Aims and Fit of Module

This module aims to equip students linguistically and culturally to communicate successfully in Spanish, and help them to meet the requirements for CEFR A2- equivalence.

Learning outcomes

A	understand phrases and the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most immediate personal relevance (e.g. very basic and family information, shopping, local area, employment, etc.

B	use a series of phrases and sentences to describe in simple terms his/her family and other people living conditions.

C	understand very short simple texts related to everyday matters (menu, timetable, email, etc.)

D	write simple texts (e.g. notes, email, etc.) related to personal information and daily life situations.

Method of teaching and learning

Communicative language teaching involves a high level of interaction between teacher and students. Teaching and assessment will revolve around the setting and completion of specified language tasks. 

This module includes 3 seminar hours for 12 weeks, plus 2 hours lectures in weeks 5 and another 2 in week 9. Students will have 60 hours of self-study to support their learnings.

In order to submit their coursework tasks, the students must attend at least 8 weeks of seminars hours out of the 12 total weeks.