Spanish, Written Proficiency, Introductory Course

The course is a freestanding course.

The course unites academic requirements of linguistic skills and cultural understanding with different professional or vocational competence requirements. Spanish-speaking social life are in focus. Knowledge acquisition is practiced through written summary and analytical exercises that focus on the role of language in society. Students' linguistic and intercultural skills are developed in the module both through their own production and through the analysis of their own productions and that of others.

On successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

Knowledge and understanding

- show knowledge of the varying forms of expression of language in different text types;

Competence and skills

- demonstrate ability in written production that corresponds to level B1-B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages;

Judgement and approach

- show an advanced understanding of the importance of knowledge in the subject area in society and of the responsibility of humans for how this knowledge is used by accounting for and reflecting on it;
- relate critically to reference material and one's own learning process.

This is an online course.

The course is assessed through written assignments and a written exam.

The grading scale comprises: Pass with Distinction (VG), Pass (G) and Fail (U). The intended learning outcomes of the course are threshold levels for the three knowledge types (Knowledge and understanding; Competence and skills; Judgement and approach). The intended learning outcomes indicate the minimum requirement for the grade of Pass.

To pass the entire course, a student is required to have achieved all the expected learning outcomes. To be awarded the grade of Pass with distinction, students also need to be able to to generalise more independently the skills and knowledge acquired in the course when used in new contexts and situations, i.e. more independently make analyses and syntheses; and that the student has a linguistic ability to express more abstract and complicated argumentation patterns without making any elementary linguistic errors regarding vocabulary and grammar. For the final grade of Pass with distinction, this grade is required on at least half of the total number of the course credits.

The students are given the opportunity to make a written evaluation of the course. The results of the evaluation are published digitally.

Equality aspects should be taken into consideration in content, literature, teaching and evaluation.