SPAN 3102 - Upper-Intermediate Spanish B

North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2023

This course builds on the skills that students acquired in the previous course (SPAN 3101). The emphasis of this course will continue to be on the further development of oral and written skills. Students completing this course will acquire a more advanced level of fluency that will allow them to participate in longer conversations with native speakers and other students of the Spanish language. Students will continue to refine their knowledge of the Spanish grammar and their oral and written skills in general. Similarly to SPAN 3101, the teaching staff will continue to emphasise the writing of more complex paragraphs, compositions, and documents, and work on the students? ability to report back in oral form on the documents they write. Lectures and tutorials will be conducted in 100% in Spanish and students will be expected to actively contribute to discussions and exercises in the Spanish language.

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Course Details

Course Code	SPAN 3102
Course	Upper-Intermediate Spanish B
Coordinating Unit	Spanish Studies
Term	Semester 2
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Prerequisites	SPAN 3101
Incompatible	SPAN 3002
Assessment	Participation 10%, Oral presentation 20%, Written reports 20%, Mid term test 25%, Final test 25%

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Marta Montero Lomas

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

Course Learning Outcomes

At the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1	Demonstrate in-depth knowledge and appropriate use of the different modes of the Spanish language.
2	Use digital technologies to further improve their vocabulary acquisition in Spanish and its use in real-life contexts.
3	Further develop speaking skills and oral expression in Spanish.
4	Effectively use digital technologies to enhance their own learning of the Spanish language and culture.
5	Further develop and enhance reading and writing skills in Spanish.
6	Further develop their ability to synthetize , analyze, and present information in Spanish in both written and oral forms.
7	Make respectful comparisons between Spanish and Australian cultures.
8	Translate formal documents from English into Spanish.
9	Demonstrate confidence in presenting and defending arguments in Spanish, both in oral and written forms
10	Further enhance their capacity to see cultural continuities and differences between Australia and the Spanish-speaking world.

University Graduate Attributes

No information currently available.

Learning Resources

Required Resources

Textbook: TBA

Recommended Resources

Reference works.

1. Dictionaries. The official dictionary for this course is the Collins Spanish Concise Dictionary. Since this dictionary is a requirement in this course, you must buy your own copy and bring it to all lectures and workshops.

2. Grammar Aid. Spanish Grammar Collins GEM is the official recommended book for extra help with your grammar.

3. The Barr Smith Library has a number of Spanish-English dictionaries in its reference section. When preparing assignments, it is a good habit to work with dictionaries and other reference works around you.

Online Learning

All materials and grammar exercises are available from MyUni.

Learning & Teaching Modes

The teaching of the course is split into one 2 hour seminar per week (12 weeks) and one one-hour conversation class.

During the 2 hour seminar, the main grammar structures of the Spanish language are reviewed and some new ones are introduced to allow students to further their knowlegde of the language. Formal review/study of grammar structures is followed by written and oral practices relevant to the topic being taught.

The conversation class is used for oral and aural practice.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

1 x 2-hour seminar (or equivalent) per week	24 hours per semester
1 x 1-hour workshop (or equivalent) per week	12 hours per semester
6 hours reading in Spanish per week	72 hours per semester
2 hours writing in Spanish per week	24 hours per semester
2 hours assignment preparation per week	24 hours per semester
TOTAL WORKLOAD	156 hours per semester

Learning Activities Summary

Week 1:
Introduccion al curso.
Esta semana NO HAY workshop.

Week 2:
Gramatica: El subjuntivo en clausulas adverbiales.
Lexico: Los prefijos "in" y "des".
Lectura: Humberto Maturana, Que es lo humano?
Presentacion oral.

Week 3:
Gramatica: El subjuntivo despues de conjunciones de tiempo.
Lexico: Equivalentes espanoles de "to become".
Lectura: Ariel Dorfman, "Un brindis por Pinochet".
Presentacion oral.

Week 4:
Gramatica: Clausulas condicionales con "si".
Lexico: Prefijos y sufijos de origen griego.
Lectura: Pedro Lemebel, "Manifiesto".
Presentacion oral.

Week 5:
Gramatica: Los usos del articulo definido.
Los usos del articulo indefinido.
Lexico:
Distinciones: Parecer y parecerse a.
Formacion de sustantivos abstractos.
Lectura: Jose Maria Arquedas, "El sueno del pongo".
Presentacion oral.

Week 6:
Gramatica: El uso del articulo neutro "lo".
Las preposiciones I.
Lexico: Modismos con la palabra "atencion".
Workshop: TEST 1.

Week 7:
Gramatica:
Las preposiciones II.
Usos de "con".
Usos de "en".
Lectura: Guillermo Cabrera Infante, "Vista del manecer en el tropico".

Week 8:
Gramatica: Verbos que no requieren el uso de preposicion.
Lexico: Palabras espanolas que equivalen a "to take".
Lectura: Ernesto Cardenal, "Oracion por Marilyn Monroe".
Presentacion oral.

Week 9:
Gramatica: Formas de expresar conjetura y probabilidad.
Usos del condicional y otros equivalentes de "would" o "would not".
Lectura: Leonardo Boff, "Cuidar de la Madre Tierra y amar a todos los seres".
Presentacion oral.

Week 10:
Gramatica: Usos del futuro y condicional perfecto para expresar probabilidad o conjetura.
Usos de "deber de" y de "haber de" para expresar conjetura y probabilidad.
Presentacion oral.

Week 11:
Gramatica: Lugar de los adjetivos descriptivos.
Posicion de los adjetivos descriptivos.
Lexico: Equivalentes espanoles de "to grow" y "to raise".
Workshop: TEST 2.

Week 12:
Revision.

The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Assessment Task	Task Type	Weighting	Learning Outcome
Seminar Participation	Formative and Summative	10%	3, 6, 7
Conversation class	Formative and Summative	20%	1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9
Mid-term test	Formative and Summative	30%	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9
Final test	Summative	40%	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9

Assessment Related Requirements

The conversation class will be based on weekly readings allocated by the course coordinator. Students are expected to complete the reading and answer the questions that come after the readings in advance, and bring their answers to the conversation class to present (and defend, as required) to the rest of the group.

Attendance to the conversation class is compulsory.

Assessment Detail

Conversation class: all students enrolled in Spanish IIIB are expected to actively participate in the conversation class that will take during the weekly tutorial meeting. Students will lose points for every conversation class they don't attend. The mark for the conversation class will be based on attendance, voluntary participation on answering questions and discussing them, and correctness of the answers provided. The course coordinator will keep a weekly record of each student participation (or no) through the semester.

Mid-term take-home test.This test will include questions on all the grammar material covered in the seminars from week 1 to week 6.
Beside normal grammar questions, students will have to write a 350-word composition in Spanish and translate a document of 350 words from English into Spanish.

Final take-home test.This test will include questions on all the grammar material covered in the seminars from week 7 to week 12.
Beside normal grammar questions, students will have to write a 350 word composition in Spanish and translate a document of 350 words from English into Spanish.

Submission

All written assignments must be submitted electronically to your tutor. The assignment must be sent as an attachment to an e-mail message sent to your tutor's e-mail address.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through .

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