Modern Languages and Cultures

The information contained in this module specification was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen circumstances, or following review of the module at the end of the session. Queries about the module should be directed to the member of staff with responsibility for the module.
Title INTRODUCTION TO IBERIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES I
Code HISP120
Coordinator Dr G Mercero Altzugarai
Modern Languages and Cultures
G.Mercero-Altzugarai@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 4 FHEQ First Semester 15

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):

 

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:

 

Co-requisite modules:

 

Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 22

7

        29
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 121
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Review of an Academic Article There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment.  -500 words    30       
2 short essays responding to a choice of short texts There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment.  1,000 - 1,500 words    45       
Contextualisation of Extract There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment.  -500 words    25       

Aims

Identify and evaluate key issues in Luso-Hispanic Studies;

Apply these issues to your study of the Luso-Hispanic world;

Locate, organise and evaluate a range of information sources;

Discuss the issues raised with reference to the texts / topics studied in class;

Introduce you to key skills of Critical Thinking (analysis and synthesis) and referencing (bibliography and intro to in-text citation);

Carry out sustained research into a particular topic and express your findings in an appropriate academic form.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Identify and evaluate some of the key issues in Hispanic Studies

(LO2) Apply these issues to their study of the Luso-Hispanic world

(LO3) Locate, organize and evaluate a range of information sources

(LO4) Discuss the issues raised with reference to the texts studied in class

(S1) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Listening skills

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Influencing skills – argumentation

(S4) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Academic writing (inc. referencing skills)

(S5) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis

(S6) Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the cultures, linguistic contexts, history, politics, geography, and social and economic structures of the societies of the country of the target language

(S7) Global citizenship - Relevant economic/political understanding

(S8) Understand a text of the target language within its broader historical, cultural and social context

(S9) Successfully apply a close reading to a text of the target language and demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the cultures, linguistic contexts, history, politics, geography, and social and economic structures of the societies of the country of the target language


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: Students will attend lectures on key topics in Hispanic Studies, delivered by specialist lecturers.
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Notes: Students will attend 2 one hour lectures per week over Semester 1, with the exception of week 7, which is Tutorial Week.

Teaching Method 2 - Seminar
Description: Students will attend seminars based on materials supplied in the course booklet. They will be expected to come to each seminar having done essential and some supplementary reading and to have prepared written answers to the questions set in advance of the lessons. Students should participate actively in discussion.

Attendance Recorded: Yes
Notes: Students will be assigned to a seminar group which will meet for 7 one hour sessions over Semester 1.


Syllabus

 

Topics covered during the module may include:

Unit 1: Introduction to the Luso-Hispanic World;

Unit 2: Cultural Identity in the Luso-Hispanic World.

The syllabus consists of a range of topics on the history and cultural identity of the Iberian and Luso-Hispanic worlds, each topic being taught by a specialist lecturer.


Recommended Texts

Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.