- LZI-1001: Advanced Italian 1 (20) (Semester 1) Craidd
This first semester course, aimed at post-GCSE or post-A Level candidates, intends to consolidate and expand the students' knowledge of grammar and vocabulary through exposure to a variety of texts, ranging from newspaper articles to literary extracts, differing in register and style (to include very colloquial and very formal examples). Written (including translation) skills will be consolidated; oral and aural skills will also be emphasised through classes in which students watch/listen to extracts from films/TV or radio programmes and are encouraged to discuss and analyse their contents.
Core Texts
Morena, Antonio, Donatella Melucci, Annamaria Moneti & Graziana Lazzarino, Da Capo, 7th edition (international edition), (Boston: Heinle Cengage Learning: 2011).
Webpages:
www.rainews.it
www.repubblica.it
Any other learning resources:
Writing classes dossier;
Self-study portfolio;
Lingu exercises.
- LZI-1002: Advanced Italian 2 (20) (Semester 2) Craidd
This second semester course intends to keep consolidating and expanding the students' knowledge of grammar and vocabulary through exposure to a variety of texts, ranging from newspaper articles to literary extracts, differing in register and style (to include very colloquial and very formal examples). Oral and Aural skills will also be emphasised through special classes in which students watch/listen to extracts from films/TV or radio programmes and are encouraged to discuss and analyse their contents.
Core Text:
Morena, Antonio, Donatella Melucci, Annamaria Moneti & Graziana Lazzarino, Da Capo, 7th edition (international edition), (Boston: Heinle Cengage Learning: 2011).
Webpages:
www.rainews.it
www.repubblica.it
Any other learning resources:
Writing classes dossier;
Self-study portfolio;
Lingu exercises.
- LZI-1003: Italian for Beginners I (20) (Semester 1) Craidd
This is a module running in semester 1 aimed at absolute beginners. This module intends to make students become familiar with the basic structures of the language in order to enable them to express themselves, both orally and in writing, on very simple topics related to everyday life situations. The textbook adopted for this course is 'Spazio Italia 1' (Loescher Editore). This particular text has been selected for its communicative approach to language teaching which, in conjunction with a more traditional approach to grammar, allows students to speed up their progress in all the four essential language learning skills of speaking, reading, listening and writing.
Key Texts:
Diaco, Mimma Flavia & Maria Gloria Tommasini, Spazio Italia 1, (Torino: Loescher Editore, 2011).
Diaco, Mimma Flavia & Maria Gloria Tommasini, Spazio Italia 3, (Torino: Loescher Editore, 2011).
Webpages:
www.rainews.it
www.repubblica.it
Any other learning resources: Lingu exercises
- LZI-1004: Italian for Beginners II (20) (Semester 2) Craidd
This module is aimed at all first year students who have completed Italian for Beginners 1. The module aims to develop the basic oral, aural and written communicative skills acquired in semester 1 in order to bring students up to and beyond a level of proficiency equivalent to 'A' level. Students apply the grammatical principles learned in semester 1 to extended pieces of writing and also focus on more complex grammatical structures. Aural communicative skills are developed through audio and video tape comprehension exercises and students are required to make individual presentations on more sophisticated topics.
Key Texts:
Diaco, Mimma Flavia & Maria Gloria Tommasini, Spazio Italia 1, (Torino: Loescher Editore, 2011).
Diaco, Mimma Flavia & Maria Gloria Tommasini, Spazio Italia 3, (Torino: Loescher Editore, 2011).
Webpages:
www.rainews.it
www.repubblica.it
Any other learning resources: Lingu exercises
- With A-Level Italian Select Advanced. Without A-Level Italian Select Beginners.
- LZS-1001: Advanced Spanish 1 (20) (Semester 1) Craidd
This module has been designed in order to enable post 'A' level students to develop written communicative skills in Spanish by extending linguistic competence acquired at 'A' level. It comprises a text-based class in which students have the opportunity to develop translation skills and paraphrasing techniques. Students also have the opportunity to revise and consolidate key areas of grammar in a second class which constitutes the grammatical spine of the module. The texts used in this module are chosen from a range of sources including the media and literary works in order to familiarise students with variations in tone and register. A thematic approach is used in the text-based class in order to enable students to gain an insight into particular Hispanic themes and issues while developing the various written communicative skills outlined.
