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SLL30210

Academic Year 2025/2026

Erasmus exchange reflection (SLL30210)

Subject:
Languages, Cultures & Ling
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
Languages, Cultures & Linguis
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Siobhan Donovan
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
Online
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Distinction/Pass/Fail (GPA Neutral)

Curricular information is subject to change.

There is no UCD teaching on this remote module for Stage 3 B Ed students on Erasmus exchange in the Spring Trimester, and passing it is one of the core requirements of the exchange. Its purpose is to reflect on the experience of living and studying in the host country, drawing on the students’ socio-cultural experience and target-language awareness. In addition to students’ participation in their respective academic programmes, they are expected to become involved in extra-curricular, social and cultural activities conducted in the target language. Students are encouraged to take part in any tandem language-learning activities on offer.
Assessment will be completed in the target language. Online dictionaries may be used to consult single words or phrases, but you may not use Google Translate or AI to do the work for you. Independent work in the target language will help you to improve your written and oral language skills, and will stand to you when you enter Stage 4, where the majority of the assessment consists of exams without dictionaries.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

After successfully completing this module students will be able to:
- demonstrate significant improvement in their linguistic competence in the target language
- reflect on the language and transferable skills that they have acquired while living abroad
- understand more about the socio-cultural life of the target country critically analyse the host university context and compare it with UCD
- chart and express their opinions of cultural events of the host country

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 consulting recommended academic articles on intercultural issues.

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 semester and the module coordinator provides support to facilitate students' self-directed learning in order to complete and submit each task.

Since all the assignments in this module revolve around personal experiences and personal insights, they are red on UCD's AI traffic light system, i.e. you must not use generative AI in this assignment for any purpose, above all for writing scripts. Plagiarism will result in immediate failure of the respective assignment.
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Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Additional Information:
Students can only go on Erasmus exchange if they passed all the core language modules (Ia and Ib, IIa and IIb).


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Reflective Assignment: Settling-in, goal-setting: Reflect on the settling-in phase and state 3-4 language-related goals you want to achieve during the semester (max. 400 words, target language). Submit by 19:00 Fri. 20 Feb. Week 5 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No
30
 No
Practical Skills Assessment: Group or single oral presentation (pre-recorded video/narrated PPT, with visual aids) describing your host university, city, and linguistic experience. Submit by 19:00 Fri. 10 April. Week 10 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No
35
 No
Individual Project: Visualisation (padlet/e-poster) highlighting the cultural aspects, reflecting on the semester.
Include 4 photos, and text of max. 100 words for each. 2 min. audio reflection. Submit by 19:00 10 May.		 Week 15 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No
35
 No

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 or oral 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
Assoc Professor Manu Braganca Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
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