BSc International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response and Spanish

The course unit consists of advanced study of Catalan grammar and practice in oral, aural and reading skills, including all kind of texts, from written to audiovisual. Students will gain a thorough understanding of Catalan grammar and syntax with the revision and consolidation of the points learned in the preceding courses. They will be enabled to communicate confidently in Catalan through a range of written, oral and comprehension exercises, covering different registers and areas of vocabulary to develop students’ language learning skills.

The students will finish the course having core knowledge of the construction of Catalan national culture and identity, and the pivotal role the Catalan language has had in this process.

• to gain a broad understanding of Catalan grammar and syntax
• to communicate confidently in Catalan through a range of written, oral, and aural comprehension exercises covering different areas of vocabulary 
• to write compositions in Catalan and write summaries in Catalan of Catalan texts of an appropriate level of difficulty
• to use spoken Catalan to cope with real-life situations and to discuss a variety of topics
• to raise awareness of and responsiveness to the nature and extent of cultural diversity
• to understand, analyse and comment upon texts from a range of different genres

By the end of this unit students will be able to:
• perform at Level B1 of the Common European Framework
• demonstrate a broad, active knowledge of Catalan grammar and awareness of different registers of language
• demonstrate the ability to communicate with confidence in written and spoken Catalan
• demonstrate an understanding of a range of social, cultural and intellectual issues in Catalonia and the Catalan speaking territories,  as reflected in the materials studied
• show an understanding of the language in its broader cultural context
 

By the end of this unit students will be able to:
• develop powers of analysis and use them to solve problems
• write compositions in Catalan and write summaries in Catalan of Catalan texts of an appropriate level of difficulty
• express coherent ideas and arguments in spoken and written Catalan
• reflect upon and improve their language-learning capabilities
• use spoken Catalan to cope with real-life situations and to discuss a variety of topics

• Students will have the opportunity to get one of the scholarships offered by the Catalan Government to take a Catalan Language and Culture course in Catalonia in order to enhance the skills learned during the course

• communication and presentation skills, both oral and written through presentations and teamwork
• assessing and evaluating others
• problem solving skills
• creative skills

Materials will be linked from or posted on Blackboard as the course progresses.