ATS3195 - Spanish proficient 1

Overview

In this unit you will gain more advanced writing, speaking, listening and reading comprehension skills, enabling you to become proficient communicators through emphasis on the production of written and spoken Spanish in particular. You will extend your grammatical competence with more sophisticated language structures, with stress placed on the use of the indicative and subjunctive in subordinate clauses and your awareness of different discourses and registers. In the culture component, you will develop a more in-depth understanding of the social, historical, political and cultural issues that have shaped the cultures and peoples of the Spanish-speaking world through analyses of Spanish/Latin American films and/or literature.

Offerings

S1-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS

Requisites

Prerequisite

Prohibition

Rules

Enrolment Rule

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Dr Paul Bowker

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Paul Bowker

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:

Converse in Spanish about past, current, future and hypothetical issues, as well as engage in more complex discussions about historical, political, social and cultural matters;

Comprehend and evaluate a variety of written and audio texts from different Spanish-speaking regions and contexts, and extrapolate relevant information;

Write sophisticated compositions in Spanish incorporating grammatical structures studied in class;

Analyse, compare, critique and discuss key aspects of Spanish/Latin American cultures and societies through analyses of their cultural products (films/literature);

Employ sophisticated research and critical thinking skills.

Teaching approach

Active learning

Assessment summary

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment

1 - Language exercise/s

2 - Online test

3 - Online test

4 - Oral test/assessment

5 - Reflection

6 - Analytical exercises

7 - Essay

8 - Online test

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Lectures

Tutorials

Workload requirements

Workload

Learning resources

Required resources

Availability in areas of study

European languages (Spanish and Latin American studies)