スペイン語Ｂ （Canyas）

Spanish B

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Alberto Canyas

Hello to all students of Spanish at Tokyo University of Science. (TUS)

My name is Alberto Cañas. I am your Spanish teacher at Rikadai. I have been teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language in Rikadai for fifteen years now.

As a language teacher, I am convinced that the basic objective of learning a new language is to be able to communicate with native speakers, which is why I bet on a methodology based on the communicative approach, which teaches students to face everyday situations. In addition, I want to bring my students closer to the customs, way of life and culture of Spain and the Hispanic World.

I am very much looking forward to seeing you all in class :-)

Alberto Cañas

2026年度後期

2026年度

②Second semester

水曜3限

Wed, 3rd

創域理工学部（一般教養科目）

A course of liberal arts, the Faculty of Science and Technology

1.00単位

講義

Lecture

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① [対面]対面授業/ [On-site] On-site class

SPANISH (Elementary) is the first course of the Spanish Language Program at Tokyo University of Science (TUS). It is designed to develop basic communication skills in both oral and written Spanish.

By introducing the learner to the rich culture of the Spanish-speaking world, including the fast growing flamenco, salsa and football communities in Japan, this course aims also to develop students’ intercultural knowledge and understanding.

Discover the fascinating World of Spanish Language and Culture !!

Following the European Common Framework of Reference for Languages (CERF) the objectives for the first-year, elementary-level, Spanish language class are organized around five main areas of communication (reading, listening, writing, speaking and audiovisual interaction).

At the end of this course students will have acquired a novice low proficiency level (breakthrough) , which means they will be able to handle successfully a variety of basic communicative tasks necessary for survival in a Spanish speaking context.

This to say, students will have a basic ability to communicate and exchange information in a simple way. Examples:

A. Can ask simple questions about a menu and understand simple answers.

B. Can follow speech that is very slow and carefully articulated, with long pauses for him/her to assimilate meaning.

C. Can recognize familiar names, words and very basic phrases on simple notices in the most common everyday situations.

At the end of this year, dedicated students will be ready to further discover the fascinating World of Spanish Language and Culture !!

More specifically, students completing SPANISH (Elementary) will be able to:

1. Talk about shopping and stores, ask for the price of a product or service.

2. Talk about food, sports, and physical activities. Going to bars and restaurants.

3. Talk about likes, dislikes, and preferences, talk about existence and location of places, express agreement and disagreement and talk about frequency and quantity.

Additionally, students taking this class will foster different skills in Spanish to grasp the main idea of and get some additional information from authentic written, oral and audiovisual texts focused on everyday topics.

Students will develop listening and reading strategies, such as predicting content, recognizing cognates, guessing meaning from context, and using a bilingual dictionary.

Write short texts dealing with everyday topics, such as a personal ad, a letter describing themselves, a note for a friend, or an email requesting basic information.

Students will develop writing strategies to organize their information and ideas, connect their sentences, review their language use, and edit their own and other students’ work for content and organization.

リンク先の [評価項目と科目の対応一覧]から確認できます（学部対象）。
履修登録の際に参照ください。
​You can check this from “Correspondence table between grading items and subjects” by following the link(for departments).
https://www.tus.ac.jp/fd/ict_tusrubric/​​​

Ideally, students taking SPANISH (Elementary) will be students that are truly interested in learning a second foreign language and attend every single class on time.

This course is open to all students at TUS that have completed SPANISH (Fundamental).

Students who have not completed Spanish (Fundamental) should talk with the teacher before taking this class.

課題に対する作文　Essay／小テストの実施　Quiz type test／ディベート・ディスカッション　Debate/Discussion／グループワーク　Group work／プレゼンテーション　Presentation／反転授業　Flipped classroom

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Preparation and review are essential to progress at learning a foreign language.

Students are responsible for their own learning process. Teacher is a facilitator, not the exclusive model for language learning. There is not perfect speaker, not perfect model for learning.

Remember that "practice makes perfect" Or, as we say in Spanish: "la práctica hace al maestro".
Learning language is a cumulative process that requires special care.

How much Spanish are you ready to learn?

