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Spanish 4 (SPAN20003)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 2
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Overview
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This subject equips students with more sophisticated language and intercultural skills to communicate about the self and other in Spanish in a wider range of social contexts. By the end students will be able to comprehend and produce a variety of personal stories. They will have the language skills necessary to describe emotions, places and people and to use language appropriate to everyday informal and an increasing number of formal situations. By reading newspapers and literary stories and watching the news and videos from different Spanish speaking countries they will learn to comprehend and write public stories. Students will also learn to give their opinion, participate in debates, evaluate and report on ideas in the Spanish language through engaging with culturally and politically significant texts from the Spanish-speaking world.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- write a report, narrative or argument using reasonably accurate verb mood and tense and citing research academic sources;
- debate ideas with increasing variety of lexicon and informed by academic research sources;
- have a good understanding of contemporary life in the Hispanic world with a focus on researching major social, political, historical and cultural issues;
- undertake research about Hispanic topics with increasing level of independence and critical spirit;
- express views and opinions based on research on a variety of Hispanic culture topics;
- produce spoken and written discourse from description to narration, to formulation of argument and/or hypothesis, incorporating an increasing variety of style and complexity;
- communicate with both native and non-native speakers of Spanish with emerging ability;
- maintain both a formal or informal conversation in Spanish with very little difficulty;
- read an authentic literary text in Spanish comprehensively as a research source.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, students should:
- have developed oral and written intercultural communication skills;
- have developed time management and work planning skills;
- have developed analytical and critical skills;
- have improved research skills;
- have enhanced information literacy skills;
- be able to reflect on second-language learning as a personal challenge;
- be able to dentify and describe any perceived learning difficulty;
- be able to name and describe texts and genres in the target language.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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SPAN10003 | Spanish 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN20002 | Spanish 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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SPAN10004 | Spanish 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Semester 2
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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On-line quizzes 1
| Week 3 | 5% |
On-line quizzes 2
| Week 5 | 5% |
On-line quizzes 3
| Week 7 | 5% |
On-line quizzes 4
| Week 9 | 5% |
On-line quizzes 5
| Week 12 | 5% |
Process Writing Task* (written assignment (argumentative), 750 words; two submissions; second submission includes a reflective learning paragraph)
| Week 8 and Week 12 | 25% |
On line exam 1 (lessons 6‐8)
| Week 8 | 10% |
On line exam 2 (lessons 6 - 10) ;Due by the end of the first week of examination period
| During the examination period | 20% |
Audio‐Visual Group Project* and Reflective Self‐Evaluation
| Week 10 | 20% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of tutorials in order to pass this subject. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass this subject. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Additional details
Note: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per day. In‐ class tasks missed without approval will not be marked.
*Two assignments (a. Process Writing Task & b. Audio‐Visual Group Project) are included in an ePortfolio.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Mara Favoretto Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 48 hours: 2 x 1.5-hour tutorial and 1 x 1-hour tutorial per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
Entry to this subject can be met in one of the following ways:
- completion of Spanish 3: or
- equivalent
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Imagina (Vista Higher Learning, Supersite with on-line component) Lessons 1-5
Recommended texts and other resources
Romero Dueñas & Gonzalez Hermoso, Competencia gramatical en uso B1, (English version) Madrid: Ed. Edelsa, 2008
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Major Spanish and Latin American Studies Specialisation (formal) Spanish and Latin American Studies Breadth Track Spanish - Entry Point 1 - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Language Placement Test required
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 11 April 2024