Undergraduate Course: Spanish 3 Language (ELCH09016)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | There are two contact hours per week, practising written and spoken Spanish: Spanish Language Paper 1 and Spanish Oral. Normally, Spanish 3 Language students will be taught together with Spanish 4 students in these classes but they will be assessed at third year level (SCQF level 9). Similarly, most students are also required to take a literature course of 2 hours per week for one semester. |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Entry to any language course above introductory level is subject to a language test by the relevant subject area on arrival and at the discretion of the course organiser. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 66,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
127 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
40 %,
Coursework
60 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
COURSEWORK 60%:
Written work 1: 7.5%
Written work 2: 7.5%
Written work 3: 7.5%
Written work 4: 7.5%
Grammar test: 6%
Test 1: 6%
Test 2: 6%
Course performance (S1): 6%
Course performance (S2): 6%
EXAM 40%:
Official exam: 20%
Listening test: 5%
Oral exam: 15%
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Speak and to write in Spanish with a good degree of grammatical accuracy and a broad palette of vocabulary
- Produce clear, complex written works in Spanish, which develop arguments critically and creatively using a clear structure for different audiences, also through a spontaneous written exercise.
- Understand spoken Spanish in its various accents and registers.
- Spontaneously analyse and discuss a range of issues including culture and current affairs in Spanish-speaking countries.
- Organise, summarise, and defend a line of reasoning within the framework of a structured and reasoned argument.
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Reading List
Developing Writing Skills in Spanish, by Javier Muñoz-Basols (Author), Yolanda Pérez Sinusía (Author), Marianne David (Author)
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (27 July 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415590833
ISBN-13: 978-0415590839 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Miss Elena Sanz Ortega
Tel: (0131 6)50 3746
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Course secretary | Miss Hope Hamilton
Tel: (0131 6)50 4167
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