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Degrees Programmes offering Spanish as a Major language
LA447 - From the Caves to Modern Graffiti: A
Visual History of the Spanish Language
Director:
Ms Gladis Garcia-Soza
Email:
gladis [add @essex.ac.uk] Telephone:
01206 872186 Office:
4.320
For further details see
http://courses.essex.ac.uk/la/
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Module Description
This module is linked to The Materials Bank of the
National Subject Centre for Languages,
Linguistics and Area Studies.
This is a specialist
content and language module for students who have an A Level in Spanish
or who have passed the Intensive Spanish modules LA411 and LA412. The
materials cover the history of the Spanish language from pre-history to
modern times. There
is no exam component for this module.
All the
materials for the module can be accessed within the University and from anywhere in the
world if you are a student at the University. You can save the materials
and your own work in a folder named 'LA447-From the Caves' to your
personal drive. If you do not wish to do this you can print any part or
chapter of the materials you think necessary.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the
module students will be able to use different varieties of written and
spoken Spanish; write reports, commentaries, essays and exposes; use
spoken Spanish to show a range of styles and emotions in conversations,
exchanges, presentations, situationals and seminars; and would also have
acquired a set of transferable and cognitive skills.
Language component:
This
is a content module will cover
advanced syntactical and lexical structures.
Materials
: Online
course /
Dictionary
/ A
dictionary of idioms. See list of sources below.
LA447 PROJECT
Main Assessment
Component :
It
The project is written through the year with
instalments due on Week 20 plus the final document on Week 30.
Marking Criteria for the Project:
Excellence-Analysis
-
Difficulty - Language
WEEK 20 -
The
first draft of project
-Draft-StructureMarking
WEEK 30 - The
final
LA447 PROJECT
COURSEWORK & ASSESSMENT CALENDAR
Marking Criteria for coursework:
Glossary of Terms /
Content of
Work /
Language
of written work/
Oral
Work
All the 5 pieces of work have the same weight.
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FIRST TERM |
Week 2: Hour 1:Module
Details -
Presentation -
; Hour 2:
LA447 PROJECT -
Meeting of two worlds ; Hour 3:
Listening
|
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a)
Write a 500 word commentary
on
one of 4 the films you have seen and
submit it on OCS by Friday of WEEK 6 |
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WEEK 11 |
ASESSMENT :
a)Hand
in all exercises from weeks 2 - 10 on
OCS with watermarked copy to
administrators by Friday midday,
here b) Personal
Interview about project and topics we
have seen so
far.
There will be a mark for each task and
the marks will be averaged. |
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WEEKS 12 - 16 |
VACATION : Work on the Project - LA447 PROJECT |
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SECOND TERM |
EMERGENCE OF SPANISH |
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WEEK 20 |
ASESSMENT-Marks for language and content:
Firm Draft of the Project - Submit on
OCS - Deadline Friday midday WEEK 20 -
1000 words in Spanish minimum-
First Firm
written draft. |
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WEEK 25 |
ASSESSMENT: Written Open Exam based on the last 4 weeks.
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WEEKS 26 - 29 |
FINISH THE PROJECT LA447 PROJECT
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WEEK 30 ASSESSMENT |
ASESSMENT: Hand in the project on OCS and bring a watermarked copy to the main office in Language & Linguistics. LA447 PROJECT |
COURSEWORK & ASSESSMENT CALENDAR
Marking Criteria for coursework:
Glossary of Terms /Content of Work /
Language of written work/
Oral Work
All the 5 pieces of work have the same weight. Only the best 3
will be considered (the project is core).
Materials and Reading List
Online Materials
Alatorre,
Antonio, Los 1001 aos de la lengua espaola, Fondo de Cultura
Econmica, 2002, 3rd edition
Fishman, JA, (2001)
(ed) Handbook of language and ethnic identity,
Oxford University Press, c1999
Mackenzie ,Ian, A linguistic
introduction to Spanish, Muenchen: LINCOM EUROPA, 2001
Mar-Molinero, C & Stewart, M (2006a)
(eds) Globalization and language in the Spanish-Speaking World,
Palgrave Macmillan.
Mar-Molinero,
C (1997) The Spanish-Speaking World: A Practical Introduction To
Sociolinguistic Issues, Routledge.
Mar-Molinero, C (2000) The
Politics of language in the Spanish-speaking world, Routledge.
Obe,
E Biografa de una lengua; nacimiento, desarrollo y expansin del
espaol, Cartago, Costa Rica: Libro Universitario Regional 2000
Penny, R (1991) A history of the
Spanish language, Cambridge University Press.
Penny, R Variation and change in
Spanish,
Cambridge;
Cambridge University Press, 2000
Pountain, C A history of the
Spanish language through texts,
London:Routledge, 2001R
Roca,
A and Colombi, Ma C Mi lengua: Spanish as a heritage Language in the
United
States, Research and Practice,
Georgetown UP, 2003
Valds,
G Developing Minority language Resources: the case of Spanish in
California,
Multilingual Matters, 2006
