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
The aim of this course is to introduce students to a series of digital tools that will help them to improve their proficiency in Spanish, to better control the variety of Spanish they produce, and to carry out simple digital analyses enabling them to quantify the stylistic or semantic characteristics of text corpora of varying lengths.
We will learn how to use existing text corpora for lexicographical research in Spanish (CREA, CORDE, Corpes XXI, Sketch Engine). We will explore the different features of interfaces for stylometric analysis (Voyant). We will discover software for the automatic transcription of handwritten or printed texts (e.g., Transkribus) and present, albeit briefly, the main steps in preparing a textual corpus for computational analysis (NLP). Finally, we will put the concepts of "isotopy" and "theme" to the test using topic modeling software (DARIAH TopicsExplorer, MALLET).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Prove knowledge of the digital tools introduced in the course, as well as the linguistic tasks they can help us perform.
- Master the metalanguage used to describe the applications and workflow of such tools.
- Understand the ethical, epistemological, and sometimes ecological issues surrounding the digital tools presented.
- 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
Hands-on exercices.
Project based learning.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
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 )
Further 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.
In this course, non-generative artificial intelligence (e.g., automatic transcription interfaces) is one of the topics to be covered.
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.