Course title
日本語Ⅰ   [Japanese Ⅰ]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 1  Semester Spring 
Course type Spring  Course code 01FL1008a
Instructor(s)
松尾 英俊   [MATSUO Hidetoshi]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Agriculture 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.

Google Classroom Code: mshupux
Expected Learning
Learners who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. have conversations in everyday life.
2. have a basic knowledge on the Spanish grammar and vocabulary.
3. read and write simple sentences.
4. be familiar with the diversity the Hispanic world.

Compentency Development:
Intercultural Understanding, Global Awareness, Communication skills, Reading Comprehension skills
Course schedule
Week 1 Orientation
Review (Lesson 1-7).
Week 2 Lesson 8: Irregular verbs (root-changing verbs: e > ie). Verb “tener”.
Week 3 Lesson 8: Indirect objective pronouns.
Week 4 Lesson 9: Irregular verbs (root-changing verbs: o > ue, e > i).
Week 5 Lesson 9: Indefinite pronouns. Negative pronouns.
Week 6 Miniquiz.
Lesson 10: Verbs “ir”, “venir”, “decir”, and “oir”.
Week 7 Lesson 10: Possessives (stressed).
Week 8 Lesson 11: Verb “gustar”. Prepositional pronouns.
Week 9 Lesson 11: Comparatives.
Week 10 Miniquiz.
Lesson 12: Reflexive verbs (intransitive and transitive)
Week 11: Lesson 12: Reflexive verbs (impersonal constructions)
Week 12: Miniquiz
Relatives.
Week 13: Tenses and modes of Spanish.
Week 14: Participles (present and past).
Week 15: Wrap-up.
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. (2022) "!Accion! Primeros pasos" Hakusuisha.
References
Instructions on the references will be provided at the first class.
Assessment/Grading
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 concentrate on the tasks in class.
Course keywords
Spanish, grammar, communicative skills (oral and written), Hispanic world
Office hours
Before/after the class or by e-mail. fw0608@go.tuat.ac.jp
Remarks 1
Students are required to access Google Classroom regularly to hand in tasks and to get materials.
Google Classroom Code: mshupux
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Spanish
Last update
4/14/2023 9:02:23 AM