
A collection of activities that introduce heritage and L2 students to a range of concepts in sociolinguistics and encourage critical inquiry into language ideologies.
Open Educational Resources for the Spanish Classroom
A collection of activities that introduce heritage and L2 students to a range of concepts in sociolinguistics and encourage critical inquiry into language ideologies.
(Most up to date list of lessons can be found at https://sites.google.com/a/cas.uoregon.edu/els/products-services)
Introductory Lesson: An overview of sociolinguistics (Versión en español) | A short introduction to basic concepts of Sociolinguistics, and the role of prescriptive organizations like the Real Academia Española. |
Lección preliminar: La sociolingüística (English version) | Breve introducción a los conceptos básicos de la sociolingüística, y el papel de instituciones prescriptivas como la Real Academia Española. |
Alfabetos ilegales, alfabetos imaginados | Critical look at writing systems and how they encode language ideologies. |
El corrido “El deportado” | Overview of the historical context of Mexican-American immigration and deportation; study of how regional variation in language is used in a popular artistic medium to communicate identity and show solidarity. |
Spanish as a second language in popular culture | Study of attitudes towards Spanish and language learning by examining on-line media (video and user comments). |
La historia del español | The study of the origin of the Spanish language; recognition of the impact of bilingualism in the history of the language and its varieties. Validation of the use of its many varieties. |
Gramática intuitiva | The study of linguistic prescriptivism and descriptivism; a reflexion on how linguistic prescriptivism influences language ideologies and our attitudes about our own and others’ usage. |
La resistencia a través de la música |
This unit of three lessons uses music to teach history, culture, and linguistic variation of Latin America and the U.S. |