Run by School of Arts, Culture and Language

10.000 Credits or 5.000 ECTS Credits

Semester 2

Organiser: Mr Ruben Chapela-Orri

1. To enhance students' understanding of the language.
2. To enable students to improve their oral skills.

This module runs during the second semester and is aimed at post- beginners. The course is based on a communicative approach and helps students to develop all the key language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. After each of the contact hours, students are expected to spend at least 30 minutes of self-study to revise and consolidate what they have learned in class.

The textbook for this course is: ELE Actual A1: Libro del Alumno + CDs, by Virgilio Borobio. SM. (2019 edition)

By the end of this course students will reach level A1 Waystage as defined by the Common European Framework, Language Assessment Scales.(1) Students are expected to cover chapters 6-10 of their textbook.

(1) Level One: Competent in a limited range of predictable and simple language tasks, using mainly set expressions and simple combinations of these. Capable of some rehearsed grammatical manipulations. This applies to all the 4 language skills: speaking, reading, listening and writing.

good

50-69%: For the award of higher grades, students should demonstrate a solid comprehension of the various grammatical areas studied and an ability to implement them in specific situations.

threshold

40-49%: For the award of credit, students should demonstrate a satisfactory comprehension of the various grammatical areas studied and an ability to implement them in specific situations at a basic level.

excellent

70+%: For the award of the highest grade, students should demonstrate a detailed comprehension of the various grammatical areas studied and an ability to implement them confidently in specific situations.

1. An understanding of the following topics and functions (continuation): - Talking about oneself and others: family; daily routine; preferences; likes/dislikes; hobbies and free time; giving directions, using private and public transport, applying for jobs; talking about past events - Ordering food and drinks - Talking about money - Numbers - Colours - Days of the week/ parts of the day

2. An understanding of the following grammar (continuation): - Nouns - Adjectives (including possessive adjectives) - Subject pronouns - Definite and indefinite articles - Some common prepositions - The present tense of all regular verbs and some irregular ones (e.g.: ser; tener; ir; hacer; querer; poder; tener que; gustar) - Reflexive verbs (present tense) - The present continuous tense and imperative, future tense, perfect and preterite tense (regular and irregular)

Type	Name	Description	Weight
	Week 5 Exam		30.00
	Week 10 Exam		70.00

		Hours
Private study	Students will be given homework each week to complete. They will also prepare for two exams.	80
Seminar	2 contact hours per week for 10 weeks	20

• Literacy - Proficiency in reading and writing through a variety of media
• Inter-personal - Able to question, actively listen, examine given answers and interact sensitevely with others