Course overview
This course builds on the skills that students mastered in the Intermediate Spanish I course. The main emphasis of this course will continue to be on the development of the four basic language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. The most complicated aspects of the Spanish language will be emphasised, including the use of the subjunctive mood, and direct and indirect object pronouns. Reading cultural and literary material and writing reports on those readings will be the main activity in this course. Lectures and tutorials will be conducted in Spanish and students will be expected to actively contribute to discussions and oral 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 and capacity to use the different verbal moods in the Spanish language.
- Effectively write and use a variety of more complex sentence structures and paragraphs in Spanish.
- Enhance their ability to independently explore sources to produce oral presentations and essays on topics pertaining to the culture of the Spanish-speaking world.
- Prepare group discussions and oral presentations in Spanish using appropriate technologies as needed.
- Develop a positive attitude towards reading, writing, and speaking in Spanish within different environments (academic, social, familial, etc.)
- Work in groups to do research on different topics pertaining to the Spanish language and culture and present their findings to an audience.
- Further develop and enhance the ability to synthesise, analyse, and present information in written and oral forms in Spanish following academic conventions
- Discern the main cultural differences between the cultures of Australia and the Spanish-speaking world, and to ascertain the positive confluences between the two views of the world in a respectful way