SPAN301-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024

Advanced Spanish A

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 May 2024

Description

The aim of this course is to give students advanced proficiency in Spanish across the four skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing). The course also introduces students to the history and culture of the different Hispanic countries. By the end of this course students will be able to recognise a variety of discourses and idiomatic expressions as well as communicate at an advanced level in Spanish.

SPAN301 is a continuing Spanish course that assumes prior knowledge of Spanish at B1 level. This course will build on your existing language skills acquired in the second half of the second year of Spanish at UC by reviewing the basic features of Spanish and leading into an intensified examination of more complex structures for both conversational and written Spanish, including a wide range of verb structures. In addition, this course has been designed to present an integrated skills approach to advanced Spanish that develops both receptive and productive skills simultaneously. Consequently, the aim of the course is to continue incrementing the students’ ability and confidence in the four key skills of language learning: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. At the same time, it will also offer students the opportunity to learn about the culture of the many countries where Spanish is spoken.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand and its relevance to the Hispanic world and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.
  • Students will be provided with the ability to become critically competent in the language after being provided with advanced knowledge of complex grammatical structures and parts of speech.
  • Students will acquire knowledge and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
  • Students will become more engaged with the Spanish-speaking community in Christchurch through different gamified immersion assignments. Students will have observed and understood a culture within the Spanish-speaking community in Christchurch by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.
  • Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on the Spanish-speaking world and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

    Additionally, the specific objectives of SPAN301 are to enable students to:

  • broaden the knowledge of grammar obtained in SPAN202.
  • acquire language proficiency through conversational practice and listening/oral comprehension exercises.
  • write for communicative purposes and for developing greater precision in grammar and in the use of vocabulary.
  • develop reading skills through assigned readings.
  • examine cultural beliefs and values of the Hispanic world, which in turn students will develop a deeper understanding and appreciation for cultures other than their own, including the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • be able to comprehend the influence of global conditions on Spain and Latin America and be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.
  • develop specific linguistic skills in Spanish that will enhance students’ opportunities for a successful career.
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

      Biculturally competent and confident

      Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

      Engaged with the community

      Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

      Globally aware

      Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

SPAN202 or placement test.

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 15:00 - 16:00 E12
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 15:00 - 16:00 Rehua 329
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 15:00 - 16:00 Rehua 329
19 Feb - 24 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Wladimir Padilla Silva

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Online homework 10% weekly
Written tests (2) 30% Weeks 6 & 12
Quizzes (2) 20% Weeks 4 & 10
Oral tests (1) 15% Week 11
Immersion challenges (2) 10% Weeks 7 & 10
In-class Essays (2) 15% Weeks 5 & 11


Please note there are many optional assessment items for this course, refer to the course outline for more information

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Blanco, Jose A. , Tocaimaza-Hatch, C. Cecilia; Imagina : español sin barreras : curso intermedio de lengua española ; Fourth edition; Vista Higher Learning, Inc., 2019.

Digital edition only, available at: Vista Higher Learning

Useful websites:

Language learning apps (free and paid):
o www.duolingo.com
o www.lingrolearning.com
o www.lingualia.com  
o es.babbel.com
o www.clozemaster.com
o www.hello-hello.com
o www.transparent.com
o www.lingohut.com
o www.getflowlingo.com
o www.busuu.com
o fluent-forever.app
o www.lingq.com

Online dictionaries:
o www.wordreference.com – free (based on bilingual entries)
o www.linguee.com – free + context (based on a text corpus)
o iate.europa.eu - free (terminological database)

Online tools for learning vocabulary:
o www.educationperfect.com  – free for UC Spanish students and very useful for learning vocabulary
o www.quizlet.com – useful for learning vocabulary through flashcards
o apps.ankiweb.net - useful for creating your own vocab flashcards

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,687.00

International fee $7,900.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All SPAN301 Occurrences

  • SPAN301-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024