MLO 5: Cultural Praxis(Cultural Internalization and Language Immersion
Outcomes for MLO 5:
The student demonstrates that he or she has been actively immersed in and has internalized Hispanic culture.
There are three pathways by which this outcome can be fulfilled:
The student demonstrates that he or she has been actively immersed in and has internalized Hispanic culture.
There are three pathways by which this outcome can be fulfilled:
- By participating in a study-abroad program in a Spanish-speaking country for at least one semester. WLC's Spanish program has exchange agreements with the University of Aguas Calientes and the University of Queretero in Mexico, and the University of Córdoba in Spain. In addition, through CSU International Programs, you can study at universities in Madrid or Granada, Spain or in Santiago, Chile.
- By living and working in a local heritage community over an extended period of time without interruption for at least two years.
- 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 within 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 Reflective Narrative:
In order to meet the requirements of this MLO, I spent one year studying abroad in Santiago, Chile. It was definitely a life changing experience, that in the end, helped me visit new cultures in South America and truly helped better my Spanish. I will not write a lot in this section, as a reflection of my time abroad can be found under the section "MY STUDY ABROAD".
Throughout my year in Santiago, Chile I became truly immersed in the culture of Chile, especially the culture of the city of Santiago. I did not grow up in a Spanish-speaking home, nor with the culture of any Hispanic country so I truly seized my year abroad to have this opportunity. I lived with one Chilean woman who spoke only Spanish and had lived in Chile since she was born so I was able to speak Spanish all the time and get a true Chilean's perspective on life in this country.
Chileans are also known for being the fastest and most grammatically incorrect Spanish-speakers in the world, which therefore in the end of my time there, benefited me because I am now able to understand almost anyone who speaks Spanish and I find that other Spanish-speakers speak much slower than what I had been used to during my year abroad.
Attached below is a sample of work I did while studying abroad. It is a short essay about the economy of Chile as it has developed over the years. I think this best demonstrates my knowledge achieved through this MLO because it shows how, linguistically, my Spanish as improved and how much Spanish we were required to use on a daily basis and it also shows how immersed I became in the Chilean culture and how much we learned about the countries history, economy, society etc..
In order to meet the requirements of this MLO, I spent one year studying abroad in Santiago, Chile. It was definitely a life changing experience, that in the end, helped me visit new cultures in South America and truly helped better my Spanish. I will not write a lot in this section, as a reflection of my time abroad can be found under the section "MY STUDY ABROAD".
Throughout my year in Santiago, Chile I became truly immersed in the culture of Chile, especially the culture of the city of Santiago. I did not grow up in a Spanish-speaking home, nor with the culture of any Hispanic country so I truly seized my year abroad to have this opportunity. I lived with one Chilean woman who spoke only Spanish and had lived in Chile since she was born so I was able to speak Spanish all the time and get a true Chilean's perspective on life in this country.
Chileans are also known for being the fastest and most grammatically incorrect Spanish-speakers in the world, which therefore in the end of my time there, benefited me because I am now able to understand almost anyone who speaks Spanish and I find that other Spanish-speakers speak much slower than what I had been used to during my year abroad.
Attached below is a sample of work I did while studying abroad. It is a short essay about the economy of Chile as it has developed over the years. I think this best demonstrates my knowledge achieved through this MLO because it shows how, linguistically, my Spanish as improved and how much Spanish we were required to use on a daily basis and it also shows how immersed I became in the Chilean culture and how much we learned about the countries history, economy, society etc..
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