MLO 5: Cultural Praxis (Cultural Internalization and Language Immersion)
The student demonstrates that he or she has been actively in and has internalized Hispanic culture.
There are three pathways by which this outcome can be fulfilled:
1. Pathway 1: By participating in study abroad program in a Spanish speaking country for at least one semester. WLC's Spanish program has exchange agreements with the University of Aguascalientes and the University of Queretato in Mexico, and the University of Cordoba in Spain. In addition, through CSU International Programs, you can study at universities in Madrid, Granada, Spain or in Santiago, Chile.
2. Pathway 2: By living and working in a local heritage community over an extended period of time without interruption for at least two years.
3. Pathway 3: By participating in and/or completing 10 of the following cultural learning scenarios with accompanying documentation, in the target language:
There are three pathways by which this outcome can be fulfilled:
1. Pathway 1: By participating in study abroad program in a Spanish speaking country for at least one semester. WLC's Spanish program has exchange agreements with the University of Aguascalientes and the University of Queretato in Mexico, and the University of Cordoba in Spain. In addition, through CSU International Programs, you can study at universities in Madrid, Granada, Spain or in Santiago, Chile.
2. Pathway 2: By living and working in a local heritage community over an extended period of time without interruption for at least two years.
3. Pathway 3: By participating in and/or completing 10 of the following cultural learning scenarios with accompanying documentation, in the target language:
- Participate in service learning within a local heritage community for a minimum of eight weeks beyond the actual service learning requirement.
- Make a minimum of three home visits in the local heritage community to interact and communicate with members of the Hispanic culture regarding topics of personal interest, the community, culture and language.
- Attend or view via media a minimum of 10 cultural events and/or social activities of Hispanic culture.
- Actively participate and/or perform in a school or heritage community event or celebration.
- Participate in a heritage community project (of some duration) that requires proficiency in Spanish and knowledge of Hispanic cultures.
- Conducting a one hour in depth interview with a speaker of Spanish, eliciting, in a conversational manner, comments of a biographical nature, cultural and social observations and anecdotal reflections.
- View and comment on 10 movie length films produced with and about Hispanic culture.
- Participate at least five times in organized sports or recreation activities of Hispanic culture.
- Demonstrate cultural skills by making hotel reservations, ordering meals and shopping in stores or markets in heritage settings where Spanish is spoken. This objective is assessed by faculty.
MLO Narrative
I participated in the study-abroad program in Granada, Spain. I lived in Granada, Spain from August/2012 to July/2013 and by being there I got to learn more about Spain. Before going to Spain, all I knew a little about Flamenco, Bull-fighting, soccer and of course what I had learned in California State University Monterey Bay, some literature, history, etc. By attending school ib Granada I learned about the theater, civilization and culture, literature, the Spanish that is used there, what words to be careful using because for me it may mean something, but for them its something offensive or vice verse.
I was able to try the food from there, and loved to buy the fresh bread. I think that is something I miss about Granada, the fresh produce from the vendors. Something I also miss is walking everywhere; I did not need a car. Most of the people there walk everywhere, or take the bus if where they are going is far. That is what I did I walked everywhere, at first it was somewhat annoying, but got use to it and really like it.
The fall semester starts in October and ends in January, and the spring semester start in February and it ends in July. For me the semesters were kind of strange, because I am used to be done with class in December and start a new class in January, not going back to the same class. It was also very interesting that everyone assumes that all Spaniards like bullfighting and I found out that most of the Spaniards are against bullfights. Also the catholic religion is something more cultural now than actual religion. Most young people do not go to church, but do celebrate the Fiestas de Santos. Another thing that was completely different were the times they eat their meals, while I think that the most important meal of the day is breakfast and cannot do with out it, most of the people I met from Spain skip breakfast. They usually eat their lunch between 2pm-6pm and their dinner between 9pm-11pm. I was shocked that kids were still up after 9pm. Another thing that I did get used to, was La siesta, where almost everything was closed between 2pm-6pm.
By being able to live in Spain for almost a year, I was able to learn so much from their customs. Also, I got to learn that what I knew did not apply to everyone there, as a soccer fan I was not disappointed with what I knew about them loving soccer. Being able to attend a soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona was an amazing experience. I was able to hear the different accents in the different regions of Spain, and experience from first hand what I learned in introduction to linguistics. I think that I learned substantially in my year abroad, and my intellectual growth is invaluable.
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I was able to try the food from there, and loved to buy the fresh bread. I think that is something I miss about Granada, the fresh produce from the vendors. Something I also miss is walking everywhere; I did not need a car. Most of the people there walk everywhere, or take the bus if where they are going is far. That is what I did I walked everywhere, at first it was somewhat annoying, but got use to it and really like it.
The fall semester starts in October and ends in January, and the spring semester start in February and it ends in July. For me the semesters were kind of strange, because I am used to be done with class in December and start a new class in January, not going back to the same class. It was also very interesting that everyone assumes that all Spaniards like bullfighting and I found out that most of the Spaniards are against bullfights. Also the catholic religion is something more cultural now than actual religion. Most young people do not go to church, but do celebrate the Fiestas de Santos. Another thing that was completely different were the times they eat their meals, while I think that the most important meal of the day is breakfast and cannot do with out it, most of the people I met from Spain skip breakfast. They usually eat their lunch between 2pm-6pm and their dinner between 9pm-11pm. I was shocked that kids were still up after 9pm. Another thing that I did get used to, was La siesta, where almost everything was closed between 2pm-6pm.
By being able to live in Spain for almost a year, I was able to learn so much from their customs. Also, I got to learn that what I knew did not apply to everyone there, as a soccer fan I was not disappointed with what I knew about them loving soccer. Being able to attend a soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona was an amazing experience. I was able to hear the different accents in the different regions of Spain, and experience from first hand what I learned in introduction to linguistics. I think that I learned substantially in my year abroad, and my intellectual growth is invaluable.
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