ALS200 - Building Language Skills for Real Life Spanish Use

Unit details

Year	2025 unit information
Enrolment modes:	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
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:	1 x 2-hour on-campus combined lecture and seminar per week 1 x 1-hour on-campus seminar per week
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:	1 x 2-hour online combined lecture and seminar per week 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week
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.

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.

Learning Outcomes

ULO	These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:	Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
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 ALS200 can be found via the University Library.

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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