Span 105 - Introduction to Hispanic Studies I - Week two - Language and Culture PDF

Span 105 – Introduction to Hispanic Studies I Week two - Language and Culture  Icebreaker What are some of the Hispanic countries you know? Give examples! Argentina Guatemala Bolivia Honduras Chile Mexico Colombia...

Span 105 – Introduction to Hispanic Studies I Week two - Language and Culture  Icebreaker What are some of the Hispanic countries you know? Give examples! Argentina Guatemala Bolivia Honduras Chile Mexico Colombia Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Cuba Paraguay Dominican Republic Peru Ecuador Puerto Rico El Salvador Spain Equatorial Guinea Uruguay Venezuela Is there any Hispanic country that you have visited or would like to visit? In groups of 8, discuss this question: In your opinion, are languages and cultures intertwined? Give examples from your experience learning or speaking a language. Importance of learning a language and its culture 1. Appreciate similarities and differences between one's culture and those of others. 2. Better understand other people's perspective about life. 3. Help foster cultural diversity  THE THREE Ps According to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), three (3) factors facilitate the learning of the culture of a people and ultimately, their language as well (Standards for Foreign Language Learning, 1996). 1) CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES: These can include values Cultural perspectives are like family systems, respect the values, beliefs, for the elderly, beliefs attitudes, and assumptions about death/life or held within a culture. attitudes towards time and money.  2) CULTURAL PRODUCTS: Cultural products refer to anything created by members of the culture, such as literature, music, and art.  Cultural products in the Hispanic World Examples: ❑Music- songs from Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, etc ❑Art- Frida Khalo ❑Literature - Miguel de Cervantes (Don Quijote de la Mancha) ❑Dance- Flamenco, Mambo, Salsa, etc ❑Can you mention any product you know from the Hispanic world, be it music, poetry, art, or dance? Mention them 3)CULTURAL PRACTICES: These are the acceptable behavioural patterns, forms of discourse, and rites of passage within a specific culture. More specifically, they articulate “what to do, when, and where” such as how individuals in a certain culture might address one another.  Greetings ❑ Some cultures bow, kneel, shake hands, kiss etc., when exchanging greetings. In the Hispanic world, handshakes or kisses are common. ✓Showing courtesy: Tú vs. Usted in the Hispanic Word / ¿Cómo estás? Vs. ¿Cómo está? ❑How do people in your community or country greet? Are there gestures that go with exchanging greetings ?  Sobremesas This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC  1. Día de los Muertos, Mexico Some popular 2. Inti Raymi, Peru 3. Flower Festival, Colombia celebrations 4. Fiesta Quinceañera in the 5. 6. Mistura, Peru – food festival Semana Santa Hispanic 7. La Tomatina- Spain 8. Abira- Equatorial Guinea world Inti Raymi, Peru This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY Inti Raymi ❑Peru’s biggest festival, Inti Raymi, is a nine-day celebration that pays homage to Inti, the sun god. It takes place on 24th June each year, shortly after the winter solstice,in Cusco, and has been the most important date in the city’s events calendar for over 500 years. ❑On the day, participants from across the country gather to perform the rituals of Inti Raymi. Speeches praising the sun are followed by processions and the faux sacrifice of a llama, resulting in a truly extraordinary festival. Although Cusco is most often visited as a travel hub on the way to Machu Picchu, the city itself also has lots to offer. Source: Our Guide to the 9 Best Festivals in Latin America | Jacada Travel  Do some research on a cultural product or practice from any Group Hispanic country and find out how different this cultural product or practice is similar and/or different activity from that of your community/communities. ¡Hasta pronto!  Reading List: Dorwick, Pérez-Girones, Knorre, Glass, Villareal.1999. ¿Qué tal?: An Introductory Course. U.S.A: The McGraw-Hill Companies. Lupher, D. A. (2006). Romans in a new world: Classical models in sixteenth-century Spanish America. University of Michigan Press. Lozano, R. (2018). An American Language: The History of Spanish in the United States (Vol. 49). Univ of California Press. Nadeau, J. B., & Barlow, J. (2013). The story of Spanish. Macmillan. Penny, R., & Penny, R. J. (2002). A history of the Spanish language. Cambridge University Press. Pharies, D. A. (2008). A brief history of the Spanish language. University of Chicago Press. Pountain, C. (2002). 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