SBV4600 The child welfare worker in relation and context Course description

The CEFR and its relationship with the Norwegian Spanish as a Second Language Programme.

1.1. Presentation: Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). European Language Portfolio (ELP) as a learning tool. The European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL).

1.2. The Instituto Cervantes and the PCIC (Curricular Plan of the Instituto Cervantes). DELE Official Spanish diplomas.

1.3. Horizontal dimension of the CEFR: progression of learning and description of reference levels. Parameters and categories.

2. Strategic competence: mother tongue and target language.

2.1. Empathy and acceptance. Acquisition of cultural values based on linguistic elements. The natural appropriation of the target language.

2.2. Speech as overcoming stereotypes: the intercultural implications. Language as a mediator of culture shock: enrichment.

2.3. Acculturation: the target language becomes mother tongue.

3. ICTs in the teaching of Spanish as a Second Language.

3.1. Typology of teaching resources on the Internet: obtaining and managing.

3.2. Key educational tools for teaching Spanish.

3.3. E-learning and Blended Learning: possibilities of formative integration and interaction in the classroom.

4. Didactics of Spanish Literature.

4.1. The canon in Spanish: main literary movements and authors.

4.2. Techniques and strategies in the Spanish classroom: animations, workshops, dramatisations, etc.

4.3. Texts and readings for learning Spanish as a Second Language.

For the final assessment a grading scale from A to E is used, where A denotes the highest and E the lowest pass grade, and F denotes a fail.

Two internal examiners. External examiner is used periodically.

Associate Professor Stefano Nichele

The following coursework requirements must have been approved for the student to take the exam:

• Coursework requirement 1: One individual written assignment of 4 pages. The assignment will be read and commented on orally by one or two fellow students, before the teacher assesses the assignment as approved/not approved.

The purpose of the coursework requirement is to further develop the students’ academic writing skills. It is crucial that child welfare workers are skilled at expressing themselves clearly and accurately in writing.

The coursework requirement must be completed and approved by the stipulated deadline in order for the student to take the exam. If the coursework is not approved, the student will be given the opportunity to submit an improved version once by a given deadline. 

The exam in the course is an individual oral exam with a time frame of approximately 45 minutes per candidate. The time frame includes examination and assessment with oral explanation.

No aids are permitted.

Grade scale A-F 

The oral exam is graded by one internal and one external examiner.  

Edda Stang and Hanne Christoffersen