SLL30070 Language experience abroad

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module is only for Stage 3 BComm (International) students, and assessment commences from October 2023. It aims to develop the sociolinguistic competence and other key language skills of students during their Erasmus studies by drawing on their socio-cultural experience and target-language awareness as they participate in programmes in the host country. In addition to students’ participation in their respective academic programmes, they are expected to become involved in day-to-day social activities through listening, reading, writing and speaking in the target language. A language exchange in the form of face-to-face Tandem language-learning and/or participation in language classes are integral components of this module and they will provide the basis for some of the reflection pieces that the students are required to submit. Assessment will be completed in the target language. The module will be delivered through Brightspace and it is a core requirement for the satisfactory completion of the Stage 3 Year Abroad.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

After successfully completing this module students will be able to:
- demonstrate significant development in their linguistic competence (written and oral production) in the target language
- reflect on the utility of the language and transferable skills that they have acquired while living abroad
- critically analyse the university context/system in which they have been studying
- compare and contrast cultural events of the host country with those of Ireland

Indicative Module Content:

There is no specific content delivered for this module. Students develop their understanding of the language and the culture by reflecting about their own experiences and through reading prescribed academic articles.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

50
Autonomous Student Learning

50
Total

100
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
There is no formal teaching for this module by lectures or tutors. Learning is done independently by students who are guided by the module coordinator via the VLE. Students receive a number of tasks that they have to complete during the year and the module coordinators provides support to facilitate students self-directed learning in order to complete and submit each task.
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: A number of written and oral tasks Unspecified n/a Graded No

100

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students receive written feedback via Brightspace. They are provided with corrections and comments on their language competence and in relation to the criteria relevant for each task.

Name Role
Ms Zeineb Bahri Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Paolo Acquaviva Tutor
Dr Pascale Baker Tutor
Leire Sarto Zubiaurre Tutor
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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