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Languages at Work (LANG30001)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Overview
Availability | Semester 2 - Dual-Delivery |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Learning a language culminates not only in linguistic and cultural proficiency but also in the development of advanced skills in areas valued by industry: intercultural competence, communication and lateral thinking. This subject offers students the opportunity to recognise and extend these skills by engaging with an industry collaborator in target-language communities in Australia. Students will work in teams to develop solutions, either to progress an existing project or to initiate a project, in consultation with the industry partner and in line with the rigour of workplace knowledge and processes. The subject brings together students from a mix of language majors and is taught in English, but will result in assessable outcomes in a target language.
The subject comprises three phases: 1) three initial weeks of seminars (delivered in English to students in all language streams) which introduce students to team- and project-work strategies, workplace culture, career pathways, as well as the industry partner’s multi-dimensional real-world challenge ; 2) eight weeks of collaborative work in a target language in response to a project brief, under close supervision and to a schedule of reporting deadlines; and 3) the presentation of project outcomes in the target language to an audience of industry specialists, community members and peers.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate skills in research using the methods and databases associated with the target language
- Articulate insights gained into the complexities of professional decision-making and management
- Discuss insights gained into the career pathways enabled by second-language proficiency
- Build an understanding of the concepts and principles associated with project development and problem solving
- Collaborate with an industry partner with valuable links to the target-language community in Australia
- Evaluate own experiences and work-readiness
- Demonstrate the linguistic resources to share findings through written and oral reports in the target language
- Demonstrate cross-cultural competency and an awareness of intercultural sensitivities
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
One of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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GERM10002 | German 4 | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM20005 | German 4 | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ITAL10002 | Italian 4 | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ITAL20008 | Italian 4 | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN10004 | Spanish 4 | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN20003 | Spanish 4 | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AND
Permission of subject coordinator.
OR
Permission of coordinator if student is a native speaker of German or Spanish and has not undertaken language study at a tertiary level.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Project Proposal (500 words) and Annotated Project Timeline (500 words), in English
| Week 4 | 30% |
Project Report (1500 words), in target language
| From Week 6 to Week 10 | 35% |
Project Summary (1000 words) in English and Project Oral Presentation (500 words) in target language
| During the examination period | 35% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Lara Anderson Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours: Weeks 1-3: 2 x 1.5-hour seminars per week. Weeks 4-11: 1 x 1-hour consultation per week and 4 hours of industry project work. Week 12: 2 x 1.5-hour seminars. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022 Semester 2 contact information
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
Readings on LMS
- Off-campus study
This subject has a workplace component
This is an industry project with adacemic supervision and guidance on campus as well as industry partner delivery (on campus visits).
- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- 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 (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
Last updated: 31 January 2024