ALS300 - Getting into the Flow: Building Fluency and Competency in Spanish
Unit details
Year: | 2023 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Ramon Lopez Castellano |
Prerequisite: | Students must have completed units ALS200 and ALS250 |
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 2-hour combined class and seminar per week, 1 x 1-hour seminar per week |
Scheduled learning activities - online: | 1 x 2-hour combined online class and seminar per week, 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week |
Content
This Unit will advance students’ fluency and competence in Spanish to a high intermediate level. Students will continue to learn and practice important grammatical and lexical components of the Spanish language, while further exploring the societies and cultures of the ‘Spanish-speaking world’. This unit assumes two years of prior knowledge or study of the language (CERFL A2 / B1)
ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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ULO1 | Analyse and apply standard input in Spanish in a range of grammatical and lexical contexts as they arise in work, school, leisure and social contexts | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO2 | Produce texts of moderate complexity, in Spanish, on a variety of topics and using diverse media | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy |
ULO3 | Analyse, interpret and explain a range of cultural customs pertaining to the 'Spanish-speaking world' | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO8: Global citizenship |
ULO4 | Identify, critically analyse and apply information from authentic texts in Spanish in written and oral contexts | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1 - Seminar/Online Exercises | 1200 words or equivalent in foreign language | 30% | Weeks 5 and 7 |
Assessment 2 - Writing Exercises | 1200 words or equivalent in foreign language | 30% | Week 11 |
Assessment 3 - End-of-unit assessment | Test, 800 words or equivalent in foreign language | 20% | End-of-unit assessment period |
Assessment 4 - End-of-unit assessment | Test, 800 words or equivalent in foreign language | 20% | End-of-unit assessment 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 ALS300
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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