SPA 15 Contrastive Linguistics
This course is designed to teach students of any field to communicate effectively in written and oral form, gain critical, problem solving, research and analytical skills in English and Spanish. The course will introduce the student to modern descriptive linguistics that focuses on first and second language phonology, morphology, syntax, and other structural elements. In addition, the relationship between linguistics and other fields of study such as Psychology, Sociology, and Neuroscience will be explored. Students will be required to do field research in a topic related to the course. The course can be particular beneficial to those doing service learning, teaching a first or a second language, working as an interpreter, among others. Taught in English. Research in Spanish or English.
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