LANG 3074 Spanish 301

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Credit Points 10

Legacy Code 101953

Coordinator Ignacio Garcia Opens in new window

Description This subject is a Level 3 component of the Spanish major. It is intended for students who have already acquired a high intermediate level of proficiency and who wish to consolidate and improve this proficiency. It enhances students' knowledge and comprehension of Spanish grammar, and develops their ability to apply such grammatical knowledge in their spoken and written language.

School Humanities & Comm Arts

Discipline Southern European Languages

Student Contribution Band HECS Band 1 10cp

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Level Undergraduate Level 3 subject

Equivalent Subjects LGYA 1585 - Language and Grammatical Concepts 3A Spanish

Assumed Knowledge

All level 2 Spanish subjects or equivalent knowledge.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
  1. Demonstrate an advanced level of receptive and active lexical skills
  2. Identify and apply strategies to overcome oral/aural difficulties and achieve communication in Spanish.
  3. Demonstrate understanding of the rules of Spanish grammar
  4. Apply this grammatical knowledge to monitoring their own written production
  5. Process and summarise text materials in Spanish written by native speakers for native speakers
  6. Compose correctly written texts in Spanish which can address a variety of situations
  7. Demonstrate aural comprehension and oral production skills in Spanish at a level that enables them to engage in meaningful conversation with native speakers

Subject Content

. A systematic review of all aspects of Spanish morphology
. Aural comprehension practice in Spanish by listening to authentic language
. Speaking practice in Spanish in spontaneous and prepared discussions as well as short talks on a variety of topics
. Practice in reading a variety of Spanish materials and exercises on material read
. Practice in various forms of writing in Spanish
. Vocabulary extension exercises incorpoated into points above

Prescribed Texts

  • Chamorro Guerrero, M.D. et al. (2010). Abanico. Nueva Edicion. Barcelona: Difusion.

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