The intermediate Catalan Course focuses on expanding language skills acquired in Beginners Catalan, and particularly on consolidating grammar knowledge and further developing oral, written and translation skills.
The course will also expose students to interpreting and consecutive translation exercises by using role play and authentic materials
Students will also have the opportunity to improve their employability by taking the International Catalan Certificate issued by the Institut Ramon Llull and held at the University of Birmingham.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Demonstrate higher than threshold ability in the fours language skills in Catalan recommended by Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Show good understanding of the structures of Catalan in order to function effectively in a Catalan-speaking environment.
Select appropriate syntactic, semantic and pragmatic strategies for translating texts from Catalan to English or English to Catalan.
Assessment
33749-01 : 1.5hr written exam : Exam (Centrally Timetabled) - Written Unseen (50%)
33749-02 : Oral-aural assessment : Class Test (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions
Assessment: 1.5 hour written exam (50%) and Oral-aural examination (50%)
Alternative assessment if on campus activity is restricted: proctored exams will be converted to take home papers and live oral assessments will either be recorded presentations or conducted via Zoom/Skype.