Course overview
This course builds on the skills that students mastered in the introductory Spanish courses (SPAN 1003 and SPAN 1004). The emphasis of this course will be on the further development of the four basic language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Different from early courses, in this course the teaching staff will tackle some of the finer points of the Spanish grammar and will emphasise writing practices at academic level. Lectures and tutorials will be conducted in Spanish and students will be expected to actively contribute to discussions and exercises in the Spanish language.
Approximately 20% of teaching time will be dedicated to the introduction and discussion of specific aspects of the cultures of the Hispanic World, through different types of media including music recordings, video clips, movies and short stories produced both in Spain and Latin America.
Course learning outcomes
- Acquire an advanced level of knowledge on the use of various tenses in the Indicative Mood and sentence structures in the Spanish language.
- Further acquire and develop the ability to write sentences, paragraphs and compositions in the Spanish language.
- Enhance their ability to independently explore sources to produce oral presentations on topics pertaining to the culture of the Spanish-speaking world.
- Develop their capacity to maintain a conversation in Spanish with a group of classmates and people outside the university.
- Further develop reading and comprehension skills.
- Work in groups to do research on different topics pertaining to the Spanish language and culture and present their findings to an audience.
- To prepare oral presentations in Spanish, using visual and aural clues, and appropriate technology
- Develop a positive attitude towards reading, writing and speaking in Spanish
- Further develop and enhance the ability to synthetize, analyse and present information both in written and oral forms in Spanish
- To discover cultural differences between Australia and the Spanish-speaking world, and to make respectful comparisons between the two worldviews