School Of Humanities And LanguagesLanguages Skills 203: Listening and SpeakingWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101267.1
Discipline: SOUTHWEST ASIAN AND NORTH AFRICAN LANGUAGES
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Two level 1 units in the chosen language or equivalent knowledge.
Corequisite
100043 Arabic 201 OR 100058 Chinese 201 OR 100102 French 201 OR 100117 German 201 OR 100132 Italian 201 OR 100087 Japanese 201 OR 100147 Spanish 201
About this Unit
In 2010 this unit replaced by 101699 - Language and Communication Skills 2A: Arabic; 101700 - Language and Communication Skills 2A: Chinese; 101701 - Language and Communication Skills 2A: Italian; 101702 - Language and Communication Skills 2A: Japanese; 101703 - Language and Communication Skills 2A: Spanish. This unit is normally offered in Autumn semester. This is an intermediate unit for students majoring in one of Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese or Spanish. It is normally taken concurrently with Language 201. It aims to develop speaking and listening skills, on the basis of intermediate level grammatical structures, towards more sophisticated communicative transactions ranging from casual to formal styles of speech. This unit presents aspects of oral contemporary culture and society of the country (or countries) where the language is spoken. Cultural and social understanding is also fostered through research work on specific cultural or social aspects that are of interest to the student.
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