SPAN 313 Intro to Spanish Linguistics
Intro to Spanish Linguistics: Presents the principal branches of linguistic study, as it pertains to Spanish: the sound system (phonetics and phonology), the structure of words (morphology), and the structure of sentences (syntax). Additionally, attention is paid to bilingualism, especially Spanish in the US, and how Spanish is spoken/written differently by various social groups (sociolinguistics) and in various Spanish-speaking countries (dialectology).
Reflective Narrative
Span 313 Intro to Spanish Linguistics
This course meets MLO 1: Language proficiency and MLO 2: Language and Linguistic Knowledge. This class fulfills MLO 1 (1.1) & (1.2) because it was taught in Spanish therefore listening to class lectures and speaking the language was highly required to participate in class discussions, presentations, etc. (1.3) We were assigned to read a book called "Introducción a la linguistica Española", we had to read most chapters of this book to understand the material and participate in class. We read a lot of articles assigned by the professor. (1.4) The writing ability section of MLO 1 was met on this course as well, we wrote several papers on different topics. We certainly practiced good control of syntactic structure, grammar, accents, etc. This course contributes my fulfillment of MLO 2 because we learned many linguistics terms such as "morfemas" "sintaxis" "dialectos" etc. We learned the history of language and how it came from Latin. In this class we completed a lot of online quizzes about the chapters of the book. All these quizzes helped me develop my linguistic skills, we were tested on Phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, temporal variation, regional variation, social variation, contextual variation, and lastly we were tested on “Spanish in the U.S.” I wrote an essay called “Palabras de origen Náhuatl en el Español Americano” in which I discussed the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and the reasons why some “Spanish” words originate from the Nahuatl language. I discussed that for example most words that originated from Nahuatl are names of vegetables, plants, fruits, dishes (food), drinks, and animals. I explain some linguistic concept of Nahuatl, the way their words are structure, etc. This essay I could say was the biggest accomplishment on this class. I gained a lot of new knowledge on this class by practicing my speaking, listening, reading and writing abilities. I would like to develop more my writing skills, since I plan to be a writer someday. I plan to further explore this learning experience by reading more articles online about linguistics and all the elements that make up the linguistics subject.
This course meets MLO 1: Language proficiency and MLO 2: Language and Linguistic Knowledge. This class fulfills MLO 1 (1.1) & (1.2) because it was taught in Spanish therefore listening to class lectures and speaking the language was highly required to participate in class discussions, presentations, etc. (1.3) We were assigned to read a book called "Introducción a la linguistica Española", we had to read most chapters of this book to understand the material and participate in class. We read a lot of articles assigned by the professor. (1.4) The writing ability section of MLO 1 was met on this course as well, we wrote several papers on different topics. We certainly practiced good control of syntactic structure, grammar, accents, etc. This course contributes my fulfillment of MLO 2 because we learned many linguistics terms such as "morfemas" "sintaxis" "dialectos" etc. We learned the history of language and how it came from Latin. In this class we completed a lot of online quizzes about the chapters of the book. All these quizzes helped me develop my linguistic skills, we were tested on Phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, temporal variation, regional variation, social variation, contextual variation, and lastly we were tested on “Spanish in the U.S.” I wrote an essay called “Palabras de origen Náhuatl en el Español Americano” in which I discussed the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and the reasons why some “Spanish” words originate from the Nahuatl language. I discussed that for example most words that originated from Nahuatl are names of vegetables, plants, fruits, dishes (food), drinks, and animals. I explain some linguistic concept of Nahuatl, the way their words are structure, etc. This essay I could say was the biggest accomplishment on this class. I gained a lot of new knowledge on this class by practicing my speaking, listening, reading and writing abilities. I would like to develop more my writing skills, since I plan to be a writer someday. I plan to further explore this learning experience by reading more articles online about linguistics and all the elements that make up the linguistics subject.