922-002 LaTrobe-Spanish Beginners 1B

Special enrolment arrangements apply. Students must contact the Faculty of Arts Office for application forms and further details.

922-001 LaTrobe-Spanish Beginners 1A or approval of the subject coordinator.

This subject continues to focus on the acquisition of Spanish through a communicative approach to language learning but on a more advanced level than Spanish Beginners 1A. The students engage with more complex texts and a wider range of structures and vocabulary. Students will continue to encounter cultural aspects of the Hispanic world which are regularly presented in the language classes. This subject enables students to interact in Spanish using some past tenses in everyday situations.

• enhanced analytical skills;

• enhanced observational skills;

• enhanced communication skills.

• enhanced critical skills.

Two short written texts 2x10%, one mid-semester test totalling 1000 words 10%, and one 1-hour written test of 1500 words 20% (due at the end of semester). One mid-semester 10% and one final 15% listening comprehension test, one 10 minute oral exam 15%, 6 short tests 10%. Students must pass the end of semester written test in order to pass the subject.

• J Correa et al, Aula 2. (1st ed) Difusion 2003.