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:
- Pathway 1: 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.
- Pathway 2: By living and working in a local heritage community over an extended period of time without interruption for at least two years.
- Pathway 3: 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.
To complete MLO 5 Cultural Internalization and Language Immersion I decided to study abroad in Madrid, Spain for a semester. It has been one of my best experiences so far. Through my time in Spain I have become truly immersed into the Spanish culture, especially the one in Madrid. I chose Spain because during some of my courses we studied about Spanish culture and literature. Since the moment I began reading about Spain I became intrigued to learn more. Arriving to Spain had its struggle, you have to understand the city, learn about the methods of transportations, adapt to a new school, new food, and new traditions. Another experience about studying abroad is that you meet people from all over the world. My courses are composed of people from Australia, France, Ireland, Mexico and many other places. You are not only expose to the Spanish culture but within school you are exposed to other cultures. While in Spain one gets to practice Spanish, even though it is slightly different one learns about the different lexicon, grammar and phrases that are used here.
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