HUM5902 - Introduction to Spanish Language and Hispanic Culuture and Society

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Understand and process information, at a basic level of Spanish, related to social, student and professional contexts;
Communicate, at a basic level of Spanish, information and needs related to social, student and professional life;
Show an awareness of key aspects of historic, cultural and social factors which have shaped contemporary life in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries.

Content:

Expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. personal and family information, shopping, local geography, student life and employment. Simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Description in simple terms of aspects of personal background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.
Cutural and Social topics:
Spain: The Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy, The Madrid movida, The New Cinema, The Autonomous Regions.
Latin America: Postcolonial reality, Ancient Civilizations, modern Latin America, Art and Literature, Popular Culture.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Many of the sessions are geared toward language teaching, which will involve a mixture of lecturing, group activities, use of language videos, and individual discussion. The cultural material will be taught through a variety of workshops and guided independent study.

Tutorials, Seminars and Workshops
Contact hours: 40
Intended Group size: 25

Guided independent study
Hours: 160

Further details relating to assessment
The Skills Audit has two main components: Oral work in the form of a presentation and / or conversation and Written Work in the form of tasks and exercises. The two components have equal weight.
Because of its practical linguistic nature, the marking criteria for this module is non-standard. The marking criteria are fully set out in the module handbook and the relevant section is also provided here in an appendix)

Assessment: