97505 Spanish Language and Culture 5

This subject aims to provide students, who have a firm knowledge of the Spanish language, with a broad range of social situations in order to express their needs and ideas in Castilian and Latin American Spanish. Students learn how to express complex ideas and respond in a culturally and socially sensitive manner in oral and written forms. The four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, either individually or in combination, are further developed using authentic materials covering a variety of situations. A range of authentic reading material, including texts with regional and social variants and specific registers such as alcoholism, immigration, education, child delinquency, poverty and short stories from Spain and Latin America, are used for learning, and students are taught to write complex letters and essays expressing a point of view. Students further develop skills for planning, organising and presenting their ideas in Spanish and develop a sophisticated understanding and appreciation of aspects of the cultures of Spanish-speaking peoples.

Assessment: This subject has a combination of continuous assessment and final examinations for speaking, listening, reading and writing. Further details are available in the subject outline distributed in class during the first week of teaching.

Texts and references

A full range of texts, audio and video media are used in this subject. Further details are available in the subject outline distributed in class during the first week of teaching.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus