Mini-Lectures

The following links provide an overview, notes, and highlights of the topics that we discuss in order to study the characteristics of the regional varieties of spoken Spanish.


 * 1) IPA Symbols for Spanish
 * 2) IPA Symbols for English
 * 3) Phonation
 * 4) Syllables and Syllable Division
 * 5) Phonemes and Allophones
 * 6) Phonemes - Practice
 * 7) Language vs. Dialects
 * 8) Pronunciation and Transcription of /p t k/
 * 9) Pronunciation and Transcription of /b d g/
 * 10) Pronunciation and Transcription of words with "y" and "ll"
 * 11) Pronunciation and Transcription of /s/
 * 12) Pronunciation and Transcription of words with "ce, ce, z"
 * 13) Pronunciation and Transcription of /r/ and /l/
 * 14) Pronunciation and Transcription of obstruent clusters
 * 15) Pronunciation and Transcription of nasal sounds
 * 16) Pronunciation and Transcription of vowels and semivowels
 * 17) Flamenco Basics
 * 18) Salsa Basics
 * 19) Ismael Rivera "Traigo la salsa"
 * 20) [|Celia Cruz & Ismael Rivera "Cucala"]