SPANISH PRONUNCIATION                          Dr. Luz Marcela Hurtado

SPN 320          Fall 2004                                                          hurta1lm@cmich.edu           Phone 774-3804

Pearce 327                                                                               Office Hours: M & W 1-2 pm, T& R 8:30-9:30 am,  

T & R 11:00-12:15                                                                  and by appointment.     Pearce 321.

 

TEXTBOOK:     Teschner, Richard. CAMINO ORAL: Fonética, Fonología y práctica del español.  2 ed.

 

Course description and prerequisites:

Spanish 320 provides an understanding of Spanish articulatory phonetics and helps students improve their pronunciation by training them in articulatory habits to make their pronunciation more native-like. This course requires the knowledge of Spanish that students acquire at the 200 level in intermediate Spanish. This course should not be taken until a student has shown proficiency beyond the intermediate level; therefore, prior to this course students must have taken SPN 214.

 

Objectives:

1. To describe and acquire the segmental (pronunciation of the Spanish sounds) and suprasegmental (intonation,

    accentuation, etc.) features that are active in the pronunciation of Spanish.

2. To analyze the basic phonological processes of Spanish, including syllable structure and consonant cluster behavior.

3. To characterize the principal phonetic characteristics of varieties of Spanish in Spain and Latin America, and to be able

    to transcribe them phonetically.

4. To contrast Spanish and English sound systems.

 

Methodology:

The class is going to be based on readings and discussion of topics from the book by Teschner, therefore, it requires the student to be prepared before coming to class. Your preparation includes the study and practice of the material at home. Moreover, pronunciation practice, listening, transcribing and analysis of recorded materials will be done in the laboratory.

 

Grade breakdown:

3 exams (oral and written)………………………………..…….  40%

Participation, presentation, songs, exercises and laboratories…     30%

2 Oral interviews……………………………….………………  30%

 

 

Thirty percent of the final grade will be comprised of class participation (7%), one presentation (5%), practical exercises (7%) (some assigned as homework), songs (4%) and laboratory work (7%). Another thirty percent will be based on two oral interviews with the instructor in order to assess the student’s progress in improving his/her pronunciation.

 

Grade scale:

95-100=            A                                 80-82    =          B-                    67-69    =          D+                  

90-94    =          A-                                77-79    =          C+                    63-66    =          D

87-89   =           B+                                73-76    =          C                      60-62    =          D-

83-86    =          B                                  70-72    =          C-                    < 59      =          F

                                   

Accommodation statement:

“CMU provides students with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in educational programs, activities, or reasonable accommodations to participate in class activities or to meet course requirements should first register with the office of Student Disability Services (120 Park Library, 989-774-3018), and then contact the professor as soon as possible.”

 Attendance Policy:

It is imperative that you attend every class meeting and programmed laboratory session. There are no make-ups of the laboratories nor of in-class practical exercises.  Therefore, absences will directly affect your grade in participation, laboratory and class work. For more details on the Academic Senate’s policy on attendance and the Missed Class policy please see the college web page.

Academic Honesty:

I encourage working together with other students; however, work merely copied from another is a form of cheating. The same warning applies to copying observed during tests. For more information on the Policy on Academic Integrity, check the CMU web site at http://academicsenate.cmich.edu/noncurric.htm

CRONOGRAMA

 

            LEER , ESCUCHAR Y PRACTICAR                                                         PARA HACER

 

UNIDAD 1: LA SILABA Y LOS RASGOS SUPRASEGMENTALES

Agosto            M  30   Introducción: De la ortografía a la pronunciación (1-11)

Sept.  J    2     Problemas ortográficos y soluciones prácticas  (12-20)…………..…….…. 2.1, 2.2

            M  7     Problemas ortográficos y soluciones prácticas  (21-32) …………………..2.3 A y B, 2.4

J    9     El silabeo (33-40)………………………………………………………..… 3.1 A y B

            M 14   La acentuación tónica y la acentuación ortográfica (40-44)...…………….. 3.2 A y C

                        Palabras monosilábicas y la acentuación gramatical  (45-51)

            J   16    Repaso y práctica oral  (Lab)

 

            M  21   EXAMEN 1 (oral y escrito)

            J    23   Acent. tónica en la frase y en las partes de la oración (51-62) (Lab) …….. 3.3

            M 26    La sinalefa, el ritmo silábico, la línea melódica (113-130) ……………….. 6.1 y 6.2

            J   30    La acentuación tónica (164-172). (Lab)

 

UNIDAD 2: LOS FONEMAS Y LOS ALÓFONOS DEL ESPAÑOL

Oct.   M  5     El aparato fonador y la fonética (63-72)…………..………………………. 4.1 y 4.2 

                        La articulación normativa de las vocales (132-134) (Lab)

            J    7     ENTREVISTA 1 (en el laboratorio)   

            M  12   Las consonantes: Modo y punto de articulación (73-86)…………………..4.3 A y B, 4.4

                        Fonología: Los fonemas del español (87-90)

            J   14    Las oclusivas sordas /p, t, k/  (139-141)……………………………………7.4

 

            M  19   Los procesos fonológicos (94-98)……………………………………….…5.2 A (1 y 2)

                        Pronúnciese [b, d, g] como fricativas (142-146)………………………..… 7.6

            J   21    Laboratorio

            M 26    Repaso

            J   28    EXAMEN 2 (oral y escrito)

Nov.   M  2     Las nasales y las fricativas: La asimilación nasal, la sonorización, el fonema /j/

                        y el fonema /w/ (99-102) (Lab)……………………………………………..  5.2 A (3)

            J    4     Combinaciones “-ción, -sión y –tion”, grafema “h” y  laterales (148-153) .. 7.8, 7.10 y 7.11

            M  9  Vibrantes y sus entornos (154-162)………………………………………… 7.12 y 7.13

 

            J    11   Como hacer una transcripción (102-112)…………………………………... 5.2 B

            M  16   Combinándolo todo (172-179) (Lab)………………………………………. 7.18, 7.19 y 7.20

            J    18   Repaso

            M  23   EXAMEN 3 (oral y escrito)

 

UNIDAD 3: LOS PROCESOS DIALECTALES DEL ESPAÑOL

            M 30   Introducción a la dialectología española (180-192)……….………………... 8.1         

                        Otras fuentes de diferencias dialectales (193-197)

            J   2      Procesos dialectales en posición débil (198-206)         

            M 7      Transcripción y repaso

            J   9      ENTREVISTA II

            J  16    EXAMEN FINAL: Entrega de notas   10-11:50 a.m.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE: The professor reserves the right to make any changes in this syllabus at any time during the semester. Students will be notified of any such changes in advance.