ALS250 - Spanish 2B
Unit details
Year: | 2021 unit information |
---|---|
Important Update: | Unit delivery will continue to be provided in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. This may include a mix of on-campus and online activities. To find out how you are impacted, please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Unit sites open one week prior to the start of each Trimester/Semester. Thank you for your flexibility and commitment to studying with Deakin in 2021. Last updated: 4 June 2021 |
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), 2 x 1.5-hour online seminars 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.
ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
---|---|---|
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
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
---|---|---|---|
Assessment 1 - Online Exercises | 1600 words or equivalent in foreign language | 40% | Week 3 Week 5 Week 8 Week 10 |
Assessment 2 - Writing Exercises | 800 words or equivalent in foreign language | 20% | Week 7 |
Assessment 3 - Oral Test | 800 words or equivalent in foreign language | 20% | Week 12 |
Assessment 4 - Final Quiz | 800 words or equivalent in foreign language | 20% | To take place during the examination period, after the oral test. |
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
Click on the fee link below which describes you: