ゲームとストーリーでスペイン語を学ぶ - レッスン 1 ～ 8 (Flex バージョン)

Stories, laughter, and games make compelling forces in language-learning! In this class, those at or near the beginning of their Spanish-language journey will practice different kinds of phrases and dialogues each week by playing games and listening to simple books. No previous Spanish knowledge is required.

Though this flex version of the course includes no live class time, please see below the various ways we will interact over the course of this learning experience:

~Interaction by responses to instructional videos~
Each Monday, I will post a video introducing the new phrases and vocabulary. I will ask one or more questions in Spanish from that week's focus, for the learners to respond to, preferably by posting recordings of themselves responding, but typed messages are also good practice. They can then comment on one another's examples. The teacher will provide constructive feedback on responses.

~Interaction by sharing weekly readings~
Each week features a simple beginning Spanish reader created by the teacher that practices that week's phrases and vocabulary. Each Monday, I share a video of myself reading the story, I provide printable versions of the stories for the learners to practice. Learners are encouraged to share recordings of themselves reading these books as well.  

~Interaction through asynchronous games~
Each Monday, I will also present a game to practice that week's focus. Examples are: a guessing game (in which learners ask each other questions and answer to find out each others' pretend identity assigned by the teacher) or charades (in which learners act something out in a quick recording and the other learners comment, trying to guess which vocabulary item was acted out). 

~Interaction through feedback on homework~
Each week with the instructional videos, I provide class notes, a printable version of the week's story, and at least one worksheet. Learners can post their completed worksheets in the classroom and comment on each other's work, as well as receive feedback from the instructor.

Some weeks there are optional Kahoot review quizzes as well.

These will be our weekly focuses:
Week 1  - Telling our names and ages, Book: "Tú no te llamas Juan" (by the instructor)
Week 2 - Asking and answering what things are, Book: "Busco un gato" (by the instructor)
Week 3 - Telling what we are doing, Book: "¿Estás listo, Federico?" (by the instructor)
Week 4 - Telling how we feel, Book: "Copo de nieve, ¿cómo estás?" (by the instructor)
Week 5 - Telling where we are with the book, "Paula, ¿dónde estás?" (by the instructor)
Week 6 - Expressing likes and dislikes, Book: "Mónica, ¿qué te gusta?" (by the instructor)
Week 7 - Describing our attributes, Book: "¡Así soy yo!" (by the instructor) 
Week 8 - Telling what we have, Book: "Tengo diez perros" (by the instructor)