Overview
In this unit you will further develop 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 foster your Spanish and Latin American cultural literacy through the study of … For more content click the Read More button below.
Offerings
S2-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS
Requisites
Prerequisite
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, personal interests, and contemporary political and social issues;
2.
Narrate stories about themselves and others in the past;
3.
Understand and be able to analyse and discuss short literary texts (short stories and/or plays) in Spanish;
4.
Understand and be able to extrapolate information from TV shows, radio programs and other audio texts;
5.
Formulate and defend intellectual arguments in Spanish concerning contemporary issues of relevance in Spain and Latin America.
Teaching approach
Active learning
Problem-based learning
Enquiry-based learning
Simulation or virtual practice
Research activities
Assessment summary
Within semester assessment: 100%
Assessment
1 - Languages exercises
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)