{"id":3236,"date":"2025-06-04T13:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T10:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/?page_id=3236"},"modified":"2025-11-21T14:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:22:39","slug":"spanish-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/en\/spring-2026\/spanish\/spanish-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Organizing school<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0University of Vaasa<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language of instruction<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0English<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schedule<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Link sent to students in January.\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Webinars<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0No live lecture. Independent study from Week 4 until week 13.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exam on Moodle<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Task-based assessment only (3 in total).<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CEFR-level<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Starting level Ao -> target level A1.1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ECTS<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a03<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prerequisites<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0No prior knowledge of Spanish needed.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Course description<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Contents<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Hola! \u00a1Bienvenidos a estudiar espa\u00f1ol! Welcome to your online Spanish course, where you will learn independently through a variety of engaging exercises. By the end of the course, you will be able to introduce yourself, engage in small talk, talk about your stu-dies and work, ask for directions, and handle common situations in a restaurant and a caf\u00e9. You will also explore Spain and its culture, preparing you to use the language when traveling.
\nThe course covers:
\n– Pronunciation, word stress, and intonation
\n– The alphabet and spelling your name
\n– Introducing yourself, talking about your studies and work
\n– Ordering food and drinks in a caf\u00e9, traveling, and transportation
\n– Basic hotel interactions
\n– Days of the week and expressing time
\n– Cultural insights and country names\/nationalities
\n– Fundamental grammar: noun and adjective inflection, differences between ”to be” verbs, prepositions, regular present tense conjugations, use of articles, and common irregular verbs
\n– Question words and common prepositions
\n– Numbers 1-100 and ordinal numbers 1-10<\/p>\n

Learning outcomes<\/strong><\/h3>\n

After completing this course, you will be able to:
\n– Use common expressions and polite phrases in basic everyday and work-related situations
\n– Know the fundamentals of Spanish grammar to carry on with Spanish 2.<\/p>\n

Study material<\/strong><\/h3>\n

All materials are available on the digital learning platform.<\/p>\n

Teaching and evaluation methods<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The course consists of online instruction and exercises.<\/p>\n

Grading criteria<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Assessment is based on a final exam.<\/p>\n

Amount of work<\/h3>\n

A total of 81h. One credit corresponds to 27 h of student work (3 x 27 h = 81 h).<\/p>\n

Enrolment to the courses in the spring term starts on December 1st 2025 and ends on January 11th 2026.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Link to the enrolment form.<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Organizing school \u00a0University of Vaasa Language of instruction \u00a0English Schedule \u00a0Link sent to students in January.\u00a0 Webinars \u00a0No live lecture. Independent study from Week 4 until week 13. Exam on Moodle \u00a0Task-based assessment only (3 in total). CEFR-level \u00a0Starting level Ao -> target level A1.1 ECTS \u00a03 Prerequisites \u00a0No prior knowledge of Spanish needed. Course […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":185,"featured_media":0,"parent":1532,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3236","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":3236},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3236"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3236"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3709,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3236\/revisions\/3709"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}