Languages for all Twilight programme (LTP): Spanish levels 1, 2 and 3
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Spanish level 1
Tutor:
Blanca Del Cerro-Garcia
Class dates: Starting in week commencing 14 October 2024 and finishing week commencing 10 March 2025.
Class times: Mondays from 18:00–20:00.
Frequency of class: Two hours of class contact and approximately 1.5 hours self-study a week are recommended in order to make good progress.
Venue: Rolle Building.
Course fee: Students: £40; Staff: £70; External participants: £80.
Number of students: Maximum 23.
Textbook: Foundations Spanish 1, (Palgrave 3rd edition, 2017). ISBN-10:9781137579201 ISBN-13:978-1137579201.
Cancelled classes: any classes that are cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances will be re-arranged by your tutor for a later date.
Methodology: Teaching is communicative with class work emphasising listening, speaking and practice of sentence structure. Self-study consists of reviewing work done in class and practising language skills as advised by tutor. Resources to support the course will be provided for you.
Description: Level 1 assumes no previous knowledge of the language.
The course introduces some of the basic structures of the language through topics related to social and everyday life in Spain. The focus is on listening, speaking and reading basic materials that introduce grammatical structures which will facilitate manipulation of the language. By the end of the course students will be able to use both the present and the future tense in Spanish. Elements of Spanish culture will be incorporated into the classes.
Resources: These will be provided for you both in class and in the form of weekly private study learning tasks (available on Moodle).
Spanish level 2
Tutor:
Blanca Del Cerro-Garcia
Class dates: Starting in week commencing 14 October 2024 and finishing week commencing 10 March 2025.
Class times: Tuesdays from 18:00–20:00.
Frequency of class: Two hours of class contact and approximately 1.5 hours self-study a week are recommended in order to make good progress.
Venue: Rolle Building.
Course fee: Students: £40; Staff: £70; External participants: £80.
Number of students: Maximum 23.
Textbook: Foundations Spanish 2, (Palgrave 1st edition, 2005). ISBN-10:1403943389 ISBN-13:978-1403943385.
Cancelled classes: Any classes that are cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances will be re-arranged by your tutor for a later date.
Methodology: Teaching is communicative with class work emphasising listening, speaking and practice of sentence structure. Self-study consists of reviewing work done in class and practising language skills as advised by tutor.
Description: Level 2 assumes that you have either completed level 1 or have a pass at GCSE.
The course will develop communicative competence improving students’ ability to establish social and working relations with speakers of Spanish, to introduce key aspects of Spanish culture, and to handle useful routine writing and reading tasks.
This module will cover the use of Spanish as a means of communication in such situations as may be encountered during daily life or during a period of temporary work in a Spanish speaking country. Vocabulary, grammar and independent learning strategies will be presented for the student to help build a strong foundation for continued Spanish language acquisition beyond this module.
Resources: These will be provided for you both in class and in the form of weekly private study learning tasks (available on Moodle).
Spanish level 3
Class dates: Starting in week commencing 14 October 2024 and finishing week commencing 10 March 2025.
Class times: Wednesdays 18:00–20:00.
Frequency of class: Two hours of class contact and approximately 60 minutes of self-study a week are recommended in order to make good progress.
Venue: Rolle Building.
Course fee: Students: £40; Staff: £70; External participants: £80.
Number of students: Maximum 23.
Cancelled classes: any classes that are cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances will be rearranged by your tutor for a later date.
Methodology: Teaching is communicative with class work emphasising listening, speaking and practice of sentence structure. Self-study consists of reviewing work done in class and practising language skills as advised by tutor.
Description: Level 3 assumes that you have completed Level 2 or have a good pass at GCSE.
The course builds and expands upon those structures/tenses covered at level 2, thus providing the student with a wider range of grammar and lexis. The course will develop speaking, writing, reading, and listening skills, thereby enabling the learner to communicate more proficiently in a variety of real-life situations abroad.
Students will be exposed to the target language as much as possible in class, together with a range of authentic materials and references to Spanish culture, both past and present.
Resources: These will be provided for you both in class and in the form of private study learning tasks (available on the DLE).
Syllabus 2024–2025
The Spanish language – did you know?
There are more than 580 million Spanish speakers and the number is set to grow. Spanish is the official language in 21 countries and the second most popular tongue for study. According to the 2020 Instituto Cervantes Spanish language review:
- The number of speakers has grown more than 30% and the group of students as a foreign language has expanded by almost 60%.
- Spanish is the second mother tongue in the world by number of speakers, after Mandarin Chinese.
- It is the third language in a global tally of speakers (native, limited proficiency and students of Spanish), after English and Mandarin Chinese.
- After English, Spanish is the most commonly used language in the publication of scientific texts.
