Students meet with their tutor in small groups. The focus is on speaking, especially the development of good pronunciation and accent. Students unable to attend both hours are advised to use LAB 1 on Fridays at 11.10 am or to obtain a card-key for entry after 5 pm for private study. Problematic areas, refinements and idioms are identified for special attention and are practised in selected drills and reading passages which are based on cultural, historical and topical Hispanic themes. In the latter, students prepare work in Spanish for the Monday oral class and write an essay in Spanish on Isabel for assessment.
All classes are equally important in an integrated programme.
In all these activities special attention is paid to accuracy in pronunciation and fluency. In addition to the weekly conversation class a language laboratory session is also prescribed weekly. They are also asked to prepare work for the Tuesday class and to undertake occasional written assignments and tests. Students will also need a good Spanish Dictionary, either The Oxford Spanish Dictionary or Collins Spanish Dictionary. They consist of 2 x 20-credit thick modules, the first in Semester 1 and the second in Semester 2.