Spanish Language Stage 6 online (OutLang)

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• reflect critically and make judgements in the light of evidence and argument
• develop problem-solving skills.
• engage with and interpret layers of meaning within texts and other cultural products
• use language creatively and precisely for a range of purposes and audiences
• extract and synthesise key information from written and spoken sources
• organise and present ideas within the framework of a structured and reasoned argument
• engage in analytical and evaluative thinking

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• the ability to work creatively and flexibly with others as part of a team
• self-reliance, initiative, adaptability and flexibility
• mediating skills, qualities of empathy
• intercultural competence.

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• access electronic resources and use information and communication technologies appropriately.
• research effectively in libraries and handle bibliographic information
• write and think under pressure and meet deadlines
• use target language source materials appropriately
• work autonomously, manifested in self-direction, self-discipline and time management
• use and present material in the target language and one's own language
• in written and oral forms in a clear and effective manner
• take accurate and effective notes and summarise material

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Be familiar with the way in which tone, stress, and intonation affect the exchange of meaning.
• Employ mostly appropriate and effective strategies in managing linguistically and/or culturally complex interactions, including informal conversation and some difficult encounters.
• Be aware of the situational and cultural constraints on language use, including the principles governing the use of polite forms, the norms of conversation and phatic communion, and how form and use varies across genres.
• Understand most of the implications and intentions, including humour and irony, of spoken language delivered in a range of accents and registers and at any speed
• Introduce and present complex and unfamiliar topics effectively and with precision in an appropriate style with the help of audio-visual aids.
• Be aware of how rhetorical patterns differ from those in similar genres in your first language.
• Understand with relative ease in most situations and registers, including the media and specialist areas within the aims of the module
• Write coherent, cohesive and accurate texts where errors and infelicities do not compromise the communicative effectiveness of the writing.
• Be familiar with the major cultural groupings of users of the language and of its major varieties.
• Engage with ease in interaction on complex and abstract topics using a range of grammatical structures, vocabulary and discourse markers
• Understand with relative ease texts in most registers, with recourse to reference materials for specialised and unfamiliar topics
• Be aware of how language use varies between social groups and of the acceptability of different usage.
• Use all available linguistic and para-linguistic data (e.g. TV, corpora, interview data, body language) to refine your knowledge and understanding of the variations in the meaning and use of the language.
• Handle most encounters requiring a range of strategies, including being vague or evasive when the situation demands it.
• Understand cultural allusions where knowledge is assumed rather than provided.
• Use contextual factors to infer probable meanings in situations where communication is difficult.
• Give coherent and detailed arguments and explanations and justify them effectively in general discussion
• Write clearly in a range of appropriate styles on complex topics in a range of genres. Express arguments and conclusions.
• Translate written and spoken texts in a variety of genres from TL into English, maintaining the content and reproduce the style.
• Use the language creatively to play with meaning or to provide paraphrases in situations where the appropriate word is not known.
• Be a skilled and independent language learner in that you make proficient use of a full range of reference tools, that you access and learn from all available TL media, and that you set appropriate learning goals and monitor your progress.
• Possess a confirmed knowledge of most aspects of the TL culture
• Produce with accuracy all TL phonemes and phoneme sequences.
• Understand with ease the main ideas and detail and recognise the implications and intentions of authentic texts in a wide variety of genres (including abstract, structurally or linguistically complex and humorous/ironic texts).
• Be familiar with certain non-standard forms of the language and be able to use them in ways that are situationally appropriate.

This Stage develops linguistic proficiency by focusing on wide range of texts (both written and spoken) relevant to the target language culture(s). These texts will provide a framework for developing sophisticated language forms and uses. Authentic print and multiple media material covering a variety of styles, registers and genres, together with the most suitable grammar book available, will be used. Most inadequacies in your linguistic proficiency will be remedied through online and Skype discussion with the tutor, who will refer you to self-access material relevant to your particular needs available in the relevant resources area and help you to develop an individual learning programme.

Teaching and learning methods

Independent learning

You will be expected to spend time studying independently. You will draw on local L2 resources and we will provide guidance, facilities and materials to help you develop your expertise as an independent language learner. For this Stage, you will consolidate your learning in the target language, you will be expected to submit regular formative work (typically once a fortnight), you will also write assignments, undertake projects and continue to develop your repertoire of effective language learning strategies.

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

Blackboard.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External