Small presentation about Spain for English students, in Lithuania during my Erasmus+ job shadowing. It's a funny comparison between my galician culture and the stereotypes about Spain. License: Commons CC-NC-SA Follow me in twitter: @areafol

1. SPAIN...
and the stereotypes
And, no, we're not going to talk about music…
or maybe yes…
Inmaculada María Fernández Teijeiro
CIFP Someso
A Coruña (Spain)

2. Where I come from ? Source: www.

3. Where I come from ? I come from Galicia
Sources: www.nicolomaffeo.es https://commons.wikimedia.org

4. Where I come from ? SOURCE: www.mapainteractivo.net

5. A Coruña SOURCES: www.wikipedia.com and www.flickr.com

6. Stereotypes
What is an “stereotype”?
– “To believe unfairly that all people or things with a
particular characteristic are the same…” www.merrian-webster.com

7. Examples of stereotypes
●
Examples of stetereotypes

8. 12 Stereotypes about the Spanish that
are definitely NOT true
SOURCE: www.huffingtonpost.com
1. We all know how to dance
the Flamenco.
2. Bullfighting is universally
loved
3. We are lazy and take naps
daily.
4. We eat paella every day.
5. We’re constantly drinking
sangria.
6. We eat tacos.
7. We all have dark skin, brown
eyes and black hair.
8. We’re very religious and
attend mass frequently.
9. We only live in Madrid and
Barcelona.
10. We spend all our time
partying.
11. It is veeeery hot.
12. Rafa Nadal/Marc Marquez
is our only athlete.

9. Flamenco
●
● SOURCE: www.fotolog.com
● There are other regional dances: In
Madrid, it’s the chotis; in Galicia, the
muiñeira; the jota in Aragón and the
sardana in Catalonia, just to give a few
examples.
● You can see here young traditional
music in Galicia.
● No, we don’t. This dance is
native to the south of Spain.
SOURCE: www.todocoleccion.net

10. Bullfighting
Actually, bullfighting is
quite controversial in
Spain.
There are anti-bullfighting
associations throughout
the country, and in regions
like Catalonia and the
Canaries bullfights are
prohibited.

11. We are lazy and take naps daily
● We cannot take one
every day (we wish!).
● This painting's tittle is
“La siesta”. The
author was the
spanish painter
Ramón Martí Alsina.
SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA

12. We eat paella everyday
● Paella is a Valencian rice
dish with ancient roots
that originated in its
modern form in the mid-
19th century near
Albufera lagoon on the
east coast of Spain
adjacent to the city of
Valencia.
SOURCES: text: www.wikipedia.org picture:
www.flickr.com

13. We eat paella everyday
● Not even close. It’s
common in Valencia, but
every region has its own
cuisine and its own
specialities. If we had to
choose a national dish, it
would undoubtedly be the
Spanish tortilla (which
consists of eggs, potato
and onion).
SOURCE: www.flickr.com

14. And not only tortilla...
● In Galicia, my region, we
eat empanada, “pulpo á
feira” octopus, galician
sausage, caldo and lots
and lots of seafood.
SOURCE: www.commons.wikipedia.org
SOURCE: www.commons.wikipedia.org
SOURCE: www.commons.wikipedia.org

15. And even not only drink sangria
SOURCE: www.flickr.com SOURCE: www.flickr.com
Actually we prefer wine or
beer or simply water.
Sangría is for tourists or
for picnics in the
countryside with young
people.SOURCE: www.aguasdemondariz.com

16. We eat tacos
This is not Mexico. We may speak the same language, but
that doesn’t mean that we eat the same food
SOURCE: www.wikipedia.org

17. We eat tacos
This is not Mexico. We may speak the same language, but
that doesn’t mean that we eat the same food
SOURCE: www.wikipedia.org

18. We all have dark skin, brown eyes
and black hair.
SOURCE: http://jesusgonzalezfonseca.blogspot.lt/

19. And what about dark eyes...?
SOURCE: http://jesusgonzalezfonseca.blogspot.lt/

20. We're very religious and attend
mass frequently
Spain is filled with
churches from north to
south. However, Spain is
a secular country with
religious freedom, only
the 10% of the
population regularly
attends mass.
The 70% of the
population in Spain
claims to be catholic.
SOURCE: www.infovaticana.com
SOURCE: www.flickr.com
SOURCE: :www.turgalicia.es
SOURCE: www.gl.wikipedia.org

21. We only live in Madrid and Barcelona
Spain has 47 million inhabitants, according to data from the
National Statistic Institute (INE), and of those people, only 4.8% million reside in
these cities. That's just 10% of the population. SOURCE OF THE MAP: www.zonu.com

22. We only live in Madrid and Barcelona
LITHUANIA SPAIN GALICIA
65.000 Km2 505.000 Km2 29.000 Km2
2.890.000 hab. 47.000.000 hab. 2.700.000 habb.
Vilnius 531.000 hab. Madrid 3.200.000 hab. Santiago de Compostela
98.000
Kaunas 300.000 (2)
Klaipeda 156.000 (3)
Valencia 780.000 (2)
Sevilla 690.000 (3)
Zaragoza 680.000(4)
Málaga 560.000 (5)
Murcia: 439.000 (6)
Vigo 295.000 (14)
A Coruña 245.000 (18)

23. We spend all our time partying
SOURCES: ARDE LUCUS: www.elprogreso.galiciae.com, RAPA DAS BESTAS: www.wikipedia.es, ENTROIDO DE LAZA:
www.turismo.gal,NASEIRO: www.salirdefiestas.com, ROMERÍA VIKINGA: http://www.españaescultura.es/, XIRA
DOS CANEIROS: www.commons.wikipedia.org
Let's hope... but unfortunately.. not. We, in Galicia
are proud of our traditional holidays.

24. It is very hot...really?
1. Vilnius, 2. A Coruña, 3.Madrid, 4.
Málaga and 5. Salamanca.
SOURCE: www.wikipedia.org
J F M A M J J A S O N D year
1. -6.1 -4.8 -0,6 5,7 12,5 15,8 16.9 16.3 11.6 6.6 1.2 -2.9 6.02
2. 10.8 11.1 12.4 13.0 15.0 17.4 19.0 19.6 18.6 16.1 13.3 11.5 14,8
3. 6.3 7.9 11.2 12.9 16.7 22.2 25.6 25.1 20.9 15.1 9.9 6.9 15.0
4. 12.1 12.9 14.7 16.3 19.3 23.0 25.5 26.0 23.5 19.5 15.7 13.2 18.5
5. 4.0 5.5 8.3 10.1 14.0 18.8 21.5 21.1 17.6 12.6 7.6 4.9 12.2

25. 12 Stereotypes about the Spanish that
are definitely true
SOURCE: www.huffingtonpost.com
1. Our English is pretty bad.
2. We like to drink…
3. And we also love eating.
4. We’re very family-oriented.
5. We have SO MANY bars.
6. We cook well (very well).
7. We’re very affectionate,
even with new acquaintances.
8. We speak very loudly.
9. We are on a different
schedule from much of the rest
of Europe.
10. We’re always late.
11. We love free stuff.
12. Soccer is EVERYTHING to
us.

26. Stereotypes in Europe
SOURCE:www.alphadesigner.com

27. Stereotypes in Europe
SOURCE:www.alphadesigner.com
SOURCE:www.alphadesigner.com

28. Stereotypes in Europe
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29. Stereotypes in Europe
SOURCE:www.alphadesigner.com

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