Course overview
This course builds on the skills that students acquired in the previous course (SPAN 3101). The emphasis of this course will continue to be on the further development of oral and written skills. Students completing this course will acquire a more advanced level of fluency that will allow them to participate in longer conversations with native speakers and other students of the Spanish language. Students will continue to refine their knowledge of the Spanish grammar and their oral and written skills in general. Similarly to SPAN 3101, the teaching staff will continue to emphasise the writing of more complex paragraphs, compositions, and documents, and work on the students ability to report back in oral form on the documents they write. Lectures and tutorials will be conducted in 100% in Spanish and students will be expected to actively contribute to discussions and exercises in the Spanish language.
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate in-depth knowledge and appropriate use of the different modes of the Spanish language.
- Use digital technologies to further improve their vocabulary acquisition in Spanish and its use in real-life contexts.
- Further develop speaking skills and oral expression in Spanish.
- Effectively use digital technologies to enhance their own learning of the Spanish language and culture.
- Further develop and enhance reading and writing skills in Spanish.
- Further develop their ability to synthetize , analyze, and present information in Spanish in both written and oral forms.
- Make respectful comparisons between Spanish and Australian cultures
- Translate formal documents from English into Spanish
- Demonstrate confidence in presenting and defending arguments in Spanish, both in oral and written forms
- Further enhance their capacity to see cultural continuities and differences between Australia and the Spanish-speaking world