| Course title | |||||
| 日本事情Ⅰ [Japanese Society Ⅰ] | |||||
| Course category | general education courses | Requirement | Credit | 1 | |
| Department | Year | 1～4 | Semester | Spring | |
| Course type | Spring | Course code | 02t0115 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 梶 光一, 鈴木 馨 [KAJI Koichi, SUZUKI Kaoru] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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Based on the elementary grammar and reading, this course is designed to develop a higher level of proficiency in oral and written communication. Emphasis is on the intercultural understanding in Spanish. In each class, by reading some articles about the world heritage sites in Hispanic world, students will comprehensively understand different and multiple cultures in terms of history, art, religion and politics of each country where Spanish is spoken. This course is offered to advance students' intercultural understanding applying the knowledge and skills acquired in Spanish I and II. |
| Expected Learning |
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Learners who successfully complete this course will be able to: 1. read Spanish texts on the contemporary Hispanic world with the aid of a dictionary. 2. comprehend spoken Spanish on the contemporary Hispanic world. 3. present an aspect of the contemporary Hispanic world. Competency Development: Intercultural Understanding, Global Awareness, Communication skills, Reading Comprehension skills |
| Course schedule |
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Week 1 About Spanish speaking countries. Week 2 Lesson 1: Granada (Spain) Week 3 Lesson 2: Sevilla (Spain) Week 4 Lesson 3: La Habana (Cuba) Week 5 Lesson 4: Teotihuacan (Mexico) Week 6 Lesson 5: Tikal (Guatemala) Week 7 Lesson 6: Machu Picchu (Peru) Week 8 Lesson 7: Mexico City (Mexico) Week 9 Lesson 8: Cusco (Peru) Week 10 Lesson 9: Potosi (Bolivia) Week 11 Lesson 10: Santisima Trinidad (Paraguay) Week 12 Lesson 11: Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) Week 13 Current affairs (1): Spain Week 14 Current affairs (2): Latin America Week 15 Wrap up. Exam. |
| Prerequisites |
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Students are required to take Spanish for beginners I & II to take full advantage of this class. 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 |
| Zenno Miho(et al.), “Conociendo el Patrimonio de la Humanidad”, Asahi Press. |
| References |
| Instructions on the references will be provided in the first session. |
| Assessment/Grading |
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Class participation will be assessed by active contribution to class activities such as reading of materials and previous research on the topic (25%). In Final exam each student must show his or her language skill by translating some articles about the world heritage sites of Spanish Speaking countries (75%). |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| If there are any problems, students are strongly advised to ask and solve them in class without leaving them unsolved. |
| Course keywords |
| Comprehension and production of spoken and written Spanish, Variety of histories and cultures of the Hispanic world |
| Office hours |
| Before/after the class and by e-mail. |
| Remarks 1 |
| Students are supposed to have a Spanish-Japanese dictionary. Either a paper dictionary or an electronic dictionary will do. |
| Remarks 2 |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Spanish |
| Last update |
| 4/2/2023 10:41:39 AM |