Key facts

Type	Weekly Classes
Location	Oxford
Address	Ewert House Ewert Place Summertown Oxford
Dates	Wed 3 Oct 2012 to Wed 13 Mar 2013 Day: Wednesday Time of meeting: 7.00-9.00pm Number of meetings: 20
Subject area(s)	Spanish
CATS points	20
Fees	From £295.00
Application status	Course ended
Course code	O12P823WEW
Course contact	If you have any questions about this course, please email ppweekly@conted.ox.ac.uk.

Overview

All the Department’s language courses are designed to help you communicate in a friendly atmosphere with an emphasis on pair and group interaction. The focus is on speaking, listening and the exploration of culture and society, backed up by an understanding of grammar. Students will be encouraged to develop their reading and writing skills in their own time and regular assignments will be set. Choosing your level.

Programme details

Week 1: Introductions; personal information. Learning the variations in the Spanish language. El español y tú.
Week 2: Strategies on how to learn a language; narrating in the past. El español en América.
Week 3: Describing people; narrating and describing the past.
Week 4: How did you meet your best friend? Descriptions. Reflecting on your learning. Los indios en LatinoAmérica.
Week 5: Latin World. Personal experiences. Describing latest holidays.
Week 6: Discover Spain and America Latina. Give comparisons and ask information about cultural events. La papa, de los Andes a todo el mundo.
Week 7: Narrative descriptions and memories from the past.
Week 8: How to express happiness, sorrow and surprise. Las tapas.
Week 9: Revision. El carácter latino visto por latinos.
Week 10: More revision. La Navidad en Espana y Latinoamerica.

Week 11: Feelings and characteristics. How to describe the character of a person and how to speak about personal relationships.
Week 12: Changing feelings and expressing similarities and likeness. La fiesta del Sol.
Week 13: Plans, intentions and desires.
Week 14: Future strong wishes or desires. Sequences of future actions.
Week 15: El descanso en España. Future intentions and desires.
Week 16: Famous quotations. How to say what other people already have.
Week 17: Telephone messages and descubre España y América Latina.
Week 18: Revision.
Week 19: More revision. Problems and advise.
Week 20: Cities. Describe and give opinions.

Course Books:
Curso de Español para Extranjeros Nuevo Intermedio, Libro del Alumno (ISBN 84-348-8724 – X) and Cuaderno de Ejercicios Intermedio, Nuevo (ISBN 84-348-8768-1)

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Course aims

All the Department's language courses are designed to help you communicate in a friendly atmosphere with an emphasis on pair and group interaction. The focus is on speaking, listening and the exploration of culture in society, backed up by an understanding of grammar. Students will be encouraged to develop their reading and writing skills in their own time and regular assignments will be set.

Assessment methods

Most tutors will set weekly assignments to consolidate learning and allow students to study at their own pace. Some of these assignments, which may include testing listening and speaking skills, will count towards formally assessing the students’ progress.

At Stages 5 & 6, students can expect to be assessed on either one 1,000 word essay or two shorter ones written in their target language.

At lower stages, students are required instead to submit for assessment a range of exercises and/or shorter pieces of work.

Teaching methods

Language classes are kept small (typically 10-15 students) in order to ensure plenty of opportunities for interaction in the target language, leading to the development of listening and speaking skills, as well as an understanding of grammar.

Teaching outcomes

The following are brief indicators of what students should be able to do in each of the skills: Speaking (S), Listening (L), Reading (R), and Writing (W), by the end of the individual stages:

STAGE 3
S – communicate clearly in a wide range of situations
L – listen intensively and listen for pleasure
R – enjoy reading simple texts without dependence on a dictionary
W – summarise and produce short narratives

Fee options

Programme Fee

EU Fee: £295.00

Non-EU Fee: £295.00

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Programmes including this module

This module can be studied as part of these programmes:

• Undergraduate accredited short courses in Spanish