Admission requirements
Spanish 5 or equivalent recommended (contact tutor for guidance).
Description
This language course builds on skills acquired in Spanish 5 and aims to develop students’ oral and written communication skills to an advanced level, with an emphasis on academic speech and writing skills. In addition, the class seeks to develop awareness of dialect, register, and stylistic differences in Spanish while studying and debating academic and journalistic articles related to history/public policy, literature/cultural analysis, and linguistics. This is an interactive course in which a variety of authentic materials are used and students play an active role in weekly discussions.
Course objectives
This course covers four key skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Authentic materials will be used in the development of communication skills through practical written and oral exercises (individual and group-based).
European Framework for Languages:
Listening B2
Reading B2
Spoken B2
Writing B2
Timetable
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Course Load
Total course load: 5EC = 140 hrs
Seminar attendance: 42 hours (6 hours per week x 7 weeks)
Assignments and preparation: 42 hours (6 hours per week x 7 weeks)
Tests and Test Preparation: 28 hours
Composition: 28 hours
Assessment method
Assessment
Weekly written contributions: 20%;
Written assessment 1: 20% (due in week 4);
Written assessment 2: 30% (due in week 6);
Oral presentation assessment: 30% (week 5).
The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average.
Weighing
Weekly written contributions: 20%;
Written assessment 1: 20% (due in week 4);
Written assessment 2: 30% (due in week 6);
Oral presentation assessment: 30% (week 5).
The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average.
Resit
Resit for all components (project rewriting and oral presentation): 100% of final mark.
Exam review
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used for:
- providing study materials
Reading list
Materials TBA on blackboard
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available in English and Dutch
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Not applicable
Contact
For questions about the content of the course, you can contact the teacher:
mw. Dr. M. Parafita Couto
Coordinator of Studies: A.C. Wapenaar MA
Administrations Office: van Wijkplaats
Remarks
Minimum 80% attendance required to complete the module. Missing an oral presentation or a paper deadline means a grade of 0 for that part.