Performance grading policy based on Tokyo University of Science (TUS) standards, aims to evaluate students' commitment and achievement at learning Spanish language and culture.

Needless to say that there is not learning without study.

Spanish (Elementary) follows a communicative, task-based approach that emphasizes interaction and collaboration while fostering learner autonomy. Your active participation in the classroom as well as your independent work outside the class are absolutely essential to your success in this course.

Class performance grading policy:
Quiz: 30%
Report: 30%
Achievement evaluation : 40%

・S：到達目標を十分に達成し、極めて優秀な成果を収めている
・A：到達目標を十分に達成している
・B：到達目標を達成している
・C：到達目標を最低限達成している
・D：到達目標を達成していない
・-：学修成果の評価を判断する要件を欠格している

・S：Achieved outcomes, excellent result
・A：Achieved outcomes, good result
・B：Achieved outcomes
・C：Minimally achieved outcomes
・D：Did not achieve outcomes
・-：Failed to meet even the minimal requirements for evaluation

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教科書および一部の参考書は、MyKiTS (教科書販売サイト) から検索・購入可能です。
​https://gomykits.kinokuniya.co.jp/tokyorika/​​​

It is possible to search for and purchase textbooks and certain reference materials at MyKiTS (online textbook store).
​​https://gomykits.kinokuniya.co.jp/tokyorika/

Students will make extensive use of the Internet and other Communication and Information Technologies (ICT) to learn and research about Spanish Language and Culture in the World.

LETUS will be our place to meet and share learning materials out of the classroom.

Mobile apps like WhatsApp (similar to Line) and online translation services will be introduce in class as a medium to collaborative learning.

16. # Corrección del examen final. Entrega de la tarea de verano. Repaso.
# Final test check/Summer assignment submission. Review.

17. Tiempo libre. Free time.

18. Me gusta escuchar música. I like listening to music

19. A Gabriela le encanta pasear por el parque. Gabriela loves to take a walk in the park.

20. ¿Te gusta la leche? No,no me gusta. Do you like milk? No, I don't.

21. # Control. Quiz type test.
# Aprendizaje activo. Active learning activity (to be announced in class)

22. ¿Qué hora es? Son las siete de la tarde. What time is it? It is 7:00 PM
¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? Es el 7 de julio. When is your birthday. July, 7th.

23. Marta se levanta a las 7 de la mañana. Se acuesta sobre las 12:15.
Marta gets up at 7:00 AM. She goes to bed at around 12:15 AM

24. Marta hace yoga dos días por semana, lunes y miércoles.
Marta does yoga twice a week: Mondays and Wednesdays

25. Hugo sale de casa a las diez y va a la universidad en metro.
Hugo leaves the house at 10:00 AM and goes to university by metro.

26. Andrea y Ariadna son estudiantes de EGB. Se levantan a las ocho. Comen en el colegio.
Andrea and Ariadna are elementary school students. They get up at 8:00 AM. They have
lunch at school.

27. Gabriela es médica. Coge el autobús cerca de su casa y llega al hospital 20 minutos más
tarde. Gabriela is a doctor. takes the bus near her house and gets to the hospital 20
minutes later.

28. El marido de Yanina hace la cena. La vida en las grandes ciudades tiene mucho estrés.
Yanina's husband cooks dinner. Life in the big cities is very stressful.

29. # Control. Quiz type test.
# Aprendizaje activo. Active learning activity (to be announced in class)

30. Revisión general.Sum-up　Examen final. Final test.

Cultures. Students will gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. They will be more acquainted with the places where Spanish is spoken and will have explored some of the main cultural, social, and historical events of the Hispanic world.

Connections. Students will be able to acquire new information and reinforce their knowledge of other disciplines through the Spanish language.

Comparisons. Students will develop new insights into the nature of language and culture that will allow them to establish comparisons not only between languages, but also between the Hispanic cultures and their own.

Travel. Students will be able to use the Spanish language to participate in personal interactions when they travel around the Hispanic world.

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To be announced in class.

Students taking SPANISH (Elementary) may consider enrolling in Language and different Cultures (Language and Intercultural Communication) course that it is also conducted by Alberto Cañas.

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