SPAN 392 - Spanish Language Theory and Practice

Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

Prerequisite: SPAN 275 and three credits at the 200 level. A topics course that approaches language study through theories of language use and meaning, as well as their practical application through extensive writing exercises. Topics may include translation theory, analysis of theoretical approaches to language study, and advanced grammar. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.

Winter 2015 topic:

SPAN 392: Spanish Language Theory and Practice: Power and Ideology: Critical Discourse Perspectives (3). This course examines some important theoretical frameworks applied to the (critical) analysis of discourse, in particular political and media discourse. Through a selection of readings, this course addresses the relationship between language and social processes–such as ideology, power, exclusion and discrimination–observing how ideological meaning is discursively created, shaped and re-defined by social actors. Reyes.

Fall 2014 topic:

SPAN 392: Spanish Language Theory and Practice: Planning and Use in the Spanish Context (3). Prerequisite: SPAN 275 and three credits at the 200 level. This course explores the processes involved in the standardization of a language, in particular the Spanish language, as a social and political construct. At the same time, the course analyzes areas of standard language that are problematic for non-native speakers of Spanish. Reyes