Lengua
As part of the Master’s examinations for Lengua, students will be given questions on four areas: grammar, translation, phonetics/phonology, and history of the language. To prepare for the exams, read the following books:
Beeby Londsdale, Allison. (1996). Teaching Translation from Spanish to English: Worlds beyond Words. Ottawa: Univ. of Ottawa Press. ISBN 0-7766-0399-X. (Subject: Translation).
Butt, John and Carmen Benjamin. (2000). A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish. (3rd edition). Chicago: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-658-88873-0. (Subject: Grammar).
Child, Jack. (1992), Introduction to Spanish Translation. Lanham, Maryland: Univ. Press of America. ISBN 0-8191-8589-2. (Subject: Translation).
Lapesa, Rafael. (1980). Historia de la lengua española. 8a ed. Madrid: Gredos. (Subject: History of the Language).
Penny, Ralph D. (1991) A History of the Spanish Language. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. (Subject: History of the Language).
Seco, Rafael. (1996). Manual de gramática española. (llth edition). Madrid: Aguilar. ISBN 84-03-27081-X. (Subject: Grammar).
Teschner, Richard and Francisco Castro-Paniagua. Lo esencial de la linguística española. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993. (Subject: Phonology).
Teschner, Richard V. (2000). Camino Oral: Fonética, fonología y práctica de los sonidos del español. 2da ed, Boston: McGraw-Hill. (Subject: Phonetics and Phonology).
Pedagogy
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Inc. (1999). Foreign Language Standards: Linking Research, Theories, and Practice. Yonkers, NY: ACTFL.
Burns, Heidi and Michael Canale, eds. (1987). Defining and Developing Proficiency: Guidelines, Implementations, and Concepts. Yonkers, NY: ACTFL.
Gunterman, Gail, Editor. (2000). Teaching Spanish with the Five C’s: A Blueprint for Success (AATSP Professional Development Series Handbook for Teachers K-16). New York: Harcourt College Publishers.
Hadley, Alice Omaggio. (2001). Teaching Language in Context. Boston: Heinle and Heinle.
Lightbown, Patsy and Nina Spada. (1999). How Languages Are Learned. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Roca, Ana and Cecilia Colombi. (2003), Mi Lengua: Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown.
