Spanish 3

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

170 hours

Adequate knowledge of Spanish (four or five years of secondary school Spanish or equivalent or Spanish 2)

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

This subject enhances students’ language and intercultural skills in Spanish. At the end of this subject students will be able to communicate about the self and others through reading and writing personal stories and learning how to describe emotions, places and people. They will become confident conversing in everyday informal and a few formal situations. Students will also learn about the Spanish speaking world and Hispanic cultures through reading newspapers and watching the news from different Spanish speaking countries. They will be introduced to literary stories and histories (from short narratives and videos) across a variety of culturally and politically significant topics. By the end of the semester, students will be able to use a variety of structures and vocabulary in the Spanish language including present and past tenses.

On successful completion of this subject, students should:

• be able to write simple letters, brief synopses and paraphrases, summaries of biographical data, work and school experience;
• be able to identify situations in which the Hispanic cultures are represented to engage in analytical and critical dialogue;
• be able to understand different Iberian and Latin American varieties of Spanish language and cultural traditions in the Hispanic world;
• have developed a critical approach and understanding towards the stereotyping and exploitation of Spanish and Latin American icons;
• be aware of and increasingly familiar with the variety of histories, stories and traditions in the Hispanic World, differentiating between their unique cultural diversity;
• be able to maintain a casual conversation entirely in Spanish with a reasonable level of mutual comprehension;
• have learnt how to use organisational patterns and their most frequent discourse markers both in oral and written production;
• be able to produce increasingly coherent and cohesive discourse;
• be able to write a short narrative using a variety of simple verb tenses in Spanish accurately, with information from researched academic sources.

• Tarea 1 (250 words) due in week 5 [7.5%]
• Tarea 2 (250 words) due in week 9 [7.5%]
• Tarea 3 (250 words) due in week 13 [7.5%]
• Expository essay (500 words) due on Monday in weeks 8 & 12 (This consists of two versions of the same work to be submitted via Turnitin. The second submission will be a revised version of the first assignment after feedback, with a reflective learning paragraph.
• Discussion Board (250 words in total) reflective learning due every Monday (a minimum of one 30 word contribution per week, on LMS. Language is not assessed) [5%]
• Oral Test (equivalent to 1000 words) due in week 10 - Role-play and conversation (details provided on LMS) [17.5%]
• Final exam (equivalent to 1500 words) during the examination period [35%]

Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of tutorials in order to pass this subject. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.

Note: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per working day. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked.

• Corpas, Garmendia & Soriano. Aula Internacional 3 Nueva Edición (Units 1-5) Editorial Difusión. Barcelona: 2014
• A Subject Reader will be made available

• Romero Dueñas,Gonzalez Hermoso & Cervera Velez, Competencia gramatical en uso A2, (English version) Madrid: Ed. Edelsa, 2008

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

• Bachelor of Biomedicine
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Environments
• Bachelor of Music
• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Engineering

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

Students who successfully complete this subject should have:

• developed oral and written intercultural communication skills;
• achieve time management and work planning skills;
• developed analytical and critical skills;
• improved research skills;
• enhanced information literacy skills;
• be able to reflect on second-language learning as a personal challenge;
• be able to identify and describe any perceived learning difficulty;
• be able to name and describe texts and genres in the target language.