Graduate Diploma in Spanish by Distance Learning GradDip
Master
Distance
Description
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Type
Master
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Methodology
Distance Learning
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Duration
2 Years
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Start date
Different dates available
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Online campus
Yes
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Delivery of study materials
Yes
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Support service
Yes
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Virtual classes
Yes
Spanish is spoken by over 400 million people worldwide and across a wide range of cultures.
Study Spanish and culture to Graduate Diploma level, at your own pace, when and where you like. Join our ‘virtual’ learning community, in regular contact with your Spanish tutors and fellow students, and attend Immersion Days in Dundee.
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About this course
a Secondary Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) teacher who wishes to gain a recognised additional teaching qualification in Spanish?
a Primary, Further or Adult Education teacher who would like to improve their Spanish for teaching purposes?
an advanced student of Spanish (Higher+) who wishes to gain a University Diploma in Spanish for work purposes or for personal interest?
Applicants will normally have a pass in Higher Spanish (or equivalent, such as the Dundee Intensive Spanish course by distance-learning). If you are a Secondary MFL teacher seeking an additional qualification in Spanish your undergraduate degree should normally be in another Modern Foreign Language, and you should hold a current Secondary MFL teaching qualification.
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Subjects
- Materials
- Learning
- Communication
- Grammar
- Skills
- Communication Skills
- Literature
- Education
- Spanish
- Latin
Course programme
The course aims to provide the challenge of an undergraduate curriculum in practical Spanish together with learning materials of wide general appeal. The choice of assessments will allow course participants to focus on their own specific interest areas. The course includes:
- Grammar and communication skills
- themes such as 20th Century literature, education, Spanish and Latin American cinema, and area studies
- classroom language learning and teaching (as appropriate)
The course consists of six main elements:
- Language
- Culture and society
- Literature
- ICT
- Professional studies
- Project
Immersion Day activities are varied but include:
- Spanish language practice with native speakers
- visits from the languages advisor at the Consejería de Educación
- IT sessions
- workshops on a variety of language and cultural topics.
Graduate Diploma in Spanish by Distance Learning GradDip