Spanish

Course summary

Spanish is an official language in 20 countries. It is the native language of over 496 million speakers, which is around 6.3% of the world’s population. This makes it the second most common mother tongue in the world, second only to Mandarin. Worldwide, around 24 million people are students of Spanish. (source: Centro Virtual Cervantes) You will study a wide range of cultural, historical, political and social topics; including art and architecture, gastronomy, music and dance and twentieth-century history from a range of Spanish-speaking countries. We will include elements of medieval society, racism and immigration, monarchies and dictatorships, family life, feminism, and LGBTQI+ rights from a Spanish-speaking perspective. You will also study and analyse two literary texts (a film and a book) and undertake a research piece into an area of personal interest in a Spanish-speaking country.