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The course focuses on developing students' ability to read and write Spanish of a level commensurate with original texts drawn from contemporary cultural and scholarly debates.
This second-semester course emphasizes language acquisition through an active communicative approach. Cultural information will be presented in the form of textual readings and audiovisual tapes for further debate in class. Students will also improve their writing skills through the regular practice of compositions and a short essay. It is important that students develop the art of communicating critical thoughts in Spanish and be active learners in the classroom.
SPAN201 or a placement test. Note: This course assumes a relatively high level of proficiency in the Spanish language. Even well prepared high school students should therefore enrol for the prerequisite course SPAN201 before trying to enter SPAN202.
Availability of streams may depend on enrolment numbers.Tutorial:An additional one-hour tutorial will be held every Tuesday at 3:00pm in Modern Languages Room 301.
Maria Lozada Cerna and William Cheng
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.
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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 .