 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 60 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Students will regularly do homework, which the tutor will go over the following week.
The students will also receive formative feedback during class.
In addition students will get feedback on the summative assessment: oral tasks.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Oral tasks | 40 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 40 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2.0 Hrs 0 Mins | 60 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 60 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 25/04/2025
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