Speak the Culture: Spain: Be Fluent in Spanish Life and Culture

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1 Identity: the building

blocks of Spanish culture

1.1.Geographyp

1.1.1.The lie of the

landp

1.1.2.Local colour:

theautonomíasof Spain

p

1.2.Historyp

1.2.1.Caves and

conquests:from the

Stone Age to the

Reconquistap

1.2.2.Rise and fall:

kings,conquistadores

and cultural highsp

1.2.3.Ruin to

resurrection:war,

dictatorship and

democracy in modern

Spainp

1.3.Language and

psychep

1.3.1.Vocal

harmonies:Spain and

its languagesp

1.3.2.Being Spanish:

identity and psychep

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