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SLL40890

Academic Year 2025/2026

Catalan B2 (SLL40890)

Subject:
Languages, Cultures & Ling
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
Languages, Cultures & Linguis
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Assoc Professor Douglas Smith
Trimester:
Autumn and Spring (separate)
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

On completion of this course you will be able to:
- understand communicate in habitual situations that require direct exchanges of information about familiar, daily and slightly more complex topics.
- describe aspects of your personal experience, immediate environment and questions related to immediate needs.
-function in a broad range of tenses

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this course you will be able to:
- understand communicate in complex situations that require direct exchanges of information about a wide variety of to[pics
- describe aspects of your personal experience, immediate environment and questions related to future, past or conditional needs

Indicative Module Content:

On completion of this course you will be able to:
- understand oral language
- understand complex texts which use upper intermediate vocabulary on a wide variety of topics
- speak effectively with increasing accuracy.
- produce written texts with complex structures and relative fluidity
- use sufficient lexicon and phraseology

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Small Group

24

Specified Learning Activities

36

Autonomous Student Learning

140

Total

200


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Teaching and Learning approaches deployed consist of active/task-based learning enhanced with Virtual Learning Environment (Brightspace).

Students are expected to engage in self-learning activities every week, such as, reading and listening to materials relating to the course modules; completing tasks and exercises (including grammar).

Oral interaction in class is expected.

Engagement with Virtual Learning Environment to solve any doubts or issues.

Generative AI may be used for certain purposes only under the guidance of your module coordinator and within academic integrity guidelines. This corresponds to amber on the traffic light system: https://www.ucd.ie/artshumanities/study/aifutures/trafficlightsystem/

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Exam (In-person): Written examination (2 hours), assessing grammar, vocabulary, reading and writing Week 14 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
70
No
Practical Skills Assessment: Consisting of a role play exercise in Catalan, assessing oral and listening skills Week 14 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
30
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, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

No matter what the nature of the assessment may be (i.e. combinations of reading, writing, speaking or listening), constructive collective and/or individual feedback will be given on-line through Brightspace or in person during consultation hours.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Autumn Seminar Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Thurs 16:00 - 16:50
Spring Seminar Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Thurs 16:00 - 16:50