Unit Code:	SPA2ELC
Alternative Unit Code:	SPA3ELC
Unit Short Title:	EUROPEAN LANGUAGES IN CONTEXT: ISSUES IN LANGUAGE
Credit Points:	20
Unit Description:	In this subject students examine issues in learning European languages such as: popular ideas about language learning, how language is learned in the classroom, what factors shape the learning and approaches to explaining second language learning. Using trans-European case studies from Italy, Spain and France other issues affecting language learning will be covered including cultural awareness, politics and identity. Lectures are taught in English, however students majoring in Spanish will attend tutorials in Spanish and complete their written work in the Spanish language.
Prerequisites:	Students attending tutorials in Spanish must have completed SPA1ADB or SPA2BEB
Class Requirements:	one 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial per week. For a pass in this subject students must normally attend at least 80% of the tutorials
Work Experience Indicator:	Not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
class assignments (1500-words equivalent)	30
one 1000-word essay in Spanish	40
one 1.5-hour examination	30	Third year students will be expected to show a greater achievement of discipline-specific skills in their written work than second year students.

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Recommended	Teaching languages, teaching cultures	Liddicoat, J.L. and Crozet, C.	Language Australia 2000
Recommended	How languages are learned	Spada, N. and Lightbown, P.	OUP 1999

Unit Streams:

Teaching Period	Unit Class	Location
1   01-MAR-10   04-JUN-10	Day	BUNDOORA

Unit Coordinators:

Title	First Name	Last Name	Location	Primary Coordinator
Ms	Ana Maria	Ducasse	BUNDOORA	Y