Университет Шеффилда, BA (Hons), Hispanic Studies with Czech

A 3rd of teaching time is devoted to developing students’ written and oral fluency in Spanish, supported by language laboratory, video and satellite TV facilities and regular classes with native-speakers; level 1 provides a grounding in the language, culture, history and society of Spain and Latin America; suitably qualified dual Honours students can also take Portuguese or Catalan; levels 2 and 3 allow students to plan their work to suit their particular interests, offering a broad coverage of Spanish and Latin American culture, history and society; level 3 also includes practically-based modules on interpreting, translating, and teaching; dual Honours students take a combination of core and optional modules from Czech and Hispanic Studies. Czech Studies. Czech: A 3rd of teaching time is spent taking modules in Czech, where students are taught by members of permanent staff and native-speaker lectors; students follow a course in Czech language and history at level 1; at level 2, students take a language course designed to prepare them for the year abroad, and a module devoted to Czech culture and literature; following the year abroad, students take a module called varieties of written and spoken Czech, which builds on skills developed in-country; they also undertake a larger scale project in Czech studies involving substantial reading in the target language; students’ 3rd year is spent abroad, with placements in the Czech Republic (currently Prague and Brno) and in a Spanish-speaking country; there are a range of year abroad options in Spain and Latin America, and there are placements with the British Council's teaching assistantship schemes in Spain and Latin America.