ATS2193 · Spanish intermediate 1

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 and societies through an exploration of important social, political and cultural issues in films and/or short stories.

Areas of study: European languages (Spanish and Latin American studies)

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

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).

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.