ALS250 - Spanish 2B
Unit details
Year: | 2020 unit information |
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Important Update: | Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester. Last updated: 2 June 2020 |
Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Ramon Lopez Castellano |
Prerequisite: | ALS100, ALS150 and ALS200 at Deakin or equivalent level of proficiency demonstrated by sitting a language placement test |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1-hour class per week, 1 x 2-hour seminar per week and 1 x 1-hour seminar per week |
Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | 1 x 1-hour class per week (recordings provided), 1 x 1.5-hour online seminar per week |
Content
This unit will continue to develop students’ knowledge of, and competency in, Spanish. The Unit will further expose students to the sociolinguistic and sociocultural aspects of Spanish communication at a continuing intermediate level. In addition, this unit will present about, and encourage students to critically engage with, the diversity of the Hispanic world through the study of the histories, societies and cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. This unit assumes 1.5 years of prior knowledge or study of the language – ALS100, ALS150, ALS200 or equivalent.
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | ||
ULO1 | Understand more complex written and aural texts and expressions in Spanish | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO2 | Demonstrate good command of the Spanish language to express complex ideas | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
ULO3 | Select a range of vocabulary and grammar forms and apply them in oral and written contexts | GLO2: Communication |
ULO4 | Critically engage knowledge about the Spanish speaking world | GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
ULO5 | Use online technologies to access authentic materials in Spanish | GLO3: Digital literacy |
ULO6 | Analyse, extract, and use information from spoken and written texts in Spanish | GLO4: Critical thinking |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
Trimester 2:Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1 - Writing Exercises | 40% | Week 3 | |
Assessment 2 - Writing Exercises | 20% | Week 7 | |
Assessment 3 - Oral Examination | 20% | To take place after the end of term, during the Study Period | |
Assessment 4 - Final Examination | 20% | Examination period |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: ALS250 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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