Spanish Practice Books:
No set text is given for this language module, although students are highly encouraged to purchase a copy of the following books for self-study:
Busquets, María, Ejercicios gramaticales, Niveles Intermedio y Superior (Madrid: Verbum, 1993)
Howkins, Angela, Practising Spanish Grammar, (London: Hodder, 2011)
Nissemberg, Gilda, Practice Makes Perfect. Complete Spanish Grammar (New York: Mc Graw-Hill, 2004)
Equipo Prisma, Español para Extranjeros: Nivel Intermedio B1 (Madrid: Edinumen, 2004)
Websites:
Diccionario de la Real Academia de la Lengua Española: http://www.rae.es/rae.html
Any other learning resources:
Students are given two module dossiers at the beginning of the year containing all the necessary materials for their classes.
Students have to complete the School’s Self-Study Portfolio (available from SMLC website).
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LCS-1001: Sbaeneg Uwch 1 (20) (Semester 1) Craidd Lluniwyd y modiwl hwn i alluogi myfyrwyr sydd wedi astudio Lefel A Sbaeneg i ddatblygu eu sgiliau cyfathrebu trwy ehangu ar y sgiliau iaith a ddysgwyd ganddynt yn eu Lefel A. Mae'n cynnwys dosbarth sy'n seiliedig ar destunau lle caiff myfyrwyr gyfle i ddatblygu eu sgiliau cyfieithu ac aralleirio. Caiff myfyrwyr hefyd y cyfle i adolygu a chyfnerthu elfennau gramadegol penodol mewn ail ddosbarth sy'n canolbwyntio ar ramadeg. Daw'r testunau a ddefnyddir yn y modiwl hwn o amrywiaeth o ffynonellau yn cynnwys y cyfryngau a darnau llenyddol er mwyn i fyfyrwyr ymgyfarwyddo ag amrywiol gyweiriau. Defnyddir dull thematig o ymdrin â'r darnau yn y dosbarth er mwyn galluogi myfyrwyr i ddod i ddeall themâu a materion Sbaenaidd penodol wrth feithrin y sgiliau ysgrifennu a amlinellwyd. Mae pynciau’n cynnwys: sinema, celf, llenyddiaeth a gwleidyddiaeth.
Spanish Practice Books:
No set text is given for this language module, although students are highly encouraged to purchase a copy of the following books for self-study:
Busquets, María, Ejercicios gramaticales, Niveles Intermedio y Superior (Madrid: Verbum, 1993)
Howkins, Angela, Practising Spanish Grammar, (London: Hodder, 2011)
Nissemberg, Gilda, Practice Makes Perfect. Complete Spanish Grammar (New York: Mc Graw-Hill, 2004)
Equipo Prisma, Español para Extranjeros: Nivel Intermedio B1 (Madrid: Edinumen, 2004)
Websites:
Diccionario de la Real Academia de la Lengua Española: http://www.rae.es/rae.html
Any other learning resources:
Students are given two module dossiers at the beginning of the year containing all the necessary materials for their classes.
Students have to complete the School’s Self-Study Portfolio (available from SMLC website).
- LZS-1002: Advanced Spanish 2 (20) (Semester 2) Craidd
This topic-based module complements LZS1001 by developing proficiency in spoken Spanish acquired at 'A' level. A range of audio and visual aids is used in each class in order to stimulate group discussions, debates and individual presentations on a particular theme. Aural skills are also developed through audio and video comprehension exercises. The purpose of this module is to enable students to defend themselves orally in a range of topics relating to contemporary Hispanic life and society and to improve comprehension of regional Spanish accents.
Websites:
YouTube channels for listening comprehension practice:
http://www.youtube.com/user/rtve
http://www.youtube.com/user/misextatv
http://www.youtube.com/user/antena3
http://www.youtube.com/user/valemusic
http://www.youtube.com/user/artehistoriacom
Spanish radio stations:
http://www.cadenaser.com/player_radio.html
http://www.los40.com/player/
Main Spanish newspapers:
http://www.elpais.com
http://www.elperiodico.com/es/
http://www.lavanguardia.com/
http://www.elmundo.es/
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LCS-1002: Sbaeneg Uwch 2 (20) (Semester 2) Craidd Y modiwl hwn yw'r modiwl llafar sy'n cyfateb i LCS1001. Mae'n fodiwl dwbl sy'n anelu at ddatblygu'r sgiliau Sbaeneg llafar a ddysgwyd wrth astudio am Lefel A. Defnyddir amrywiaeth o gymhorthion clywedol a gweledol ym mhob dosbarth i sbarduno trafodaethau grŵp, dadleuon a chyflwyniadau unigol ar themâu penodol. Datblygir sgiliau gwrando hefyd trwy ymarferion gwrando a deall gyda thapiau sain a fideo. Nod y modiwl hwn yw galluogi myfyrwyr i fynegi eu hunain ar lafar wrth drafod amrywiaeth o bynciau sy'n ymwneud â bywyd cyfoes a chymdeithas Sbaenaidd a gwella eu dealltwriaeth o acenion rhanbarthol Sbaeneg.
