This course aims to develop participants’ reading comprehension, vocabulary and oral expression through the study of short stories by authors from the Spanish-speaking world.
Themes covered will be relevant to the UN context: society, history, gender and the Spanish-speaking world. They will include literary and cultural topics from the Spanish-speaking world.
Students will read a weekly short story before each class with the objective of engaging in meaningful discussions about the text, its topic and related cultural aspects.
There is no formal evaluation. Completion requirement: 70 per cent attendance