Spanish 1

Spanish 1

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講義 (Lecture)

Spring semester 2026

(Spring semester)

Keita KURAMITSU

Part-time teacher

English

English and Spanish are also used frequently in class.

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I am available from 4th period (14:40) to get students' questions and comments about Spanish or this class. The students need to contact the professor after the class or by email beforehand to make an appointment.

xxgtu596@guh.u-hyogo.ac.jp

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Spanish language is designated as official language in 21 countries including one community. Linguistically, this language shares many similarities with French, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, and so on, thanks to their root, Latin. This class is designed to enable the students to communicate with peers in Spanish in respect of habits, family, foods, etc.

a. Understading questions and responding to them correctly in Spanish from the perspective of grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary.
b. Introducing oneself utilising as many learnt vocabulary and sentence structures as possible.
c. Expressing opinions about some topics we will deal with in class. 

Soar to the Spanish world through communication activities

Spanish grammar, conversation and interactions, basic linguistics

The teacher will often ask students to interact with peers in Spanish throughout this course. In addition to the designated textbook, we will read another one written in English to compensate important grammatical aspects and issues.

Lesson 1: Unidad 1 (letras y sonidos españoles)
 - class orientation, quizzes, and letters and pronunciantion
 - useful phrases and vocabulary used during class
Lesson 2: Unidad 1 (auto-presentación)
 - basic verb conjugations and cardinal numbers
 - grammatical genders and nouns and definite articles
Lesson 3: Unidad 2 (tu rutina)
 - days of the week and time expressions
 - collocations between verbs and nouns
Lesson 4: Unidad 2 (ritos sociales)
 - reading practice with new vocabulary
Lesson 5: Unidad 3 (presentación de tu familia)
 - family members' vocabulary
 - adjectives and comparatives
Lesson 6: Unidad 3 (presentación de tu casa)
 - What can you find in your house? Where is it?
Lesson 7: Repaso parte 1
 - reuse the resources you've learnt so far
 - conversation practice
Lesson 8: Unidad 4 (guía turística profesional)
 - verbs about existence, "estar" and "haber"
 - imperative
Lesson 9: Unidad 4 (operador/a de atención al cliente)
 - ordinal numbers
Lesson 10: Unidad 5 (gustos y disgustos)
 - gustar / encantar and activity verbs
Lesson 11: Unidad 5 (expresar opiniones)
 - conjunctions and superlatives
 - one CAN do something
Lesson 12: Unidad 6 (lo más importante de la vida, gastronomía)
 - vocabulary about foods
Lesson 13: Unidad 6 (proponer una queda especial)
 - gerund and confirmation and rejection
Lesson 14: Repaso parte 2
 - reuse the resources you've learnt so far
 - conversation practice
Lesson 15: Preparación para el examen final
 - pair group making and themes the final exam. will deal with
 - important notice for evaluation
Lesson 16: Examen final
 - speech task

In-person

• In-person classes only
• Not subject to the cap on distance-education credits

Completely forbidden

Using Artificial Intelligence is strictly prohibited in this class. As the main objective of this course, all the students have to answer questions and make phrases in Spanish on their own, which directly connects to their linguistic and autonomous ablities.

Moyano López, et al. (2024). ¡Muy bien! Curso de español. 2a edición. Editorial Asahi.

Butt, John et al. (1994). A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish. NewYork: Routledge.
In this class, purchasing a Spanish dictionary may not be required. However, if you would like to ask for its information, please do not hesitate to contact the teacher before or after class.

The communication tasks will be achived during class, so you need to review the meaning of learnt vocabulary and grammar constructures after class (approx. 1.5 h. for each lesson).
Additionally, it is crutial to check new words and expressions for the next lesson (approx. 30 minutes for each lesson).

Talking to a peer or in groups of three or four students to practice oral communication in Spanish. Sometimes, the partner or group members will be changed or randomly decided. You don't have to be shy, so just frankly and comfortably try to speek Spanish. Any questions and comments are welcomed anytime and anywhere!

I. Quizzes about grammar and vocabulary: 10% (LO a.)
II. Accuracy of answering questions: 10% (LO a. c.)
III. Peer activities: 10% (LO a. b. c.)
IV. Final examination: 70% (LO b. c.)
V. Questionnaire: 5% (extra)

The grade of S (90 points or more), A (80 points or more), B (70 points or more), and C (60 points or more) will be given based on the level of achievement of the abilities described in the lecture objectives.

At the beginning of each class, we will have quizzes to confirm how well each student has acquired the Spanish vocabulary and grammar taught in the previous lesson. This small test will be returned at the beginning of the next lesson with some comments.

Students who have taken this course "Spanish (A)" must register for "Spanish (B)", as well.
This course doesn't require knowledge regarding Linguistics nor Romance languages in advance. In other words, if you take interest in Spanish language, cultures in Spanish speaking countries or communities, Linguistics, foreign languages, etc. you are warmheartedly welcomed to this class. We can talk about Spanish, (foreign) language studies, Romance languages, Linguistics (especially, phonology, phonetics, and morphology), etc. during the office hours.

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The contents of esch lesson will be changed as long as the activities in the previous class.