Acquisition of Spanish as foreign language

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4020162FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Spanish

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Kim Collewaert
An Vande Casteele (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

13 contact hours Lecture
13 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
128 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Content

Linguistics applied to the acquisition of Spanish as a foreign language
Methods and theories of foreign language learning
Analysis of the oral and written discourse of learners of Spanish as a foreign language
Concept of interlanguage
Linguistic analysis of errors in ELE

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : documenten ter beschikking in de lessen of via het leerplatform + eigen notities

Additional info

Because this course is taught and evaluated in Spanish, advanced command of this language is required.

Study material will be provided over the course of the semester in the lessons or by the means of the learning platform. Additionally, students are required to take notes during the course.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Acquire adequate linguistic insight in relation to Spanish as a foreign language.
Have an insight in the theories about foreign language acquisition and error analysis
Be able to critically analyse written and spoken productions of learners of Spanish
Be able to write a coherent scientific text on a research topic related to Spanish as a foreign language and give a presentation about this
Optimise critical and analytical skills

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Written Exam determines 30% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 20% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Mondeling examen with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Note: Oral exam with written preparation

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

schriftelijke paper with a relative weight of 30 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Presentatie paper with a relative weight of 20 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Students can only pass the course as a whole, if they achieved a minimal score of 8/20 for each of the separate evaluation criteria. If a student scored less than 8/20 for one or more of the separate evaluation criteria, he or she cannot receive a final score higher than 9/20. If a student does not participate in all of the separate evaluation criteria of the course, he or she will be marked absent for the course as a whole.

Partial grades can be transferred to a later exam session within the same academic year, at the written request of the student.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context