ALS350 - Engaging the Contemporary Hispanic World with Fluency
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Elena Alonso Mira |
| Prerequisite: | Students must have completed units ALS200, ALS250 and ALS300 |
| 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 advance students’ fluency and competence in Spanish to a high-intermediate level, low-advanced level. Students will continue to learn and practice important grammatical and lexical components of the Spanish language while further exploring the societies and cultures of the ‘Spanish-speaking world’. The unit organises the teaching and learning of grammar and vocabulary around key issues and features of Latin America and Spain. The unit examines the socio-linguistic conventions of Spanish by looking at a range of topics related to the contemporary world. This unit assumes two and a-half years of prior knowledge or study of the language (B1).
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 | Analyse and apply standard input in Spanish in a range of grammatical, lexical and social contexts (including work, study, leisure) | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Produce texts using complex constructions, in Spanish, in a variety of social and linguistic contexts and medias | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy |
| ULO3 | Critically analyse, interpret and synthesise texts and authentic materials in Spanish, in order to provide detailed oral and written responses on a wide range of subjects | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Seminar/Online Exercises | 1200 words or equivalent in foreign language | 30% | Weeks 5 and 9 |
| Assessment 2: Writing Exercises | 1200 words or equivalent in foreign language | 30% | Week 12 |
| Assessment 3: Presentation | 10 minutes | 20% | Ongoing |
| Assessment 4: End-of-unit assessment | Test, 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
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
Unit Fee Information
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