Spanish Language and Spanish Culture

1 Week Course in Vélez-Málaga, Spain.

Erasmus+ Introduction to Spanish language and culture Course

Course Description:

Erasmus+ Spanish & Spanish culture course in Spain. With more than 500 million native speakers and 22 million students around the globe, Spanish is today the second international language in the world. A key to exploring a universe of great business opportunities in more than 20 countries where it is the official language, as well as the passport to an enormous cultural universe of possibilities for traveling, learning, tourism, and full enjoyment.

Spain is culturally a very rich and diverse country with different languages, folks, music, dances, gastronomy, festivals, and traditions. There are 17 different regions in Spain with different special cultures, if you are thinking about Flamenco, the Alhambra, or the beaches of Costa del Sol you are thinking of Andalusia, if you dream with the Celtic culture, legends you must visit Galicia, Asturias or Cantabria. If you want to live in the places that inspired Don Quixote then you may want to travel to La Mancha, international cities like Madrid, Málaga or Barcelona, the flavor of Africa in Ceuta or Melilla, the international non-stop parties of Ibiza in Balearic islands or the tropical paradise of Canary islands.

Methods: Digital explanation, Storytelling, Project-Based Learning, and Socratic dialogue.

Activities: Local excursion included.

Concepts:

• Introduction to the Spanish language.
• Spanish History and Hispanic civilization.
• False topics about Spain, Spanish history, and the Hispanic world.
• America and Spain: the first globalization.
• Social and cultural patterns.
• Festivals and traditions.

Objectives:

• Generate a practical working use of the Spanish language.
• Know the main traces of Spanish history and the Hispanic world.
• Discover the Hispanic world and its rich culture.
• Avoid the false historical myths and stereotypes about Spain or Hispanic culture.
• Analyze the richness of Spanish cultural heritage.
• Enjoy Spanish music, dance, folklore, traditions, and the main festival of Spain.