Course title
スペイン語I   [Spanish I]
Course category Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies  Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 14  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
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Spanish
Last update
3/20/2019 7:26:40 PM