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The wheels were set in motion last year when Linguistics professor Terrell Morgan came down to Granada to look at Casa Xalteva as a possible site for an annual summer training program, but  we are happy to announce here that Casa Xalteva has been selected as the host.    Here is a brief description from their website:

The program, scheduled for July 28-August 13, 2009, is intended primarily for Spanish teachers. Application is open, however, to graduate (and, occasionally, advanced undergraduate) students from Spanish and other disciplines who have a demonstrated ability in the use of the Spanish language and a need for this type of course.  Both native and non-native speakers of Spanish are invited to apply.

The two week program will be all inclusive with Casa Xalteva arranging for all housing, transport, and excursions.  Additionally, we are asking all of our Spanish instructors to participate in the program.  We are very excited to host this program!  For the curious, here is a brief description of one of the program’s seminars:

“In order to understand language, linguists collect data and categorize it. The value of the resulting insights depends, of course, on how they collect their data and how they categorize it. One particularly promising form of categorization is prototype theory, which was developed to explain human perception. Since language and perception develop simultaneously in humans, prototype theory has been applied successfully to linguistic analysis. In this course, we will study a number of applications of prototype theory to the description of Spanish phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon. This theoretical framework will allow us to look at Spanish grammar in a new way—which will be valuable for all participants. Our approach will cast new light on such staples of Spanish instruction as pronouns, the “personal a,” consonant deletion, idioms, loan words, and many other areas of the curriculum.”

Tags: Casa Xalteva, intensive Spanish language, Linguistics, Ohio University, Terrell Morgan

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