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Principles of Digital Communication II
Prof. David Forney
This course is the second of a two-term sequence with 6.450. The focus is on coding techniques for approaching the...
Electrical Engineering
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advanced
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Writing in Tonal Forms I
Prof. Peter Child
Written and analytic exercises based on 18th- and 19th-century small forms and harmonic practice found in music such...
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
Music
intermediate
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Creole Languages and Caribbean Identities
Prof. Michel DeGraff
Caribbean Creole languages result from language contact via colonization and the slave trade. In this course we...
Humanities
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intermediate
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Writing Workshop
Jessica Young
MIT students are challenged daily to solve for x, to complete four problem sets, two papers, and prepare for an exam...
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intermediate
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High-Intermediate Academic Communication
Isaiah WonHo Yoo
The goal of this course is to review grammar and develop vocabulary building strategies to refine oral and written...
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Communication
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advanced
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World Literatures: Travel Writing
Prof. Mary Fuller
This semester, we will read writing about travel and place from Columbus’s Diario through the present. Travel...
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
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Advanced Writing Seminar
Cherie Miot Abbanat
The purpose of this seminar is to expose the student to a number of different types of writing that one may...
Humanities
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advanced
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Science Writing and New Media: Explorations in Communicating about Science & Technology
Dr. Janis Melvold
Proficiency in communicating about science and technology comes from both knowledge and practice, and this course...
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intermediate
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Writing and Rhetoric: Designing Meaning
Dr. Suzanne T. Lane
This course takes rhetoric as a system for designing meaning that helps us understand complex situations and ideas,...
Communication
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
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Topics in Linguistic Theory: Laboratory Phonology
Prof. Edward Flemming
The goal of this course is to prepare you to engage in experimental investigations of questions related to...
Electrical Engineering
Engineering
Humanities
intermediate
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Spanish for Bilingual Students
Douglas Morgenstern
Spanish for Bilingual Students is an intermediate course designed principally for heritage learners, but which...
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Language
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intermediate
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Language and its Structure II: Syntax
Prof. David Pesetsky
This course will acquaint you with some of the important results and ideas of the last half - century of research in...
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Linguistics
Philosophy
intermediate
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Information and Communication Technology in Africa
Raja Bobbili
This is a discussion-based, interactive seminar on the development of information and communication technology in...
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Digital Business & IT
Electrical Engineering
intermediate
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Undergraduate Thesis Tutorial
Prof. Michael Short
This course is a series of lectures on prospectus and thesis writing. It is a required course for undergraduate...
Engineering
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
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free
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Introduction to Linguistics
Prof. Norvin W. Richards
This class provides some answers to basic questions about the nature of human language. Throughout the course, we...
Humanities
Linguistics
intermediate
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Japanese I
Dr. Takako Aikawa
This course is designed for students with no previous knowledge of the language, providing opportunities to acquire...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
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Speech Communication
Prof. Kenneth Stevens
6.541J surveys the structural properties of natural languages, with special emphasis on the sound pattern. Topics...
Electrical Engineering
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Spanish IV
Margarita Ribas Groeger
Course Sequences
Spanish IV aims at developing and improving student’s oral and written communication through the...
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Language
intermediate
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Speak Italian With Your Mouth Full
Dr. Paola Rebusco
The participants in this seminar will dive into learning basic conversational Italian, Italian culture, and the...
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Language
Social Sciences
intermediate
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Japanese III
Dr. Takako Aikawa
Students further develop their skills in Japanese speaking, listening, reading, and writing in this intermediate...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
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Principles of Digital Communication I
Soheil Feizi-Khankandi
The course serves as an introduction to the theory and practice behind many of today’s communications systems. 6.450...
Electrical Engineering
Engineering
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Japanese IV
Dr. Takako Aikawa
The main objective of this course is to build up basic skills of communication in Japanese using appropriate speech...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
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free
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German I
Peter Weise
This course gives an introduction to German language and culture. The focus is on acquisition of vocabulary and...
Humanities
Language
Social Sciences
intermediate
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free
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Rhetoric
Dr. Steven Strang
This course is an examination of the theory, the practice, and the implications of rhetoric & rhetorical...
