# Spanish for Professional Purposes 1B (R4034)

**Source**: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/modules/undergraduate/2026/106110-spanish-for-professional-purposes-1b
**Parent**: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/business-analytics-bsc-hons

**15 credits, Level 4**

**Spring teaching**

This module is for students who can already communicate with some independence in Spanish at level B1-B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

Building on existing levels of proficiency, the module aims to:

- enable you to understand the main ideas within extended discourse and to communicate effectively in Spanish, with increasing fluency, confidence and spontaneity, in a variety of contexts
- provide opportunities across a variety of topics such as common professional themes to practice understanding and communicating in Spanish. You will use the four language skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing at an advanced level
- consolidate and develop the range of complex Spanish language structures, syntax, and specialised vocabulary to allow further accuracy and control
- analyse some aspects of the general social, professional, political and/or cultural background of Spanish through contextualised activities and materials, in a range of media (such as text, audio, audio-visual and digital).

This module is at level B2 of the CEFR for Languages.

### Teaching

100%: **Seminar** (Class, Seminar)\

### Assessment

100%: **Coursework** (Oral examination, Report, Test)\

### Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 117 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these
modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to
our curriculum.

**We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.**

### Courses

This module is offered on the following courses:

- [Anthropology with a Language BA](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/anthropology-with-a-language-ba-hons)
- [Drama with a Language BA](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/drama-with-a-language-ba-hons)
- [Geography with a Language BA](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/geography-with-a-language-ba-hons)
- [International Development with a Language BA](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/international-development-with-a-language-ba-hons)
- [International Relations with a Language BA](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/international-relations-with-a-language-ba-hons)
- [Law with a Language LLB](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/law-with-a-language-llb-hons)
- [Sociology with a Language BA](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/sociology-with-a-language-ba-hons)