Course title
スペイン語I   [Spanish I]
Course category Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies  Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 12  Semester 1st 
Course type 1st  Course code 01fl1007
Instructor(s)
渋下 賢   [SHIBUSHITA Ken]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Engineering Office afjgxte/L1151  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. have basic conversations concerning daily life.
2. read and write elementary sentences based on the solid lexical and grammatical knowledge of Spanish.
3. have basic knowledge of the Spanish language and the Hispanic world.

Compentency Development:
Intercultural Understanding, Global Awareness, Communication skills, Reading Comprehension skills
Course schedule
Week 1 Course Guidance. Lesson 1: Orthography and pronunciation。
Week 2 Lesson 2 Grammar: Nouns. Articles. Conversation (greetings).
Week 3 Lesson 2 Grammar: Subjective pronouns. Verb “ser”. Conversation (self-introduction).
Week 4 Lesson 3 Grammar: Adjectives. Possessive adjectives. Reading and composition (family)
Week 5 Lesson 3 Grammar: Negation and questions. Verb "tener". Conversation (family)
Week 6 Lesson 4 Grammar: Present indicative of regular verbs. Conversation (daily activities)
Week 7 Lesson 4 Grammar: Preposisitons. Interrogatives. Reading and composition (daily activities)
Week 8 Lesson 5 Grammar: Demonstratives. Conversation (physical conditions)
Week 9 Lesson 5 Grammar: Verb "hay" and "estar". Reading and composition (town)
Week 10 Lesson 6 Grammar: Present indicative of irregular verbs. Conversation (weekly schedule)
Week 11 Lesson 6 Grammar: Time and dates. Reading and composition (weekly schedule)
Week 12 Lesson 7 Grammar: Stem-changing verbs I. Conversation (request & offer)
Week 13 Lesson 7 Grammar: Weather. Direct object pronouns. Reading and composition (plan)
Week 14 Review
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
Del Prado, Eugenio et al. “Espanol en imagenes.” (2019) Asahi Press.
ISBN:978-4-255-55102-9
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
4/15/2020 10:53:57 PM