About Spanish, BA (Hons) - at Trinity College Dublin
Spanish cannot be studied as a single honor subject. It must either be combined with one other subject within the two-subject moderatorship (TSM) programme or be selected as one of the two languages studied in the European studies programme.
Within the joint honors TSM programme both subjects are studied for three years and one subject only is studied in the fourth year. Spanish can be studied ab initio (from beginner level) as the Spanish course is designed to develop your language proficiency in written and spoken Spanish.
Within European studies both languages are studied equally in the first year after which one language becomes the major and the other the minor language. It is not possible to begin Spanish ab initio in this programme.
Is this the right course for me?Spain, currently one of Europe's leading industrial nations, was in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the foremost western power, and Spanish is today the native language of over four hundred million people. In terms of the number of countries - more than twenty - in which it is officially spoken, it is second only to English. If you are interested in reading and in the language and culture of Spain and Spanish America, then this is a course you will enjoy.
Course contentSpanish is taught at Trinity College by a variety of methods to equip you with a comprehensive range of skills in the accurate, fluent and sensitive understanding and use of the written and spoken language. If you are a beginner the teaching provided offers a realistic opportunity for you to reach the same standard within a year as those who have studied the language previously.
The development of the skill of textual analysis through close and careful reading, together with the organisation and expression of ideas in written and verbal form, are integral aims of the department.
