1. LA467 Contemporary Spanish Language and culture

2. Objectives o To provide students with the training to explore social, cultural, political and linguistic aspects of the Spanish-speaking communities of the world through the Spanish language. o To foster in students an intuitive and practical awareness of register, styles and rhetoric of Spanish prose. o To encourage students to adopt autonomous learning skills and an investigative approach to tackle grammatical and lexical problems in a wider system. To give students the opportunity to apply their knowledge, understanding and skills to content language learning integrated tasks. To give students the opportunity to apply their knowledge, understanding and skills to content language learning integrated tasks.

3. How are we going to achieve these objectives? Working together Working together Meeting for 2 hours every week Meeting for 2 hours every week Exchanging knowledge Exchanging knowledge Bringing the personal into the classroom Bringing the personal into the classroom Sharing language, social, and emotional experiences Sharing language, social, and emotional experiences

4. Structure example – weeks 2 to 5 Dealing with a topic for 4 weeks (week 2, 3, 4 and 5) Dealing with a topic for 4 weeks (week 2, 3, 4 and 5) Teacher presentation of main ideas to discuss Teacher presentation of main ideas to discuss Students follow up reading Students follow up reading Students follow up seminar on the reading Students follow up seminar on the reading Miniconference Week 5 Miniconference Week 5 Papers and PowerPoint Presentations Papers and PowerPoint Presentations Week 6 Reading Week (no classes) Week 6 Reading Week (no classes) Preparation for Open Exam Preparation for Open Exam Week 7 Open Exam Week 7 Open Exam

5. Main assessment Oral Oral PowerPoint presentations with script PowerPoint presentations with script Debate Debate Written Written Open exams Open exams Project Project 2 Drafts 2 Drafts Final project Final project

6. Topics Language and politics Language and politics Language, gender and identity Language, gender and identity Language, power and the media Language, power and the media Language, society and the family Language, society and the family