Courses / Module

On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:

• Situate sports and leisure practices in Spain and Latin America within their wider social, economic, political and cultural contexts.
• Identify, interpret, and analyse a wide range Spanish-language media artifacts and cultural productions concerning sports and leisure.
• Identify and critically assess strategies related to the media presentation of sports events and personalities across various platforms and media.
• Critically analyse the ideological functions of sports events (e.g. ‘sportswashing’).
• Develop media literate, critically aware, and ethically sound strategies for engagement with social media platforms’ coverage of sports events and personalities in the target language.
• Build effective, efficient and well-organised project-oriented groups, founded on principles of collaboration, mutual advancement, and intercultural communication.

Delivery methods	Hours
Lectures	24
Labs / Practicals	0
Tutorials	0
Planned learning activities	40
Independent student activities	60
Total	124

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded

Assessment type	Options	Weighting	Duration
Continuous Assessment		100%
University scheduled written examination	No	0%
Other		0%
Total		100%

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? If the attendance requirement is not met.
• Penalties: Attendance for this module is monitored regularly. If attendance falls below 70% of session hours, the mark will be capped at 35% for this module. This module condition will not be applied to repeat examinations. Absence owing to medical or other compelling reasons is not penalised. The reason must be established in writing prior to, or immediately (i.e. not more than two working days) after the missed class and evidence provided (normally such evidence would be a Medical Certificate). Late submission of assessed course work or examination materials will result in a reduction of the original grade by 5 marks per day. Assessed course work or examination materials will normally have to be submitted electronically through Turnitin. Late submission of work owing to medical or other compelling reasons is not penalised. The reason must be established in writing prior to, or immediately (i.e. not more than two working days) after the relevant submission deadline and evidence provided (normally such evidence would be a Medical Certificate).

• Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes

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