Spanish Out of Class Activities

Otoño 2011

Gala de otoño, Granada (Spain)
Photo by Iassakka, 2009. Flicker.com (creative commons) 

Just added: Starting this week-end in Boston: Boston Latino International Film Festival!!

Out of Class Requirement

Spanish FilmFest Fall 2011

Calendar of Events

The Spanish program requires its students to engage with the Spanish language and its cultures outside of the classroom in a meaningful manner. Therefore, there is a requirement on all students from the intermediate level on to attend at least 10 out of class activities during a semester. The Department will provide a calendar with events that will count as an out of class activity, although students are encouraged to consult with instructors regarding other events. Likewise, if you know of an exciting event related to Spanish, Latin-American or Latino cultures in our area, please contact the department (lsdeve@merrimack.edu) so that we can add it to our calendar.

In order for an activity that you have attended to be counted as one credit towards this requirement, you will have to provide a 100 word paragraph description of your experience at the event to your instructor.

If you are taking more than one Spanish class at the same time, let your instructors know, and the total number of activities you will have to attend will be reduced to 14.

Possible activities:

1. Spanish Table: The Spanish Table will count as one of your class activities under the following conditions:

• You hand in the 100 paragraph within 10 days of attending it.
• You do not use more than one session of the Spanish Table per week to satisfy this requirement.
• You can only use it to satisfy 50% of the requirement, that is, you cannot use it more than 5 times for your out-of-class activity requirement, although, of course, you are encouraged to attend as much as you can/want.

The Spanish Table takes place every Wednesday from 12:00 to 1:00 in the 3rd Floor Lounge of Sak. Everyone who wants to practice Spanish is invited to join in the conversation! ¡Adelante!

2. Volunteer activities involving Spanish: Your instructor might allow you to use your volunteer work as one of the activities, provided it fulfills certain requirements.

3. World Cultures Events: If there is a World Culture event that does not necessarily focus on the Spanish-speaking world, it is possible --with your instructor's permission-- that it will count as one of the credits towards this requirements. International film festivals, (multi)ethnic or (multi)cultural festivals, etc...

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

October 12
Crossing Borders: Study Travel Course SPA 3750
Info Sessions
Augie's Pub. 12-1 PM & 5-6 PM

October 13-14
Kings of Salsa: Dance and Music from Cuba
@Emerson College, Boston
More info: http://www.goldstar.com/events/boston-ma/kings-of-salsa
Students are trying to get together a group to get a discount on tickets and to drive into Boston on one of MC's vans. If you are interested, please contact Ariel Valdes (valdesa@merrimack.edu), and write "Kings of Salsa" on the Subject line.

November 10
Study Abroad in a Spanish-speaking Country
Info Session
Augie's Pub. 5-6 PM

November 15
Crossing Borders Screening to be followed by a Q&A with Arnd Wachter, director of the documentary.
McQuade Auditorium. 7:30.