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Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures 2020-21 WHAT IS CATALAN? Catalan is a Romance language spoken in four European states: Andorra; Spain (Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, the Western Strip, in Aragon, and El Carxe, in Murcia); France (Northern Catalonia); and Italy (the town of Alghero on the island of Sardinia). Spoken by 10 million people, Catalan is a medium-sized language of the European Union in terms of number of speakers, on a par with languages like Swedish, Greek or European Portuguese. Barcelona, Catalonia’s bilingual (Catalan/ Spanish) capital, is one of the most vibrant and exciting European cities and definitely the most important Catalan cultural focus. Easily the most cosmopolitan city in Spain, Barcelona is the center of the very locally- rooted Catalan identity and, at the same time, a 21st century melting pot of cultures and traditions. Head of a Catalan Peasant by Joan Miró DID YOU KNOW THAT…? ❖ Catalan is the ninth most spoken language in the European Union and the eighth language on internet. ❖ It is the native language of people that you probably have heard of: the painters Salvador Dalí and Joan Miró, the modernist architect Antoni Gaudí, the musicians Paul Casals and Jordi Savall, the soccer players Pep Guardiola, Gerard Piqué and Xavi, the basketball players Pau and Marc DEPARTMENTLanguage OF LATIN and Cuk AMERICANtre AND Gasol, the motorcycle racer Marc Màrquez, the experimental chef IBERIAN CULTURES Ferran Adrià, and last but not least, our very own Economics 2020-21 professor at CU, Xavier Sala-i- Martin! LEARN CATALAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE AT COLUMBIA LEARN SOME CATALAN TODAY! The Catalan Program (Check the departments- webpage for descriptions) Hello! Hola! CAT 1120- COMPREHENSIVE BEGINNING CATALAN Good morning/afternoon/night! Bon dia/ Bona tarda/Bona nit! CAT 2101- INTERMEDIATE CATALAN I What’s your name? Com et dius? CAT 2102- INTERMEDIATE CATALAN II My name is... Em dic... CAT 3300- ADVANCED CATALAN THROUGH CONTENT CAT 3500- FILM IN CATALAN LITERATURE Where are you from? D’on ets? SPAN 3300- INTRODUCTION TO CATALAN CULTURES* I’m from... Sóc de ... SPAN 3300- EXPLORING BARCELONA* I am a student Sóc un estudiant I speak Catalan Parlo Català * Taught in Spanish and part of the Spanish Program Thank you Gràcies SPRING SPRING 2021 2021 COURSES COURSES * Goodbye Adéu • COMPREHENSIVE• COMPREHENSIVE BEGINNING BEGINNING CATALAN CATALAN (4 credits) (4 credits) Cheers! Salut! TuesdaysDay/ timeand Thursdays,TBD 4.10- 6 pm • INTERMEDIATE• INTERMEDIATE CATALAN CATALAN I (4 Icredits) (4 credits) Tuesdays• Day/ timeand Thursdays,TBD 12.10- 2pm 5 CATALAN THINGS YOU CAN’T MISS • INT• RODUCTIONINTRODUCTION TO CATALANTO CATALAN CULTURES CULTURES (3 credits) (3 credits) Tuesdays• Day/ timeand ThursdaysTBD ,10.10- 11.25 am *The Catalan language classes are planned for the Spring- Summer sequence in Academic Year 2020-2021 The Catalan Program organizes a number of cultural activities throughout the academic year, such as film screenings, lectures and the GAUDÍ’S weekly Conversation hour “Cafè Català” THE “CAGANER” ARCHITECTURE Join our Facebook Group “Català a Columbia University” and get to know us! For more information, please contact Elsa Ubeda (Director of the Catalan Program) at THE ”CASTELLS” [email protected] (Human towers) EL “BARÇA” CHUPA-CHUPS .
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