ALS200 - Building Language Skills for Real Life Spanish Use
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | 2024 Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online From 2025 Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Ramon Lopez Castellano |
| Prerequisite: | Students must have completed units ALS100 and ALS150 at Deakin or equivalent level of proficiency demonstrated by sitting a language placement test |
| 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. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour combined lecture and seminar per week, 1 x 1-hour seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour combined online lecture and seminar per week, 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week |
Content
This unit will further students’ knowledge of Spanish vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure for use in everyday contexts and for use in specific activities. Students will be exposed to the sociolinguistic and sociocultural aspects of Spanish communication at a continuing (low/intermediate) level. In addition, this unit will further explore the diversity of the Hispanic world. This unit assumes one year of prior knowledge or study of the language – ALS100 and ALS150 or equivalent.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Identify and recognise complex written and aural texts, and a variety of expressions in Spanish | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Express a range of ideas in Spanish and work with others to communicate sensitively in diverse social situations | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO7: Teamwork |
| ULO3 | Critical evaluate and interpret a range of written and aural texts related to the diverse cultures of the Spanish speaking world | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Writing Exercises | 1600 words or equivalent in foreign language | Total 40% (4 x 10%) | Week 2 Week 5 Week 8 Week 10 |
| Assessment 2 - Writing Exercise | 800 words or equivalent in foreign language | 20% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 3 - Oral Test | 800 words or equivalent in foreign language | 20% | End-of-unit assessment period |
| Assessment 4 - End-of-unit assessment | 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 ALS200
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.
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