ATS3070 · European languages advanced 4

Overview

In this unit you will undertake teaching and learning activities to equally develop language skills and cultural competence. You will extend your exposition and argument skills, with a focus on specific expository techniques: document synthesis and oral presentation of a sustained argument involving critical awareness of issues in contemporary Europe and other countries where French, German, Italian and Spanish are spoken. You will develop advanced language skills and competence in the theory, research methodology and practices, and discourses involved in sophisticated critical enquiry, understanding and analysis in an area of French and Francophone studies, German studies, Italian studies, or Spanish and Latin American studies, working under guidance to define and carry out a project.

Areas of study: European languages

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. analyse and critique the theory, research methodology, practices and discourses of an area of study related to French and Francophone Studies, German Studies, Italian Studies, or Spanish and Latin American Studies;
2. evaluate key elements of the modern and contemporary cultures of one of the following: France and Francophone countries, Germany, Italy, or Spanish and Latin American countries;
3. employ advanced analytical, expository and argumentative skills to read and synthesise a range of documents, and present a sustained argument on a given issue;
4. utilise advanced language and research skills to produce a research essay.

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.