• Offered by School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Classification Transitional
  • Course subject Spanish
  • Areas of interest European Languages
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Manuel Delicado Cantero
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in Second Semester 2018
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This course is designed to further develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in the Spanish language at the second part of the B1 level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The course focusses on more advanced vocabulary, grammatical, pragmatic, and sociocultural aspects. The students will continue to develop their skills as autonomous learners and as a team members in task-based learning. The course is taught in Spanish.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
  1. Use and understand vocabulary, grammatical structures, pragmatic content and sociocultural aspects of Spanish at the B1 level (second part)
  2. Communicate orally in controlled situations and in less controlled situations at the B1 level (second part), integrating all aspects of the course. 
  3. Communicate in writing at the B1 level (second part), integrating all aspects of the course.
  4. Extract, analyse and use information from oral, audiovisual and written Spanish texts, including additional resources at the B1 level (second part).
  5. Evaluate their own learning practices and personal goals as an autonomous learner and as a member of a team in task-based learning activities.
  6. Analyse and criticique academic literature on a specific issue of L2 Spanish linguistics.

Indicative Assessment

Class engagement (approx. 600 words)  10% [LO 1-5]
2 exams (2 hours each) 40% [LO 1-4]
Written (approx. 300 words per group member) and oral (approx. 15 min per group) group task 35% [LO 1-5]
Critical review 15% (approx. 800 words) [LO 1, 3, 4, 5, 6]

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Workload

130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 48 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 4 hours of class per week, and
b) 82 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have successfully completed SPAN6503 or have equivalent level of language proficiency as demonstrated by placement test. Alternatively you may gain permission of the Course Convener to enrol in this course. Incompatible with SPAN2002.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2018 $3180
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2018 $4860
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
8324 23 Jul 2018 30 Jul 2018 31 Aug 2018 26 Oct 2018 In Person N/A

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