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
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French I
Cathy Culot
21G.301/351 offers an introduction to the French language and culture with an emphasis on the acquisition of...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
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Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation
Isaiah WonHo Yoo
This course is designed for high-intermediate ESL students who need to develop better listening comprehension and...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
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Linguistic Phonetics
Prof. Edward Flemming
This course is about the study of speech sounds; how we produce and perceive them and their acoustic properties....
Humanities
Linguistics
intermediate
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German II
Ellen Crocker
In this course students are exposed to history and culture of German-speaking countries through audio, video, and...
Humanities
Language
Social Sciences
intermediate
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Communication Skills for Academics
Prof. Joanne Yates
Your success as an academic will depend heavily on your ability to communicate to fellow researchers in your...
Communication
Humanities
Literature
advanced
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Language Acquisition
Prof. Athulya Aravind
This course is an introduction to language acquisition, a subfield of linguistics whose goal is to understand how...
Humanities
Linguistics
intermediate
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free
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Communication for Managers
Prof. Neal Hartman
In this course, students develop and polish communication strategies and methods through discussion, examples, and...
Business & Management
Communication
Management
advanced
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Argumentation and Communication
Cherie Miot Abbanat
This Communication and Argumentation seminar is an intensive writing workshop that focuses on argumentation and...
Communication
Humanities
Literature
advanced
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free
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Graduate Technical Writing Workshop
Caroline Beimford
This course is designed to improve the student’s ability to communicate technical information. It covers the basics...
Humanities
Literature
advanced
MIT OCW
free
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Advanced Japanese I
Yoshimi Nagaya
This course covers lessons 22 through 27 of Japanese: The Spoken Language by Eleanor H. Jordan with Mari Noda. The...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
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free
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Accelerated Introductory Portuguese for Spanish Speakers
Dr. Nilma Dominique
Accelerated Introductory Portuguese for Spanish Speakers covers the basics of Portuguese grammar and presents...
Humanities
Language
Social Sciences
intermediate
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free
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Planning, Communications, and Digital Media
Prof. Lorlene Hoyt
This course focuses on methods of digital visualization and communication and their application to planning issues....
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Computer Science
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology
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Writing and Experience: Reading and Writing Autobiography
Dr. Andrea Walsh
The reading and writing in this course will focus on the art of self-narrative or autobiographical writing. Such...
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
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Linguistic Studies of Bilingualism
Prof. Suzanne Flynn
This course studies the development of bilingualism in human history (from Australopithecus to present day). It...
Humanities
Language
Linguistics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Japanese VI
Dr. Takako Aikawa
This is an experimental version of 21G.506, which offers a combination of in-person and synchronous remote...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
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free
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Expository Writing for Bilingual Students
Patricia Brennecke
The purpose of this course is to develop your writing skills so that you can feel confident writing the essays, term...
Humanities
Language
Literature
intermediate
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Advanced Semantics
Prof. Kai von Fintel
This course is the second of the three parts of our graduate introduction to semantics. The others are 24.970...
Humanities
Linguistics
advanced
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Rhetoric: Rhetoric of Science
Dr. Mya Poe
This course is an introduction to the history, theory, practice, and implications of rhetoric, the art and craft of...
Communication
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
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Portuguese I
Dr. Nilma Dominique
This course provides an introduction to the language and culture of the Portuguese-speaking world, with special...
Anthropology
Humanities
Language
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Liberalism, Toleration, and Freedom of Speech
Prof. Alex Byrne
This course examines theories and principles that underlie the concept of free speech in the United...
Humanities
Philosophy
intermediate
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free
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Lab in Psycholinguistics
Prof. Edward Gibson
Hands-on experience designing, conducting, analyzing, and presenting experiments on the structure and processing of...
Cognitive Science
Humanities
Linguistics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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French II
Laura Ceia-Minjares
21G.302/352 is the second part of an introductory course to the French language and culture with an emphasis on the...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Spanish III
Douglas Morgenstern
This course is the first intermediate-level course in Spanish, with a focus on grammar review, additional...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Germany Today: Intensive Study of German Language and Culture
Ellen Crocker
Prepares students for working and living in German-speaking countries. Focus on current political, social, and...
