SPAN 217 Introduction to Catalan Language and Society
Catalan is a Romance language with more than 10 million speakers around the world, spoken in Catalonia, Valencian country, the Balearic Islands and Andorra. In this course we will learn Catalan by using other Romance languages as reference points. By the end of this course, you will have obtained advanced beginner proficiency in Catalan (A2 on the Common European Framework). At this level, the speaker can understand and produce common phrases and expressions on topics relevant to his or her immediate environment (exchange basic information about oneself, describe locations and family, speak about past experiences, etc.). In this course we will take an interdisciplinary approach to explore significant events in the Catalan speaking-countries, such as festivities, traditions, political situations, and art. If you want to learn another Romance language and discover Catalan society, join this course; it counts as an elective for the Certificate in European Studies.