major learning outcome 5
cultural internalization and language immersion
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:
Obtained from CSUMB's Spanish Major page.
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.
Obtained from CSUMB's Spanish Major page.
mlo 5 reflective narrative
I was able to complete this Major Learning Outcome though studying abroad in Mexico City, and in Puebla. This occurred during the summer of 2017, both of these programs lasted three weeks each, so I was there for a total of six weeks. Each program was different and unique, but they both helped me understand and learn more about my roots since I am a Mexican-American. In Mexico City, I studied in the university of La Salle, and our focus was more in learning about the language itself, learning about history, and about our roots as Mexican descendants At this university, I was able to get in contact with locals and students at the university. I learned that to my surprise I do sound "Mexican" when I speak Spanish but I have a touch of sounding American when I mix both languages. In Mexico City, I learned all about the roots of my culture and about the origins. I visited a lot of historical places such as La Basilica de Guadalupe, the Zocalo of Mexico, the Presidential House, Palacio de Bellas Artes, the castle of Chapultepec, the famous Museum of Anthropology, the Teotihuacan Pyramids, Tenochtitlan, Xochimilco, the UNAM university and much more. In Puebla, I studied in the Anahuac university and I was able to understand the health system in which Mexico works under. I was much more surprised that in this region of Mexico I was told that my Spanish was "Americanized" and that I looked completely American. I did not know how to feel about it at first, but in Puebla we were all taught that being "Mexican-American" is something that we should feel special for. In Puebla, our classes focused on the health system, on psychology, and on working on our spanish pronunciations. We also visited hospitals and toured them to see how they are like. We visited historical places such as the pyramid of Cholula, the Zocalo of Puebla, Biblioteca Palafoxiana, Los Fuertes de Loreto, and many more places. I enjoyed my study abroad experience because not only did it help me fulfil my major requirement, but it also helped me learn and appreciate a lot about my culture and my identity.
Attached you will find the website created in Puebla about my learning experience and my work done at the university.
sites.google.com/a/csumb.edu/ana-laura-alvarado/
Attached you will find the website created in Puebla about my learning experience and my work done at the university.
sites.google.com/a/csumb.edu/ana-laura-alvarado/