Websites:
YouTube channels for listening comprehension practice:
http://www.youtube.com/user/rtve
http://www.youtube.com/user/misextatv
http://www.youtube.com/user/antena3
http://www.youtube.com/user/valemusic
http://www.youtube.com/user/artehistoriacom
Spanish radio stations:
http://www.cadenaser.com/player_radio.html
http://www.los40.com/player/
Main Spanish newspapers:
http://www.elpais.com
http://www.elperiodico.com/es/
http://www.lavanguardia.com/
http://www.elmundo.es/
- LZS-1003: Spanish Begin./Intermed. 1 (20) (Semester 1) Craidd
This module is aimed at ab initio and post GCSE students of Spanish and focuses on the development of basic oral, aural and written communicative skills. The module involves an introduction to (and in the case of those with GCSE knowledge of the language), a revision of key areas of grammar (present and past tenses, the future and conditional tenses, nouns, adjectives, prepositions) and general vocabulary and key expressions relating to self, family, daily routine, hobbies, likes and dislikes and role-play situations. Through selected audio/visual aids, students will also be introduced to Spanish culture and society.
Textbook:
Kattán, Juan, and Angela Howkins, Spanish Grammar in Context, 3rd edn (New York: Routledge, 2014)
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LCS-1003: Sbaeneg i Ddechreuwyr 1 (20) (Semester 1) Craidd Mae'r modiwl hwn wedi ei anelu at ddechreuwyr a myfyrwyr sydd wedi astudio TGAU Sbaeneg ac mae'n canolbwyntio ar ddatblygu sgiliau cyfathrebu llafar, clywedol ac ysgrifenedig sylfaenol. Mae'r modiwl yn cynnwys cyflwyniad ac (yn achos myfyrwyr sydd wedi astudio TGAU Sbaeneg) adolygiad o elfennau gramadegol allweddol (yr amser presennol a'r gorffennol, y dyfodol a'r amodol, enwau, ansoddeiriau, arddodiaid) a geirfa ac ymadroddion cyffredin sy'n ymwneud â'r hunan, y teulu, bywyd pob dydd, hobïau, hoff bethau a chas bethau a chwarae rôl. Trwy gymhorthion clywedol/gweledol cyflwynir myfyrwyr hefyd i ddiwylliant a chymdeithas Sbaenaidd.
Llyfr cwrs:
Kattán, Juan, and Angela Howkins, Spanish Grammar in Context, 3rd edn (New York: Routledge, 2014)
- LZS-1004: Spanish Begin./Intermed. 2 (20) (Semester 2) Craidd
This module is aimed at all first year students who have completed Spanish for Beginners and Intermediate Students 1. The module aims to develop the basic oral, aural and written communicative skills acquired in semester 1 in order to bring students up to and beyond a level of proficiency equivalent to 'A' level. Students apply the grammatical principles learned in semester 1 to extended pieces of writing and also focus on more complex grammatical structures. Aural communicative skills are developed through audio and video tape comprehension exercises and students are required to make individual presentations on more sophisticated topics.
Textbook:
Kattán, Juan, and Angela Howkins, Spanish Grammar in Context, 3rd edn (New York: Routledge, 2014)
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LCS-1004: Sbaeneg i Ddechreuwyr 2 (20) (Semester 2) Craidd Mae'r modiwl hwn wedi ei anelu at fyfyrwyr yn y flwyddyn gyntaf sydd wedi astudio Sbaeneg i Ddechreuwyr a Myfyrwyr Canolradd 1. Nod y modiwl hwn yw datblygu'r sgiliau llafar, clywedol ac ysgrifenedig sylfaenol a ddysgwyd yn semester 1 er mwyn i fyfyrwyr ddatblygu'r hyfedredd sy'n cyfateb i safon Lefel A. Bydd myfyrwyr yn defnyddio'r egwyddorion gramadegol a ddysgwyd yn semester 1 i ysgrifennu darnau estynedig a byddant hefyd yn canolbwyntio ar strwythurau gramadegol mwy cymhleth (y goddefol, y modd dibynnol, y modd gorchmynnol). Datblygir sgiliau gwrando trwy ymarferion gwrando a deall gyda thapiau sain a fideo a bydd gofyn i fyfyrwyr roi cyflwyniadau unigol ar bynciau mwy cymhleth.
Llyfr cwrs:
Kattán, Juan, and Angela Howkins, Spanish Grammar in Context, 3rd edn (New York: Routledge, 2014)
- With A-Level Spanish Select Advanced. Without A-Level Spanish Select Beginners.
