ATS2196 · Spanish proficient 2

Overview

In this unit you will consolidate your advanced writing, speaking, listening and reading comprehension skills in Spanish. You will continue to extend your grammatical competence and use of the subjunctive in more complex subordinate clauses, and to hone your ability to use more complex language structures that demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the language. In the culture component, you will further develop a critical understanding of Spanish and Latin American cultures and societies through critiques of contemporary social, historical, political and cultural issues as these are presented in Spanish/Latin American films and/or literature.

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 on a variety of personal and non-personal matters, and contemporary social and political issues;
2. Use the subjunctive in subordinate clauses;
3. Write sophisticated compositions in Spanish incorporating grammatical structures studied in class;
4. Comprehend and evaluate a variety of complex audio and written texts (e.g. news and radio programs, newspaper articles and literary works);
5. Summarise, formulate and defend intellectual arguments relevant to contemporary Spanish and Latin American cultures and societies;
6. Research, reason and think critically.

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.