Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group activities on campus, and most will keep an online version available to those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
To check the availability of face-to-face and online activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.
Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Tutor
Nidia Castrillon
Contact via iLearn
Convenor
Jane Hanley
Contact via Email
By appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
SPN202 or SLAS2020
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit aims to enable students with an existing intermediate command of Spanish to become operationally proficient users of the Spanish language. It seeks to develop students' skills in reading, writing, comprehension and speaking in Spanish and further develops students' knowledge of contemporary Spanish and Latin American culture. This unit follows a communicative approach and is designed to further develop skills in reading, writing, comprehension and speaking, and requires spontaneous engagement with complex and specialised texts. The unit aims to develop students' language skills towards B2 level in the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Quizzes | 20% | No | Weekly |
Participatory Tasks | 10% | No | Weekly |
Writing Journal | 20% | No | Weekly, final in week 12 |
Group Interview/Individual Oral Presentation | 35% | No | Group interview week 13, individual presentation varies |
Final Written Test | 15% | No | Week 13 |
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 5 hours
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 20%
Frequent mini-tests on assigned viewing.
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 10%
Redrafting and editing tasks, group-based discussion, group-based collaborative content creation activities.
Assessment Type 1: Professional writing
Indicative Time on Task 2: 25 hours
Due: Weekly, final in week 12
Weighting: 20%
Weekly compositions in different professional and literary genres, plus revision and resubmission of expanded and edited version of select example(s) for grading.
Assessment Type 1: Performance
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: Group interview week 13, individual presentation varies
Weighting: 35%
Encompasses two tasks: Groups of students conduct group interviews assuming diverse roles and communicating sociohistorical aspects and social implications of texts/themes.
Individual oral presentation introducing context of one unit topic.
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 1 hours
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 15%
Medium-length answer test on texts/themes studied.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
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Spanish Studies 5 aims to develop skills towards CEFR level B2 Upper intermediate
MCER B2 intermedio alto: Es capaz de entender las ideas principales de textos complejos que traten de temas tanto concretos como abstractos, incluso si son de carácter técnico siempre que estén dentro de su campo de especialización. Puede relacionarse con hablantes nativos con un grado suficiente de fluidez y naturalidad de modo que la comunicación se realice sin esfuerzo por parte de ninguno de los interlocutores. Puede producir textos claros y detallados sobre temas diversos así como defender un punto de vista sobre temas generales indicando los pros y los contras de las distintas opciones.
Unit information based on version 2021.02 of the Handbook