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 | 020112 | ||
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 Lesson 1: Orthography and pronunciation. Week 2 Lesson 1: Greetings and Self-presentation. Week 3 Lesson 2: Nouns and Articles. Week 4 Lesson 2: Conversation of shopping. Week 5 Lesson 3: Subjective pronouns. Verb “ser”. Week 6 Lesson 3: Adjectives. Interrogatives & Negatives. Introduction of a person. Week 7 Lesson 1-3: Mini quiz. Lesson 4: Present indicative of regular verbs (-ar type). Week 8 Lesson 4: Frequency. Days of the Week. Conversation on working and studying. Week 9 Lesson 5: Present indicative of regular verbs (-er & -ir types). Possessives. Week 10 Lesson 5: Time expressions. Conversation on daily activities. Week 11 Lesson 4,5: Mini quiz. Lesson 6: Demonstratives and Verb “hay”. Week 12 Lesson 6: Verb “estar”. Conversation on presence and position. Week 13 Lesson 7: Direct object pronouns and Verbs “saber” & “conocer”. Week 14 Lesson 7: Present indicative of verbs with irregular 1st person. Conversation on annual events. Week 15 Wrap-up and Final exam. |
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. (2021) “!Accion! Tercera Edicion ” Asahi Press. |
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 of 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 Google Classroom regularly to download the tasks and handouts. |
Remarks 2 |
Related URL |
Lecture Language |
Japanese |
Language Subject |
Spanish |
Last update |
3/17/2021 9:27:04 AM |