Developing Cultural Sensitivity in Spanish for Special Purposes [microform] / Mireya Perez-Erdelyi
- Bib ID:
- 5492155
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Perez-Erdelyi, Mireya
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1986
- 8 p.
- Summary:
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In an effort to sensitize college students of Spanish for the professions to the values and social reality of the Hispanic world, one teacher used a combination of demographic information and Hispanic American literature. Information on the geographic distribution and characteristics of Hispanic groups in the United States was provided as a context for understanding the Hispanic experience, and writings by Hispanics who had seen a renaissance since the 1960s' civil rights struggle in the United States were used to supplement the demographic data. The literature contains the experiences, aspirations, and perspectives of immigrants and exiles to the United States, and poetry in particular was found to be a powerful sensitizing tool. Themes of the works include the migrant workers' experience, hopes placed in education for the children, the community, Hispanic heroes, social injustice, and the reasons for leaving the native countries. The emotional response and empathy of the students is seen as the most important tool for working effectively with Hispanic clients and patients. (MSE)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: In: Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Eastern Michigan University Conference on Languages for Business and the Professions (see FL 016 586).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Cultural Awareness
- Higher Education
- Hispanic American Culture
- Hispanic American Literature
- Identification (Psychology)
- Immigrants
- Instructional Materials
- Languages for Special Purposes
- Latin American Literature
- Liberal Arts
- Migrants
- Poetry
- Private Colleges
- Professional Education
- Second Language Instruction
- Social Attitudes
- Social Bias
- Social Problems
- Sociocultural Patterns
- Spanish
- College of New Rochelle NY
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Until 2056 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1986
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