Course Details in 2020/21 Session

Module Title	LI Structures and Varieties of the Modern Hispanic Languages
School	Lan, Cult, Art Hist & Music
Department	Modern Languages
Module Code	09 30826
Module Lead	Alice Corr/Norma Schifano
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-10 hours Seminar-10 hours Guided independent study-80 hours Total: 100 hours
Exclusions
Description	This practical, task-based module will take a scientific approach to our understanding and knowledge of the Hispanic languages. Focusing on their specialist language (i.e. Spanish, Portuguese, or Catalan), students will, over the course of the module, examine the various components of the linguistic system—i.e. the sound system, word-structure system and sentence-structure system—of the language in question, learning to identify and analyse how each part operates and interacts with each other in order for successful communication to take place. Through this scientific approach to language, students will develop and deploy ‘STEM’ skills to understand and explain how and why their specialist language operates as it does, and the ways in which it differs from other Hispanic languages.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: identify the key components of their specialist language’s linguistic system. apply basic techniques of morphological (word-structure) analysis to describe the linguistic structure of words in their specialist language. apply basic techniques of syntactic (sentence-structure) analysis to describe aspects of the linguistic structure of sentences in their specialist language. draw connections between the linguistic system of their specialist language, and the linguistic systems of other Hispanic language, identifying and articulating both similarity and difference across linguistic systems of modern Hispanic languages.
Assessment	30826-01 : Portfolio of evidence : Coursework (35%) 30826-02 : Linguistic exercises : Coursework (65%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 1 x portfolio of evidence of linguistic exercises and class discussion (1000-word equivalent) (35%, in English). 1 x set of linguistic exercises (1000-word equivalent) (65%, in English). Reassessment: Re-submission of failed component
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