To provide students with a solid command of basic language structures and vocabulary that will allow them to communicate in simple but correct Basque in a variety of everyday situations;

To enhance students’ understanding of the peculiarities of Basque as a non-Indo-European language, and so help them better realize how varied human languages can be in structure;

To extend students’ knowledge of contemporary Basque society and culture;

To reinforce students’ awareness of the similarities and dissimilarities between the contemporary view of the world associated with Basque and the view of the world in their own languages and cultures.

(LO1) Acquire the ability to recognise a wider range of familiar words and expressions concerning immediate surroundings and everyday situations when people speak slowly.

(LO2) Acquire the ability to understand descriptive and narrative texts dealing with familiar objects, actions, and activities written in the present tense (perfect, simple, progressive and habitual) or in the future tense.

(LO3) Acquire the ability to interact in a richer way provided that the other person is ready to repeat or rephrase things.

(LO4) Acquire the ability to write rich descriptions of people, familiar objects and places, and narratives of everyday situations in the present tense (perfect, simple, progressive and habitual) or in the future tense.

(LO5) Acquire a more extended understanding of the main structural differences between Basque as a non-indoeuropean language and its neighbouring languages.

(LO6) Acquire a wider knowledge of contemporary Basque society and culture and its most peculiar characteristics.

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

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

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Listening skills

(S4) Global citizenship - Cultural awareness

(S5) IImproving own learning/performance - Personal action planning

The majority of teaching will be delivered face-to-face on campus. Online delivery will be used to complement the on-campus delivery and where technology affords a better learning experience.

Seminar:
Students learn new aspects of Basque grammar and new vocabulary through independent study using the on-line computer aided method BOGA. In this session, the students practice the grammar and vocabulary previously learnt and revised through a range of analytic
exercises, listening, reading, writing and speaking activities.

Seminar:
Students learn new aspects of Basque grammar and new vocabulary through independent study using the on-line computer aided method BOGA. In this session, the students practice the grammar and vocabulary previously learnt and revised through a range of analytic exercises, listening, reading, writing and speaking activities.

Online:
Students work on the online multimedia system BOGA to learn new grammar structures and vocabular y.

Topics covered during this module may include:

The declension case NORA (=to);

The declension case NONDIK (=from);

The declension case NOREKIN (=with whom);

The declension case NORENTZAT (=for whom);

The declension case ZEREZ/ZERTAZ (=what about);

The verb JOAN (=to go);

The verb ETORRI (=to come);

The verb IBILI (=to walk, to be up to);

The verbal locution BALIO IZAN (=to cost, to be worth);

The verb EDUKI (=to have);

The verb JAKIN (=to know);

The verb ESAN (=to say, to tell);

The verbs ERAMAN and EKARRI (=to carry, to bring);

The present HABITUAL tense: -TEN/-TZEN;

The FUTURE tense: -ko / -go;

The PRESENT PROGRESSIVE tense: -tzen ari izan;

The -TZERA nominalisation;

The -TZEKO nominalisation (final clauses);

The -TZEAN nominalisation (temporal clauses);

Comparative clauses: bezala , bezalako (a)(k);

Parts of the body / clothes / talking about plans;

On the road / at the hospital / at the bank;

The world of cinema.