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SPAN202 Intermediate Spanish Language II

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 2 On Campus
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
20 July 2013 21 July 2013 Non-Mandatory Intensive school to be held at the WEA Centre in Sydney if sufficient students commit by the date specified by the unit coordinator.
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites SPAN201
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Leonel Alvarado (lalvarad@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit provides a consolidation of written, oral, reading comprehenson and communication skills in Spanish, in order to achieve an intermediate level of proficiency. This will provide a broad linguistic base for the study of Spanish and Latin American culture, literature and civilisation.

Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. participate in discussions in Spanish, including with native speakers, covering a range of social, cultural and historical issues and their Hispanic context;
  2. demonstrate an understanding of essential grammatical structures and their application in more complex situations; and
  3. demonstrate a good level of competence and confidence in understanding and interpreting spoken Spanish in a variety of registers and forms, whether presented directly in conversation or from recorded or audio-visual material.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will acquire the ability to speak and understand Spanish at an intermediate level of sociolinguistic competence. This knowledge is assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
The unit requires Spanish/English and English/Spanish translation, as well as the ability to communicate in a foreign language. This knowledge is assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
The unit requires students to communicate in Spanish at an intermediate level of proficiency across all four language skills. This knowledge is assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
This unit requires students to use the online discussion boards. 		True
5 Life-Long Learning
Learning a language develops skills such as attention to detail and methodical approaches which can be applied to other learning situations. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Translation and direct communication in a foreign language demands problem-solving skills. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
By developing students' intercultural awareness it is expected that this unit will also develop their social responsiblitites. 		True True
8 Team Work
In on-campus classes and increasingly with discussion boards, collaborative work and projects are encouraged. 		True
   

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