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Advanced Spanish B - SPAN3004
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Languages and Linguistics
 
 
Course Outline: School of Languages and Linguistic Course Outlines
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: SPAN3001 or SPAN3003
 
 
Excluded: SPAN3002
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Reviews, develops and extends students' skills. Students will be presented with increasingly complex language situations requiring a greater proficiency in language skills with the aim of increasing fluency and accuracy in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Encourages students to improve their ability to speak and write in Spanish by discussing and writing about Spanish issues in different registers, to improve their reading and aural comprehension skills by exposing them to a wide variety of written and aural materials, from different sources and with different local varieties.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:
  • Write diaries and formal reports using conventionalisms, punctuation, accents and relevant vocabulary
  • Identify and use expository and argumentative discourse, recognise and use different tenses in the subjunctive modes in complex texts
  • Describe hypothetical events using connectors and complex sentences
  • Discuss in Spanish events relating to contemporary Spain and Spanish speaking countries.

Assessment

  • Oral/cultural assessment - 25%
  • Listening assessment - 20%
  • Grammar revision assessment - 25%
  • Reading/writing/culture assessments (x2) - 30%

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