SPAN101-13S1 (C) Semester One 2013

Beginners' Spanish A

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2013
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 19 May 2013

Description

An introductory language course for students with no previous knowledge of Spanish.

This is a course designed to offer students the opportunity to acquire initial knowledge of the Spanish language as well as the appreciation of different Hispanic cultures. This paper is a half-year beginning language course that assumes no prior knowledge or experience with Spanish. The course is based on the communicative approach to language learning: All four of the basic communication skills will be developed and students will practice reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. The overall emphasis is on realistic situations that could prove useful in a practical sense to students. Since reading and writing can be practiced outside of the classroom, class time will be devoted mainly to listening and speaking activities.

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand the main idea and most of the supporting details of spoken and written Spanish  
  geared for university students of Spanish on current affairs and topics related to students’ daily
  life;
2. Speak in complete sentences about familiar topics with sufficient grammatical accuracy;
3. Read edited articles with an understanding of the main ideas and most of the supporting details;
4. Write brief and coherent paragraphs on a familiar topic with sufficient grammatical
  accuracy as to be understood by a native speaker of Spanish;
5. Understand significant cultural traits (i.e., lifestyles, attitudes, customs, and geography).

Course Coordinator

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Workbook/Lab manual (6) 15%
Journals (5) 10%
Quizzes (4) 10%
Oral test 10%
Mid-semester test 25 Mar 2013 20%
Final exam 35%

Textbooks / Resources

Please ensure you purchase the 9th edition of the textbook. This has been substantially revised, so earlier editions cannot be used.

Note: This textbook will be used for SPAN102 (in the second semester) and SPAN201. Those students planning to take these two courses will not need to purchase a new book.

Optional Texts:
• "501 Spanish Verbs" by Christopher Kendris (any edition)
• Any English/Spanish Dictionary

Course links

Library portal
LEARN The full Course Outline is available on LEARN (only for students enrolled in this course).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $644.00

International fee $2,800.00

* 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 SPAN101 Occurrences

  • SPAN101-13S1 (C) Semester One 2013