Course title | |||||
スペイン語I [Spanish I] | |||||
Course category | Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies | Requirement | Credit | 1 | |
Department | Year | 1~4 | Semester | 1st | |
Course type | 1st | Course code | 020111 | ||
Instructor(s) | |||||
渋下 賢 [SHIBUSHITA Ken] | |||||
Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Engineering | Office | Email address |
Course description |
Students will learn the basic vocabulary and grammar and the basic communicative skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) of Spanish. Toward this goal, students need to take both “Spanish I” and “Spanish II” in the same year. This course is offered as the first part of the two-part Spanish language course of the Global Language and Cultural Studies. |
Expected Learning |
Learners who successfully complete this course will be able to: 1. exchange daily greetings. 2. make a brief self-introduction and exchange simple questions and answers. 3. pronounce the words correctly. 4. conjugate the indefinite of a basic verb into its present indicative form. 5. read simple sentences in the present tense with the aid of a dictionary. 6. have images of one of the foreign languages and cultures other than those of English-speaking countries. |
Course schedule |
Week 1 Guidance. Lesson 1: Orthography Week 2 Lesson 2 Grammar: Gender and number of nouns, Communication: Conversation Week 3 Lesson 3 Grammar: Nominative pronouns, verb “ser” Communication: Conversation Week 4 Lesson 3 Grammar: Adjectives, Negative and interrogative sentences Communication: Reading and composition Week 5 Lesson 4 Grammar: Present indicative of regular verbs “-ar” Communication: Conversation Week 6 Lesson 4 Grammar: Expression of frequency Communication: Reading and composition Week 7 Lesson 5 Grammar: Present indicative of regular verbs “-er” & “-ir” , Communication: Conversation Week 8 Lesson 5 Grammar: Possessive pronouns Communication: Reading and composition Week 9 Lesson 6 Grammar: Demonstratives Communication: Conversation Week 10 Lesson 6 Grammar: Verbs “hay” and “estar” Communication: Reading and composition Week 11 Lesson 7 Grammar: Direct object pronouns Communication: Conversation Week 12 Lesson 7 Grammar: Present indicative of irregular verbs I, Communication: Readin and composition Week 13 Lesson 8 Grammar: Indirect object pronouns Communication: Conversation Week 14 Lesson 8 Grammar: Present indicative of irregular verbs II, Communication: Reading and Composition Week 15 Summary and Final Exam The course may be adapted to the degree of understanding of the students. |
Prerequisites |
It is desirable to take the classes of “Spanish II” and “Spanish for Intercultural Understsanding” to acquire comprehensively the basic skill of the language. Students are recommended to spend 45 minutes in preparing for each class, and another 45 minutes in completing assignments and revising the class. |
Required Text(s) and Materials |
Shinomiya, Mizue et al. “!Accion! Version renovada” (2014) Hakusuisha ISBN:978-4-560-01700-5 |
References |
Instructions on the references will be provided at the first class. |
Assessment/Grading |
Final exam 70% Class participation and results of quizzes 30% Students absent more than five times are not qualified to take the final exam. |
Message from instructor(s) |
Students are expected to participate positively in the class, concentrate on the activities, and have common sense for the university students. |
Course keywords |
Spanish, grammar, communicative skills (oral and written), Hispanic world |
Office hours |
Before/after the class or by e-mail . |
Remarks 1 |
Students are required to access the Moodle regularly to download the tasks and handouts. |
Remarks 2 |
Related URL |
Lecture Language |
Japanese |
Language Subject |
Spanish |
Last update |
3/20/2019 7:26:40 PM |