SPAN301-06S1 (U) Semester One 2006 (University Campus)

Advanced Spanish A

28 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2006
End Date: Sunday, 2 July 2006
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2006
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 May 2006

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.

The aim of this course is to give students advanced proficiency in Spanish across the four skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing, and moreover across a range of registers. Students’ linguistic skills will be improved through constant readings, cultural debates, and writing compositions and reviews. This course provides specialized cultural and linguistic information through intensive, geographically organized study.  Students will be able to communicate with native speakers at an advanced level.  Regular work for this course includes oral presentations, compositions, tests and a mid-year examination.  At the end of this course students will have the ability to vary their Spanish according to the country involved (e.g. Mexico, Argentina, Cuba, etc.).

Prerequisites

SPAN202 or equivalent.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Laura Lopez-Fernandez

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Written assignments or compositions x 4 20%
Oral presentation 15%
Quizzes x 4 20%
Oral Test 15%
Written tests x 2 30%


No end-of-year examination.

Textbooks / Resources

Note: This text book is valid for SPAN301 and SPAN302.

Notes

An advanced language course following on from SPAN202.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $874.00

International fee $3,546.00

* 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 SPAN301 Occurrences

  • SPAN301-06S1 (U) Semester One 2006 (University Campus)