Spanish Language Study Abroad
Peru
Language and Culture course is an introduction to the socio-historic Peru context,
some of its most relevant cultural expressions, through pre-Hispanic culture, Hispanic
influence, political development, architecture, music, crafts, textiles, food, religion,
customs and traditions of the Peruvian people. This course fosters an understanding
of the Latin American culture, the ability to communicate in Spanish, the establishment
of elements of comparison with the culture of the United States and a critical understanding
of the Latin America reality, with a focus on Peruvian culture.
Prerequisites: SPAN 122 or 209-210 or equivalent course at the college level, or consent of the instructor.
Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- The language well enough to initiate and achieve face-to-face interactions with Spanish speakers, discussions, and comments in class with the professor and classmates. The use of the language must be good enough in the construction of sentences to discuss topics of personal and general interest in the past, present and future tenses. Good control of basic grammatical structures and lexical precision.
- Improve oral communication during simple interactions that involve Hispanic people, in this case Peru, and comments in class. Demonstrate evidence of advanced-level grammar and syntax control when interpreting readings from indicated articles, presentations and in class discussions.
- The Spanish language well enough to grasp many details of the face-to-face exchanges, group discussions and the daily situation of Peruvian life, and in understanding the readings. In addition, the use of the language must be good enough to understand the main ideas and most of the details of the audio / video selections, oral presentations, dialogues, and face-to-face conversations on a variety of topics.
- When it is discussed in a group, the student should give the opinion on the assigned readings of Peruvian culture, traditions, pre-Hispanic, legacies such as Machu Picchu, etc. and be able to discuss them effectively in class.
- Improve written communication in Spanish through the previous study of grammar and demonstrate it in compositions, essays, and report of visits to study locations. The use of the Spanish language must be applied in its grammatical structure with longer and more complex sentences to compose well-organized paragraphs with grammatical precision, lexical variety and cohesive resources, etc. on topics of both personal and general interest.
- Acknowledge and be sensitive to the cultural differences that exist when it comes to Hispanics by reacting appropriately. Use knowledge of the cultural differences between the student's own culture and the target culture.