Anthropology
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Advanced German: Professional Communication
Peter Weise
This course exposes students to current issues and language use in German technology, business, and international...
Economics
Humanities
Language
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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German Culture, Media, and Society
Dr. Kurt Fendt
The topic for Fall 2006 is short film and radio plays. This course investigates current trends and topics in German...
Anthropology
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Introduction to Phonology
Prof. Donca Steriade
This is an introduction to the scientific study of phonological grammars, the component of speakers’ knowledge...
Humanities
Linguistics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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North America through French Eyes
Prof. Bruno Perreau
The course offers an analysis of the keen interest shown by France and the French in North American cultures since...
Anthropology
Humanities
Language
intermediate
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free
course
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Science Writing and New Media: Communicating Science to the Public
Jared David Berezin
This course provides an introduction to writing about science (including medicine, technology, and engineering) for...
History
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
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free
course
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The Science Essay
Karen Boiko
The science essay uses science to think about the human condition; it uses humanistic thinking to reflect on the...
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Oral Communication in Spanish
Douglas Morgenstern
A second-year intermediate course that includes vocabulary enhancement and limited review of selected points of...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Linguistic Theory and the Japanese Language
Prof. Shigeru Miyagawa
This course is a detailed examination of the grammar of Japanese and its structure which is significantly different...
Humanities
Language
Linguistics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Childhood and Youth in French and Francophone Cultures
Prof. Bruno Perreau
This course studies the transformation of childhood and youth since the 18th century in France and the development...
Anthropology
Humanities
Language
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Topics in Phonology
Prof. Adam Albright
This course introduces students to the theory and practice of modeling phonology, with an empirical focus on...
Engineering
Humanities
Linguistics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
course
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Topics in Linguistics Theory
Prof. Kai von Fintel
I realize that “Modes of Assertion” is a rather cryptic title for the course. What we will explore are ways of...
Humanities
Linguistics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Pragmatics in Linguistic Theory
Prof. Daniel Fox
The course introduces formal theories of context-dependency, presupposition, implicature, context-change, focus and...
Humanities
Linguistics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
course
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Introduction to Syntax
Prof. Idan Landau
This course is concerned with the concepts and principles which have been of central significance in the recent...
Humanities
Linguistics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
course
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Language Disorders in Children
Prof. Suzanne Flynn
This seminar focuses on reading and discussion of current linguistic theory, first language acquisition and language...
Humanities
Language
Linguistics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
course
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Japanese II
Dr. Takako Aikawa
This course covers Genki I Lessons 7 through 12 that will enhance the basic skills for conversation, reading, and...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Bestsellers: The Memoir
Dr. Wyn Kelley
What is a “life” when it’s written down? How does memory inform the present? Why are memoirs so popular? This course...
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Introduction to Spanish Culture
Prof. Margery Resnick
This course has several purposes. The major concern will be the examination of Spanish culture including Spain’s...
Anthropology
Social Sciences
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Portuguese II
Dr. Nilma Dominique
This course is a continuation of 21G.801. It focuses on expanding communication skills and further development of...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Japanese V
Dr. Takako Aikawa
This is an experimental version of 21G.505, which offers a combination of in-person and synchronous remote...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
text only
Advanced Phonology
Prof. Donca Steriade
This course focuses on phonological phenomena that are sensitive to morphological structure, including...
Humanities
Linguistics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
course
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Language Variation and Change
Prof. Edward Flemming
All languages vary across geographic space and between social groups, and languages are always changing. It makes...
Humanities
Linguistics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Kanji Learning Any Time, Any Place for Japanese VI
Dr. Takako Aikawa
This resource aims to enhance students’ learning of kanji by providing a series of video lectures that cover the...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Телемосты (Telebridges) Russian Conversation Exchange Site
Dr. Maria Khotimsky
This open-access conversation exchange site offers topics and conversation tasks for students learning Russian and...
Humanities
Language
beginner
MIT OCW
free
course
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Topics in Semantics: Negative Polarity Items
Prof. Luka Crnic
This course is concerned with Negative Polarity Items. While raising familiar foundational questions for linguistic...
