| Course title | |||||
| スペイン語I [Spanish I] | |||||
| Course category | Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies | Requirement | Credit | 1 | |
| Department | Year | 1～ | Semester | 1st | |
| Course type | 1st | Course code | 01fl1007a | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 渋下 賢 [SHIBUSHITA Ken] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Engineering | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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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. Google Classroom Code: vrj2mgr |
| Expected Learning |
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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 |
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Week 1 Lesson 1: Pronunciation and orthography. Week 2 Lesson 1: Interrogatives. Cardinal numbers(1-15). Greetings and Self-presentation. Week 3 Lesson 2: Nouns and indifinite articles. Cardinal numbers(16-30). Week 4 Lesson 2: Verb “hay”. Negatives. Asking for food and drink. Expressing existence. Week 5 Lesson 3: Subject pronouns. Verb “ser”. Adjectives. Week 6 Lesson 3: Exclamation. Cardinal numbers(31-100). Describe people and things. Week 7 Lesson 1-3: Mini quiz. Review. Week 8 Lesson 4: Defenitive articles. Verb “estar”. Week 9 Lesson 4: Time expressions. Days of the Week. Ordinal numbers. Expressing location and condition. Week 10 Lesson 5: Demonstratives adjectives and pronouns. Possessives. Week 11 Lesson 5: Months. Referring to things. Week 12 Lesson 4,5: Mini quiz. Review Week 13 Lesson 6: Verbs “querer, poder, ir, and tener”. Week 14 Lesson 6: Adverbs. Explaining plans and obligation. Asking for permission and making a request. Week 15 Wrap-up. Final exam. |
| Prerequisites |
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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 |
| Shiota, Syaka (2021) “ Espanol activo” Asahi Press. |
| References |
| Instructions on the references will be provided at the first class. |
| Assessment/Grading |
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Class participation will be assessed by active contribution to class activities (15%). Mini quizzes will be given after finishing every two or three lessons to assess students’ communicative skill (15%). In Final exam students must show that they have learned interactive skills based on proper understanding of the Hispanic culture that are required to learn through the course (70%). |
| 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 |
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Students are required to access Google Classroom regularly to download the tasks and handouts. Google Classroom Code: vrj2mgr |
| Remarks 2 |
| Related URL |
| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Spanish |
| Last update |
| 4/5/2022 5:10:01 PM |