Spanish (SPAN) |
101 Friendly, 541-346-4021
Romance Languages
College of Arts & Sciences
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Course Data
| SPAN 308 Comunidades Bilingues >2 >GP >IP |
4.00 cr. |
| Designed for heritage learners—students who grew up with Spanish in their community and want to continue developing communication skills in Spanish. Explores socio-linguistic dynamics of communities in which Spanish is in contact with another language. Open to all students. Taught in Spanish. |
| Grading Options: |
Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
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| Instructor: |
Howarth K |
Office:
223 Friendly Hall
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 Course Fees: |
$25.00 per credit |
 Prereqs/Comments: |
Prereq: SPAN 203, SPAN 228, by SHL Placement Survey, or equivalent. |
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41609 |
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8/19-9/15 |
ASYNC WEB |
Howarth K |
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Academic Deadlines
| Deadline |
Last day to: |
| August 21: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| August 21: |
Add this course |
| August 21: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| August 24: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| August 26: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| August 28: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| September 5: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
| September 5: |
Change grading option for this course |
 | You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day. |
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Expanded Course Description
Course Description: SPAN 308, Bilingual Communities, examines the social and linguistic dynamics of the various communities in which Spanish is in contact with other languages. The Spanish language, a communication system resulting from language contact over many centuries, is a means of expression for multilingual people in the United States, Latin America, Spain, Africa, and Asia. This class aims to illuminate various topics related to this reality while at the same time expanding students' language repertoire and skills in Spanish and promoting and developing their critical language awareness skills. This class is open to all students of the Spanish language. At the same time, it is part of the Romance Languages initiative for the development and learning of Spanish for heritage learners.
As in all SHL (Spanish Heritage Language Program) courses, we will use, as a starting point, the belief that languages are a social phenomenon and therefore include, by necessity and nature, variety as a result of the constant movement and change of its people – universally human aspects. Thus, we must approach the study of languages in a way that overcomes linguistic hierarchies and assumptions based on the paradigm of a "standard" language. This paradigm works on the assumption that there is a "correct" way to speak a language and that there are "native" speakers who speak this "standard," ignoring the realities of language variety based on identity and social context.
The most appropriate position to study Spanish/Castilian in an ethical and honest way is not to consider the language as a simple linguistic object independent of its speakers and sociopolitical realities, but as a living and constantly evolving instrument of many nations and cultures which is closely linked to the identities of its speakers.
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