Our professor always emailed us in Spanish which I thought was very helpful for our learning and understanding in this course. Reading was a big part of this course and was challenging but not as challenging as listening was for me. There were several activities we read in VHL which helped with a better understanding…
Interpretive Listening
Our VHL homework we were assigned throughout the weeks of this semester was filled with a bunch of different activities we were to complete. Activities would range from finishing sentences to rewriting sentences in different forms, to listening activities. As I have mentioned before listening to and being able to identify phrases and sentences out…
Presentational Writing
In Spanish 102 there were times when we were asked to write or do smaller projects for the class. Examples of this include compositions and even a brochere. These were some of my more favorite activities we did in class and worked on outside of class. For our brochure, we were asked to make a…
Presentational Speaking
Presentational Speaking was something that talk abroad helped a lot with as well. The experience was so much help and I was able to see what I was struggling with the most and which vocabulary I knew the best.
Interpersonal Communication
One of the most challenging assignments we had in Spanish102 was to do two talk abroad interviews. TalkAbroad is a website that allows students to talk with native spanish speakers allowing us to help have a conversation and put our spanish knowledge to the test. I was very nervous about doing my first interview as…
Engaging In Communities
I believe it is very important to engage in your local and globa l community. So many times people get used to being in their own personal bubbles and refuse to escape it. That is the beauty in taking a language course, your eyes are open to basically a whole new world.
Exploring Culture
Throughout this class not only did I learn new Spanish words and grammar, but I also expanded my knowledge of different cultures in the Hispanic/Latino community. I myself am 100% Guatemalan but I was adopted so learning about my culture and similar cultures were very fun and interesting to me. We were asked to do…
Reflection
Throughout my time in SPAN102 I had many highs and several lows. Spanish has always been a fascinating language to me. I never had time to deeply connect with my heritage and did not stick with Spanish throughout high school. Throughout Spanish 102 we were introduced to more vocabulary and challenged with learning the different…