COURSE SYLLABUS: THE DIVERSITY OF SPANISH IN THE WORLD

Location: Granada, Spain

Partner Institution: University of Granada

Course Title (English): The Diversity of Spanish in the World

Course Title (Spanish): La Diversidad del español en el mundo

Sessions Offered: Fall Semester, Spring Semester

Instructional in: Spanish

Classroom Contact Hours: 45 contact hours

College Credit (Semester Credit Hours): 3 credit hours

College Credit (Quarter Units): 4 quarter units

Prerequisites: Intermediate II Spanish Level if taught in Spanish

Local Department: Language & Culture (CLCE)

Course Code: CLCE 337

Course Description

This course is meant for students with Spanish levels between high intermediate and advanced who wish to gain a basic theoretical and practical knowledge of the various linguistic varieties that occur in different linguistic registers: academic language versus informal language, taking into account the study of their historical, geographical and social contributors, as well as influences/contact with other languages ​​of Spain. Similarly, students will gain a general vision of the most relevant aspects of the language which depict the current Spanish of Spain versus Spanish of the Americas and other Spanish speaking places around the world, paying specific attention to the grammatical, lexical, phonetic and pragmatic aspects of the language. With the study of the proposed contents, students will be able to acquire an attitude of respect, understanding and appreciation toward other languages, linguistic varieties, and to other cultures.

Program Schedule

I. Basic theoretical concepts on the study of Spanish and linguistic variation.
II. Levels of formality and informality of the Spanish language: The linguistic norm.

1. Communicative functions: consejos, errands, congratulations, praise, hello, goodbye.

2. Communicative functions: agreement, disagreement, rejection, hypotheses and probability.

III. The Spanish slang and its different contexts of use:

3. Colloquial expressions related to food, clothing, the human body, animals and other semantic
   fields.

IV. Approach to the main current Spanish social differences: Diatopic, diastratic and diafásicas varieties of current Spanish language.

4. Southern Spanish linguistic features

5. Central Peninsular Spanish linguistic features

6. Latin American linguistic features of Spanish

7. Spanish linguistic features elsewhere in the world

Course Evaluation

- Participation: 20%

- Midterm & Final: 50%

- Final Project: 30%

Bibliography (Text and Materials)

• ALVAR, Manuel (dir.) : “Manual de dialectología hispánica. El español de España. El español de América”. Barcelona: Ariel. 1996.
• ARIZA, M., “Comentarios de textos dialectales”, Madrid, Arco/Libros, 1994. CANO AGUILAR, R. (coord.), “Historia de lengua española”, Barcelona, Ariel, 2005.
• DOMÍNGUEZ, P., M. MORERA y G. ORTEGA, “El español idiomático”, Barcelona, Ariel,1991.
• GARCÍA MOUTON, P :”Lenguas y dialectos de España,” 5ª ed., Madrid: Arco Libros, 2007.
• MENÉNDEZ PIDAL, R., “Historia de la lengua española”, 2 vols., Madrid, Fundación Menéndez Pidal - Real Academia Española, 2005.
• MORENO FERNÁNDEZ, F., “Historia social de las lenguas de España”, Barcelona,Ariel, 2005.
• SECO, M. y G. SALVADOR, “La lengua española hoy”, Madrid, Fundación Juan March,1995.
• VAQUERO DE RAMÍREZ, M., “El español de América. I Pronunciación”, Madrid, Arco/Libros, 1996.
• VRANIC Gordana, “Hablar por los codos. Frases para un español cotidiano”, Edelsa,2004.
• MOLINER María, “Diccionario de uso del español”, 3ª edición, Gredos S.A, 2007.
• R.A.E. “Diccionario panhispánico de dudas”, Santillana S.A, 2006.
• http://cvc.cervantes.es/oteador 
• Magazines: “ECOS”, “CARABELA” y “CABLE”, “Maneras de hablar”, “Diálogos de jóvenes”, “La lengua de la calle”
• V.O. Una revista independiente para aprender a hablar español en versión original (Granada, 1994-1997).

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