ECOLES PROJECT HELLO NEIGHBOURS! What do we know about Spain and Catalonia? RESULTS OF AN ENQUIRY AMONG 72 STUDENTS AGED Escola Secundária Daniel Sampaio Sobreda-Portugal October 2008

ideas you associate to… … SPAIN: BULLFIGHTS 42 FLAMENCO/SEVILLANAS/CASTAÑUELAS 24 HOT WEATHER, SUN, HOLIDAYS, BEACHES, SNOW 15 FOOD: CANDIES, TAPAS, PAELLA 9 THEME PARKS 9 MONARCHY 6 FOOTBALL 6 GRADUATION TRIPS 5 SOME MENTIONED SPANISH CITIES 5 OTHER SPORTS: CYCLING, TENNIS 4 TERRORISM 4 GAUDÍ 2 NEIGHBOUR COUNTRY 2 BATTLE OF TOMATOES 2 BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE 1 CULTURE 1

ideas you associate to… … Catalonia: OWN LANGUAGE (CATALÁN, DIFFERENT FROM CASTILIAN)15 BARCELONA13 HOT WEATHER, SUN, HOLIDAYS, BEACHES7 HOLLY FAMILY / MONUMENTS6 GRADUATION TRIPS5 LLORET DE MAR4 THEY ARE SPANISH3 FLAMENCO /SEVILLANAS/ CASTAÑUELAS3 DRUG TRAFFIC/ PROSTITUTION2 TERRORISM2 FOOTBALL2 GYPSIES2 NO ANSWER12

Which similarities are there between Portugal and Spain? LANGUAGE (BOTH DERIVE FROM LATIN)24 NEIGHBOURS, IBERIAN12 BULLFIGHTS8 HOSPITALITY4 WEATHER3 LIFE STYLE2 OPEN-MINDED / FRIENDLY2 =

Which differences are there between Portugal and Spain? ≠ LANGUAGE15 THE SPANIARDS NEITHER SPEAK NOR UNDERSTAND ENGLISH; THEY DOUBLE ALL THE FILMS 12 ECONOMY: BETTER SALARIES IN SPAIN; CHEAPER PETROL; LOWER TAXES 10 POLITICAL REGIME ( MONARCHY IN SPAIN)7 THE SPANIARDS TAKE A NAP IN THE AFTERNOON4 GASTRONOMY3 LESS FRIENDLY THAN THE PORTUGUESE2 THEY DON’T MAKE ANY EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND OUR LANGUAGE2 PERSONALITY2 THEY HAVE A HIGHER SELF-ESTEEM1 SIZE (OF THE COUNTRY)1 THE SPANIARDS ARE HAPPIER / MORE OPTIMISTIC1

Catalonia is… a province of Spain ……………32 a province of France ……………0 autonomous community of Spain with its own language………………35 an independent country……… no answer ………………………….4

Famous people from: … Spain: LETICIA ORTIZ20 KING JUAN CARLOS/THE KING AND QUEEN13 IKER CASILLAS10 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS8 ANTONIO BANDERAS7 RAUL7 ZAPATERO6 PRINCE FELIPE5 JULIO IGLESIAS5 PENELOPE CRUZ4 RAFAEL NADAL4 NEREIDA4 OTHER FOOTBALLERS4 FERNADO TORRES3 XAVI ALONSO3 JOAQUIN CORTEZ3 FERNANDO ALONSO2 GAUDI2 PEPITA RODRIGUEZ2 JUAN ARANJO2 OTHER SINGERS2 PICASSO1 NO ANSWER5

Famous people from… … Catalonia: XAVI5 GAUDI2 PUYOL2 ANGELICA LIDDELL2 LUIS GARCIA2 CASILLAS2 RAUL2 MESSI1 INIESTA1 NO ANSWER53

An important event occurred in… … Spain: 11th MARCH TERRORIST ATTACKS26 EXPO ZARAGOZA9 THE ROYAL WEDDING OF THE PRINCE OF ASTURIAS5 CIVIL WAR4 TOUR OF SPAIN –BYCICLE RACE2 SPANAIR ACCIDENT1 BARAJAS T-4 ATTACK1 NO ANSWER24

An important event occurred in… … Catalonia: TOUR OF SPAIN5 LACK OF WATER1 CIVIL WAR1 NO ANSWER65

A typical dish from… … Spain: PAELLA26 TAPAS15 TORTILLA7 SQUIDS3 GAZPACHO3 BOCADILLOS1 HAM1 NO ANSWER16

A typical dish from… … Catalonia: BOCADILLOS6 PAELLA5 BREAD WITH TOMATOES1 MUSHROOMS1 NO ANSWER59

Have you ever been to…? …Spain: …Catalonia: yes62 no10 yes16 no56

From where did you get your ideas, information? TELEVISION35 TRIPS24 SCHOOL10 FRIENDS /OTHER PEOPLE 10 READING3 NEWSPAPERS1 INTERNET1 NO ANSWER8

In conclusion… IN SPITE OF BEING NEIGHBOURS, MANY IDEAS ASSOCIATED TO SPAIN ARE STEREOTYPES WE DIFFERENCIATE CATALONIA MAINLY FOR HAVING ITS OWN LANGUAGE (BUT ONLY 15 ANSWERS) WE MISUNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF PROVINCE AND COMMUNITY THERE ARE MORE DIFFERENCES THAN SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL BUT THESE ARE STRONGER THE FAMOUS PEOPLE ARE MENTIONED AS A RESULT OF THE INFORMATION CONVEYED BY TELEVISION 53 DON’T KNOW ANYONE FAMOUS FROM CATALONIA THE MAJORITY HAS BEEN TO SPAIN BUT NOT TO CATALONIA