SPAN 3701 is also offered in Spring 2025
SPAN 3701 is also offered in Fall 2024
SPAN 3701 is also offered in Spring 2024
SPAN 3701 is also offered in Fall 2022
SPAN 3701 is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2024 | SPAN 3701 Section 001: Structure of Spanish: Phonology and Phonetics (32309)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Span 3104W or equivalent, or Span 3105W or equivalent, or Span 3107W or equivalent
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Kolthoff Hall 137
- Enrollment Status:
Open (5 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course aims to provide you with an understanding of the basic concepts of phonetics and phonology and to teach you to apply these concepts to Spanish. The course will be both conceptual and practical. The practical component will involve using the concepts learned in class to improve your own pronunciation of Spanish. You will acquire skills in recognizing, producing, transcribing and describing in linguistic terms the sounds of Spanish and in understanding and analyzing the Spanish sound system. Consideration will also be given to the Spanish orthographical system as it relates to the sound system, variation in Spanish pronunciation among native speakers, and the challenges of a second language learner in acquiring the phonology of their second language. prereq: A grade of C- or better in SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or SPAN 3105V or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3107W or SPAN 3107V or TLDO 3107W.
- Class Description:
- This course aims to provide undergraduate students with an understanding of the basic concepts of phonetics and phonology and to teach them to apply these concepts to Spanish. The course will be both conceptual and practical. The practical component will involve the students using the concepts learned in class to improve their own pronunciation of Spanish. Students will acquire skills in recognizing, producing, and describing in linguistic terms the sounds of Spanish and in understanding and analyzing the Spanish sound system. The conceptual component will involve understanding the relationship between sounds in the Spanish phonological system and studying other factors (linguistic, social, etc.) that influence this system.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
10% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
15% Quizzes
20% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: homework
- Exam Format:
- mixed format
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
25% Discussion
25% Small Group Activities group activities
- Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
Other Workload: project; periodic homework assignments
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32309/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 May 2011
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