SPAN201-08S1 (C) Semester One 2008

Intermediate Spanish Language A

22 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 25 February 2008
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 9 March 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 May 2008

Description

Review of the basic features of Spanish that leads into an intensified examination of more complex structures for both conversational and written Spanish, including a wide range of verb structures.

SPAN201 is a continuing Spanish course that assumes prior knowledge with Spanish at the second semester (SPAN102) level.  This course will build on the skills learned in the first-year Spanish by presenting an integrated skills approach to intermediate Spanish that develops both receptive and productive skills simultaneously.  Consequently, the aim of the course is to continue to increase the student’s ability in reading, writing, speaking and listening to the Spanish language, as well as learning about the culture of the many countries where Spanish is spoken.

Course Objectives

1. review and broaden the knowledge of grammar obtained in first-year Spanish;

2. help students acquire language proficiency through conversational practice and oral comprehension exercises;

3. write for communicative purposes and for developing greater precision in grammar and in the use of vocabulary;

4. develop reading skills through assigned readings;

5. offer students an opportunity to acquire communicative skills while developing an awareness and appreciation of Hispanic cultures.

Prerequisites

SPAN102 or a placement test. Note: The minimum language ability required for this course corresponds approximately to Year 12/13 Spanish.

Timetable Note

Availability of streams may depend on enrolment numbers.

One additional tutorial hour to be arranged.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Maria Lozada Cerna

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Written test 1 19 Mar 2008 15%
Written test 2 09 May 2008 15%
Oral test 10%
Compositions (4) 20%
Final mid-year exam 40%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Bretz, Mary Lee; Avance! : intermediate Spanish ; Segunda ed; McGraw Hill, 2008.

Lambright, Anne. , Foerster, Sharon., Marcano-Ogando, Ramonita; Lecturas literarias : moving toward linguistic and cultural fluency through literature ; McGraw-Hill, 2007.

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $745.00

International fee $3,079.00

* 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 School of Languages and Cultures .

All SPAN201 Occurrences

  • SPAN201-08S1 (C) Semester One 2008