Improving Students' Understanding and Appreciation of Spanish Culture—
Margot Versteeg
Background |
Implementation |
Student Performance |
Reflections |
Comments
Implementation Notes - First day topics
Fall 2005
Items that came up in first day papers:
Movies, holidays, regions, food, US/Spain relations, sports, religion(s), family, gender roles, gypsies, Franco.
Fall 2006
The first day topics the students listed were considerably less in number than in 2005, and mainly limited to family life, religion, politics, food, flamenco, and relations between the US and Spain.