Undergraduate Course: Foundation Spanish Language 1 (ELCH07011)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	A course for beginners with no previous knowledge of Spanish, designed to give absolute beginners a basic, working knowledge of spoken and written Spanish. The course is not suitable for students with previous knowledge of Spanish. All students take all elements of assessment including the examination. This course runs both in semester 1 and semester 2. On successful completion of the course students will have the option of taking Foundation Spanish Language 2 in Semester 1(20 credits) or in Semester 2 (20 credits), which follow on from Foundation Spanish Language 1.
Course description	Foundation Spanish Language 1 is intended for complete beginners and aims to equip students with a basic grounding in written and spoken Spanish. At the end of this course, students should reach approximately level A1/1+ on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students who pass the course will be eligible to continue studying Spanish in Foundation Spanish Language 2 (ELCH07010).

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	No previous knowledge of Spanish is required.
Additional Costs	A course book A bilingual dictionary

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
High Demand Course?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 139
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 20, Formative Assessment Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 152 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Coursework 50% (Regular written exercises in class and two assessments) Degree exam 50% (A two-hour written paper) All students take all elements of assessment, including the examination.
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Foundation Spanish Language 1		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Foundation Spanish Language 1		2:00

Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 80
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 20, Formative Assessment Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 152 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Coursework 50% (Regular written exercises in class and two assessments) Degree exam 50% (A two-hour written paper) All students take all elements of assessment, including the examination.
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)			2:00

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: To identify and compare basic cultural differences in terms of customs (such as meals, schedules) and everyday situations. To read and understand short simple texts regarding personal information including likes and dislikes, hobbies, family, shopping and health. To tell and to write basic conversations concerning familiar topics as the ones described above. To distinguish and to put into practice basic skills useful for students without a background on language learning (such as how to use bilingual dictionaries, or how to develop awareness of structural differences between their native tongue and the target language). To develop critical skills to ensure the use of reliable language resources both printed and/or digital (e.g. bilingual dictionaries, grammar books, translation tools).

Reading List
None

Additional Information
Course URL	http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/open-languages
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Special Arrangements	This course is open to all students as a credit bearing course, or over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course. Please note that auditing this course is not allowed. You must be enrolled as CE (Class and Assessment including centrally arranged exam). DELC students may only take this course if it over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course. Visiting Students may only take this course for credits.
Additional Class Delivery Information	IMPORTANT: Students must attend pairs of classes. See Web Timetable. The First Class meeting will take place in week 1 and tutorials start in week 2. Please see your personalised timetable for location.
Keywords	OLFSPAN1SEM1&2