Cultural Activities:
NOTE: These are suggestions for your cultural activities
Site Visit or Interview with someone in field
This activity gives you two options so that you can choose best how to pursue your learning. Choose one option from the following:
1. Site visit:
· Visit a site related to your area of interest where Spanish is used
(e.g. Medical clinic, ESL classroom, Travel Agency etc.)
· Visit should last roughly 45 minutes-1 hour
· Volunteering is a great option
· 1 page summary of your observations
(Include, where and when you visited, what you heard in Spanish, what went on while you were there, interesting cultural observations and differences)
2. Interview someone who uses Spanish in your area of interest:
· Interview someone who is involved in your area of interest
(person should use Spanish regularly while participating in activities in your area of interest, does NOT have to be a native speaker)
· Between 30 – 45 minutes
· Suggested questions include:
“What’s a typical day or typical week like in your job?”
“In what situations do you typically use Spanish and/or other languages in your career?”
“What cultural issues are important when interacting with native speakers in this area?”
· 1 page transcript of your interview emphasizing interesting/important points.
The following activities are suggestions for cultural activity:
- Find 2 websites in Spanish or English relating to your area of interest. Read each website in its entirety and write a 1 page summary in English or Spanish synthesizing the information that you learned from the various websites. Consider the question – What do you learn about Hispanic cultures from these websites? (Practices, Product, and Perspectives are essential when reporting)
- Watch one hour of television programming in Spanish on Univisión or another Spanish-speaking channel. Write a 1 page summary in English or Spanish about what you saw and how it differs from American culture.
- Watch a movie from a Spanish-speaking country. This may be a film at the International Cinema or a video that you watch at home. In your 1 page written summary in Spanish or English, include information about the content of the movie, how much you were able understand, your reaction to it.
- Attend a cultural event in Spanish sponsored by the local Hispanic community or by BYU, such as a fair, festival, or fireside. In your 1 page written summary in Spanish or English, discuss what you understood and learned about the culture.
The following are suggestions for cultural activities:
People:
Augusto Pinochet
Roberto Clemente
Isaac Albéniz
Andrés Segovia
La Malinche
Tupac Amaru (I o II)
Tecún Umán
José de San Martín
Santa Teresa de Ávila
Félix Carpio Lope de Vega
Óscar Arnulfo Romero
El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
Isabel la Católica
Gonzalo Guerrero
María de Zayas y Sotomayor
Francisco de Goya
Víctor Jara
Álvaro Uribe
Pedro de Alvarado
Enriquillo (de la República Dominicana)
Vargas Llosa
Elena Garro
Cuauhtémoc
Netzahualcóyotl
El Cid
Pablo Neruda
Rigoberta Menchú
Francisco Franco
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Pablo Escobar
Rubén Darío
Gaudí
Diego Maradona
César Chávez
Places:
Tikal
La Alhambra
La mezquita de Córdoba
Aztlán
Las Islas Malvinas
Cíbola
Cuzco
Esquipulas, Guatemala
Customs:
El día de los Reyes Magos en X región
La quema del Diablo
El Grito
La serenata
Las tunas
El rodeo Chileno
Las posadas
Miscellaneous:
El himno nacional de X país
El baile de X región
La emigración ilegal
Las FARC
El Sendero Luminoso
Martín Fierro
Popol Vuh
Don Quijote
Jesús Malverde
La Santa Muerte
MS 13
Los Zetas
La Virgen de Guadalupe
La Noche Triste