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Graduate Spanish B (SPAN90004)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Semester 2
Email: mara.f@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
| Availability | Semester 2 |
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The aim of this subject is to develop Spanish language abilities, both oral and written, for graduate students. Students will have the opportunity to learn idiomatic and formal features of the language, and apply their abilities to the analysis of a range of complex issues within the Spanish-speaking world. Students will be placed in an appropriate stream of language study according to their background and proficiency needs within the subject.
Intended learning outcomes
At the end of this subject students should have:
- Developed an more advanced use of idiomatic and conversational forms and a greater capacity to use them freely
- Developed a high level of proficiency in written structures of sophisticated complexity and the capacity to use them freely and confidently and with few errors
- Mastered the ability to interpret messages of different registers and degrees of formality, including those occurring in a variety of audio visual media and individual and group spoken forms
- Developed the ability to discuss and critically analyse with confidence social, political, cultural and historical issues in Spanish
- Developed critical thinking in order to understand Spanish and Latin American language and culture at their level of proficiency.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, students should have:
- Developed effective oral communication skills in a Language Other Than English (LOTE) through class participation and presentations
- Developed public speaking skills and confidence in oral expression in a LOTE
- Developed the ability to process and communicate information in a LOTE
- Developed the capacity to think theoretically and analytically about language forms, structures and use
- Developed effective time management and planning skills.
Last updated: 31 January 2024