ATS2194 · Spanish intermediate 2

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 short stories in Spanish.

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, 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.

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.