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ALS100 - Hola!: Welcome to the Hispanic World, Its Language and Cultures

Year

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Ramon Lopez Castellano
Trimester 2: Ramon Lopez Castellano
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 1-hour lecture per week

1 x 2-hour seminar per week

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1 x 1-hour lecture per week (recordings provided)

1 x 2-hour online seminar per week

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Content

This unit will give students an introduction to the basic vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure of Spanish used in everyday contexts and activities. Students will be familiarised with the sociolinguistic and sociocultural aspects of Spanish communication at a basic level. In addition, this unit introduces the diversity of the Hispanic world through the study of the histories, societies and cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. This unit assumes no prior knowledge or study of the language.

Learning outcomes

ULO These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:

Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
ULO1

Recognise simple utterances, expressions, and sentences in Spanish

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
ULO2

Use basic constructions, grammar and vocabulary to discuss ideas, relate experiences and perform simple conversational activities

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication
ULO3

Identify and describe the specific characteristics of cultures associated with the Spanish language

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO8: Global citizenship

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)		 Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Quizzes 600 words
or equivalent
in foreign language		 15% Ongoing
Assessment 2: Writing Exercise 1000 words
or equivalent
in foreign language		 25% Week 7
Assessment 3: Oral Test 1000 words
or equivalent
in foreign language		 25% Information not yet available
Assessment 4: End-of-unit assessment - Test  1400 words 
or equivalent
in foreign language		 35% End-of-unit assessment period

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning resource

The texts and reading list for ALS100 can be found via the University Library.

Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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