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Instructors can decide what language(s) students should use to participate and respond (Spanish, English, Spanglish), depending on their local context, student level, and course objectives. This is an unordered list of activities; there is no implied sequencing.
- 1.1: Introductory Lesson- An overview of sociolinguistics
- A short introduction to basic concepts of Sociolinguistics, and the role of prescriptive organizations like the Real Academia Española. (English version)
- 1.2: Lección preliminar- La sociolingüística
- Introduction to basic concepts of language variation, the effects of language contact, and role of prescriptive organizations like the Real Academia Española. (Spanish version)
- 1.3: Alfabetos ilegales, alfabetos imaginados
- Critical look at writing systems and how they encode language ideologies.
- 1.4: El corrido “El deportado”
- Overview of the historical context of Mexican-American immigration and deportation; study of how regional variation in language is used in a popular artistic medium to communicate identity and show solidarity.
- 1.5: Spanish as a second language in popular culture
- Study of attitudes towards Spanish and language learning by examining on-line media (video and user comments).
- 1.6: La historia del español
- The study of the origin of the Spanish language; recognition of the impact of bilingualism in the history of the language and its varieties. Validation of the use of its many varieties.
- 1.7: La gramática intuitiva
- The study of linguistic prescriptivism and descriptivism; a reflexion on how linguistic prescriptivism influences language ideologies and our attitudes about our own and others’ usage.
- 1.8: La resistencia a través de la música
- This unit of three lessons focus on teaching history, culture, and linguistic variation of Latin America and the U.S. using music.
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