Humanities
Linguistics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
course
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Advanced Syntax
Prof. Daniel Fox
This course is a continuation of 24.951. This semester the course topics of interest include movement, phrase...
Humanities
Linguistics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
course
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Syntactic Models
Prof. David Pesetsky
This course presents a comparison of different proposed architectures for the syntax module of grammar. The subject...
Humanities
Linguistics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
course
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Topics in Linguistic Theory: Propositional Attitudes
Dr. Tamina Stephenson
This course explores topics related to the representation and expression of propositional attitudes (e.g. belief,...
Humanities
Linguistics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Transcribing Prosodic Structure of Spoken Utterances with ToBI
Dr. Nanette Veilleux
This course presents a tutorial on the ToBI (Tones and Break Indices) system, for labelling certain aspects of...
Cognitive Science
Computer Science
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Kanji Learning Any Time, Any Place for Japanese V
Dr. Takako Aikawa
This resource aims to enhance students’ learning of kanji by providing a series of video lectures that cover the...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Spanish I
Margarita Ribas Groeger
Spanish I is very different from other classes at MIT. The central component of the text and workbook is a series of...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism
Prof. Suzanne Flynn
One mind, two languages. The basic focus of this class will be on the linguistic and psycholinguistic underpinnings...
Cognitive Science
Humanities
Linguistics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Language and Mind
Prof. Ted Gibson
This course will address some fundamental questions regarding human language: (1) how language is represented in our...
Biology
Cognitive Science
Engineering
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Spanish II
Margarita Ribas Groeger
Spanish II continues to develop students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills using the second part of...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Learning Chinese: A Foundation Course in Mandarin (汉语基础教材)
Julian K. Wheatley
This online textbook represents materials that were used in the first four semesters (two years) of the Mandarin...
Humanities
Language
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Language and Its Structure I: Phonology
Prof. Michael Kenstowicz
24.901 is designed to give you a preliminary understanding of how the sound systems of different languages are...
Humanities
Linguistics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Listening to the Customer
Prof. Drazen Prelec
The 15.821 and 15.822 Sequence
Marketing research may be divided into methods that emphasize understanding “the...
Business & Management
Communication
Marketing
advanced
MIT OCW
free
course
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Language and its Structure III: Semantics and Pragmatics
Prof. Kai von Fintel
This course gives an introduction to the science of linguistic meaning. There are two branches to this discipline:...
Humanities
Linguistics
Philosophy
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Marine Autonomy, Sensing and Communications
Dr. Michael Benjamin
This course covers basic topics in autonomous marine vehicles, focusing mainly on software and algorithms for...
Aerospace Engineering
Engineering
Ocean Engineering
advanced
MIT OCW
free
course
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Language Acquisition I
Prof. Athulya Aravind
This course focuses on the process by which native speakers of a language acquire the ability to speak and...
Humanities
Linguistics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
course
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Media Literacy in the Age of Deepfakes
Prof. Joshua Glick
Media Literacy in the Age of Deepfakes aims to equip students with the critical skills to better understand the past...
AI
Art, Design & Architecture
Computer Science
beginner
MIT OCW
free
course
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Special Topics in Media Technology: Computational Semantics
Prof. Deb Roy
How do words get their meanings? How can word meanings be represented and used by machines? We will explore three...
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
Linguistics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
course
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Grammar of a Less Familiar Language
Prof. Michael Kenstowicz
This course is designed to allow participants to engage in the exploration of the grammatical structure of a...
Humanities
Linguistics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
course
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Undergraduate Thesis for Course 2-A
David Custer
This course is taken by mechanical engineering majors during their senior year to prepare a detailed thesis proposal...
Engineering
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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Topics in Phonology: Phonetic Realization
Prof. Edward Flemming
Many details of phonetic realization cannot be predicted from standard phonological representations on a...
Humanities
Linguistics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
course
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Modeling Issues in Speech and Hearing
Prof. Christopher Shera
This course explores the theory and practice of scientific modeling in the context of auditory and speech...
Biology
Biomedical Technologies
Engineering
advanced