2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Second foreign language courses
Spanish: Intermediate Course 4
- Academic unit or major
- Second foreign language courses
- Instructor(s)
- Akira Watanabe
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAL.S334
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
"Spanish: Intermediate Course 4'' is designed for students who have finished "Spanish: Intermediate Course 3'', or the students who are well equipped with the grammatical knowledge of the language (who understand all the tenses and moods). By the end of the quarter, students will be exposed to the oral and textual materials of the language so that they will be forced to understand those materials. Thus, they can expect to express themselves in more sophisticated and articulated phrases and sentences. You will learn how to read and write simple and not so simple texts in various tenses and moods, and will be ready to read some complicated texts or express themselves in more articulated ways.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will realize they are able to read texts using dictionaries or listen to songs or broadcast and capture some words. You will also be able understand some complicated texts with the help of dictionaries or express yourselves in more sophisticated ways.
Keywords
Spanish grammar and vocabulary, Society and culture of the Spanish speaking countries
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The instructor will prepare materials for the class and students will try to grasp with those materials, either trying to listen to and understand the meaning of them, or to read them using dictionary and other references. Students are also encouraged to bring materials (in Spanish, of course, but perhaps some Spanglish or even Portuguese materials are also welcome!) that they are interested in. The instructor will check if they are instructive enough for the class and will use them in case he thinks they are.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Review of what we learnt in the past quarter, Reading newspapers in Spanish (introduction including the meaning of reading them, such as differences in perspective) | To be announced in each class. |
| Class 2 | Reading newspapers in Spanish 1 and 2 (using dictionaries) | To be announced in each class. |
| Class 3 | Reading newspapers in Spanish 3 and 4 (using dictionaries) | To be announced in each class. |
| Class 4 | Listening to Spanish on Youtube 1 and 2 (Messi’s goals 1 and 2) | To be announced in each class. |
| Class 5 | Listening to Spanish on Youtube 3 and 4 (Cooking programs 1 and 2) | To be announced in each class. |
| Class 6 | Movies in Spanish 1 and 2 | To be announced in each class. |
| Class 7 | Movies in Spanish 3, Presentation by the students (preferably in Spanish) | To be announced in each class. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Watanabe, et als. Mi casa es tu casa. Editorial Asahi, 2023.
Other course materials will be provided in class.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
From time to time the instructor will refer to books and other materials useful for students.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Comment sheets (70%), final essay (30%)
Related courses
- LAL.S202 ： Spanish: Basic Course 2
- LAL.S203 ： Spanish: Basic Course 3
- LAL.S204 ： Spanish: Basic Course 4
- LAL.S331 ： Spanish: Intermediate Course 1
- LAL.S332 ： Spanish: Intermediate Course 2
- LAL.S333 ： Spanish: Intermediate Course 3
- LAL.S341 ： Spanish: Advanced Course 1
- LAL.S342 ： Spanish: Advanced Course 2
- LAL.S343 ： Spanish: Advanced Course 3
- LAL.S344 ： Spanish: Advanced Course 4
Prerequisites
Students must have successfully completed "Spanish: Basic Course 4 '' or have an equivalent competence in Spanish language. Of course, it is preferable that students have successfully completed "Spanish: Intermediate Course 1 and 2'', but it is not obligatory that they have.
Other
Compared to Intermediate Spanish 12, much less students take this course in the fall semester. I understand you get much busier, but please join us if you are interested in studying a bit more Spanish, without feeling too much pressure from grading and preparation for the class.