Mariška A. Bolyanatz, Ph. D. 

Teaching

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My courses, like my research, rely on analysis of everyday language use. My primary goals as a teacher are to create an inclusive classroom environment that relates course material to everyday life, thereby enabling students to identify instances of linguistic variation and recognize how language use intersects with sociopolitical issues. This applies in Spanish language classes, Spanish linguistics courses, and English linguistics courses that I've taught and that I plan to teach in the future.

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At UCLA, I've taught Spanish 1-5 (in the undergraduate sequence, more info here), Spanish 10 (pic at left), and second-semester heritage Spanish (info here).

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In Summer of 2016, I taught Ling 102: Introduction to Applied Phonetics. In this course students learned to describe all the speech sounds of the IPA, learned to transcribe them all, and learned about applications of phonetics in fields such as speech technology, speech therapy, and acting and singing.

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At Occidental, I've taught Introduction to Linguistics (F'17, S'18, F'18), Spanish 102 (F'17, S'18) and Spanish in the United States (F '18). Syllabi are uploaded here. Thanks to the colleagues and friends who have previously shared syllabi with me!

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To craft my teaching philosophy for the academic job market (which I plan to share once the season is over), I used Bloom's Taxonomy (helpful info here) as well as the fantastic text Teaching at its Best by Linda Nilson (2010). And, of course, The Professor is In!