Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : general | 4 crédits | |||
| Master in multilingual communication, professional focus in language and culture | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
Spanish language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course will address text linguistics and generic traditions, as well as the use of new information technologies for the production and analysis of texts - or text corpora - in Spanish. It will be structured around a series of writing and analysis tasks that will be subject to collective evaluation.
The main objective of this course is to train competent writers of expository and argumentative texts in Spanish; writers who are sensitive to the semantic richness of words and the flexibility of syntax; writers who are aware both of the radical heterogeneity of everyday texts and of the fact that the production of a concrete text must meet a series of culturally determined expectations.
Additionally, we will learn to use textual corpora for lexicographical research in Spanish (CREA, CORDE, Corpes XXI) as well as for discourse or stylometric analysis (Voyant, Sketch Engine). We will explore software for automatic transcription of manuscripts (Transkribus) and present, even if only briefly, the main stages of preparing a textual corpus for computer analysis (NLP). Finally, in a less practical manner, we will put the notions of "isotopy" and "subject" to the test with topic modeling software (DARIAH TopicsExplorer, MALLET).
By the end of the semester, ideally, students will have mastered the fundamental conventions of formal Spanish rhetoric (connectors, logical links, arrangement, register, structure of various academic genres) and will have discovered a series of digital tools that will enable them, on one hand, to be more effective in producing texts in Spanish and, on the other hand, to quantify stylistic specificities of large textual corpora.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Correct grammar errors, discourse register, and logical arrangement (supraoracional) in Spanish texts.
- Demonstrate mastery of metalanguage to rationalize and evaluate discursive productions in Spanish.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the digital tools presented in the course, as well as the linguistic tasks they can help us fulfill
- Confirm a high level of proficiency (C1 level) in written and oral productions in Spanish.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Level B2+/C1 of spoken and written Spanish.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Written exercices, discussions. Hands-on exercices.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face.
This course will be taught in Spanish.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
A digital version of work documents and obligatory reading material will be made available to students on the eCampus when required.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Additional information:
Written exam including questions about key notions. Participation will also be taken into consideration for the final mark and will be worth at least half of one mark.
Assessment criteria: key learning outcomes.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
For some classes, students will be asked to bring a laptop or tablet.
Contacts
Álvaro CEBALLOS VIRO
Département de langues et littératures françaises et romanes
Place Cockerill, 3/5 (A2, 6/19) - 4000 Liège
E-mail : A.CeballosViro@uliege.be
Association of one or more MOOCs
Items online
Online Notes
Notes available on eCampus.