Admission requirements
This course is only available for students in the BA International Studies programme who have passed Spanish 1 Intermediate and Spanish 2 Upper-Intermediate.
Description
This is a language course for advanced students. Attention will be paid to the use of the language in more academic contexts.
The focus will be on reading and listening comprehension (‘Reception activities’ (CEFR), but equally the course places a strong emphasis on grammar and accuracy. There will be plenty of opportunities to interact in the target language through class activities and discussions. Students will be encouraged to practise reading and writing skills in their own time. This course will also discuss cultural backgrounds of speakers of Spanish.
For this purpose, we will use two books: Aula Internacional 5 Nueva Edición and Latitud 0°, a culture and civilisation coursebook for intermediate and advanced level students of Spanish which tackles themes such as the diversity of the Latin American world and its intercultural relations with Spain and the rest of the world. Latitud 0° offers a wide range of varied and interactive activities about the 20 Spanish speaking countries.
Course objectives
This course enables the student to achieve a level B2+/B1+ of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).
Spanish 3 Advanced is the last course in a series of three language acquisition courses within the International Studies program. The final objective of this course series is to obtain an advanced level of proficiency in Spanish: the student will be able to interact with native speakers with a sufficient degree of fluency and spontaneity to enable easy and natural communication between interlocutor and to understand the gist of complex texts about both concrete and abstract topics.
| Skill | CEFR Level |
|---|---|
| Reading | B2+ |
| Writing | B1+ |
| Listening | B2 |
| Speaking | B1+ |
Timetable
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Mode of instruction
Tutorials
Two two-hour tutorials every week, with the exception of the midterm exam week. Attending all tutorial sessions is compulsory. With online education, it is more important than ever to maintain communication and stay in touch with your study groups. For this reason, if you are unable to attend a session, it is required that you inform your tutor in advance. Please note that being absent at any tutorial session may have a negative impact on the grade of the assignment due for that particular tutorial session. This is at the discretion of the tutor.
Assessment method
Assessment & Weighing
| Partial grade | Weighing |
|---|---|
| Participation (attendance, homework) & Quizzes (grammar and vocabulary) | 20% |
| Midterm Exam (listening comprehension & reading comprehension & written production) | 30% |
| Final Exam (listening comprehension & reading comprehension & written production) | 30% |
| Oral Exam (individual presentations and interview and interaction with another student). | 20% |
End Grade
To successfully complete the course, please take note that the End Grade of the course is established by determining the weighted average of the in-class oral and listening performance, and written exams.
The End Grade needs to be a 6.0 or higher to pass the course.
Resit
If the End Grade is insufficient (lower than a 6.0), there is a possibility of retaking the full 80% of the exam material (reading, writing, speaking, and listening). No resit for the tutorial (participation) is possible.
Exam review and feedback
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.
Reading list
Corpas, Garmendia, Sánchez, Soriano: AULA INTERNACIONAL 5 NUEVA EDICIÓN
ISBN: 9788415846802
Teresa Gutiérrez Chávez y Alfredo Noriega Fernández: LATITUD Oº Manual de español intercultural, SGEL
ISBN: 978-84-9778-668-3
Online material published on Brightspace.
Registration
Enrolment through uSis for Tutorials is mandatory.
Students will be enrolled for Exams by the Administration Office, as long as they have a valid Tutorial enrolment.
Contact
Drs. M.J. Pérez Rodríguez (coordinator)
When contacting lecturers or tutors, please include your full name, student number, and tutorial group number.
Please use your University email-address (uMail) when communicating with any person or department within Leiden University.
Student Affairs Office for BA International Studies
Remarks
This course uses an integrated communicative language learning method. Therefore active participation in the classroom activities is essential for successful learning outcomes.