Overview

In this unit you will develop more sophisticated speaking, writing, reading and listening comprehension skills in Spanish, as well as acquiring explicit grammar competence and awareness of different discourses and registers. In the culture component, you will further develop your ability to understand and analyse Spanish and Latin American cultures … For more content click the Read More button below.

Offerings

S1-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS

Rules

Enrolment Rule

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Associate Professor Stewart King

Unit Coordinator(s)

Associate Professor Stewart King

Notes

If this is your language entry point, this unit requires a language entry level test.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.

communicate in Spanish about matters related to work, study, and personal interests;

2.

describe in Spanish events and experiences, dreams, hopes and ambitions in the past, present and future;

3.

understand short written and audio texts in Spanish and be able to extrapolate relevant information from them;

4.

compare and contrast social and cultural customs in Spanish and Latin American contexts;

5.

analyse, compare, contrast and critique Spanish and Latin American cultural products (films and/or short stories).

Teaching approach

Active learning

Assessment summary

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment

1 - Exercise/s
2 - Oral test/assessment
3 - Essay

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Tutorials

Workload requirements

Workload

Learning resources

Required resources

Availability in areas of study

European languages (Spanish and Latin American studies)