Interpretive, Interpersonal, and Presentational Modes of Communication
Address the reflection exercises in each of the following sections. For each section, you will need to embed portions of these assignments and activities as artifacts to substantiate your reflection. Then, at the end of each section, include a link to the document or embed it as a PDF.
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An Effective Reflection Is
An Effective Reflection is not
Artifacts
A good artifact is a portion or clip of an assignment. It needs to be carefully selected to provide evidence/proof that supports what you are saying in your reflection.
Your reflection will help you determine what that will be. It is a quest for quality. It will represent you academically and professionally, and have personal meaning. It can be written, audio, or video.
At the end, ask yourself if the artifacts best demonstrates your abilities and growth over time.
At the end of your reflection in each section, link or embed the assignment/artifact. If the assignment has multiple pages and seems to overwhelm the section, consider adding just the first page and offering to provide the rest upon request.
Exploring Culture
What I have learned to do and deal with is that fully understanding a culture and its language takes time. An individual cannot fully grasp a culture overnight. I normally indulge myself in culture through videos and movies.
With the use of cinema and movies, I fully grasped what Spanish-speaking people usually like. The moving platform is a horror movie that goes with the idea of food being shared instead of eaten and selfishly being taken. These ideas are common for everyone including myself which made me realize that Spanish-speaking countries are alike to my own.
Engaging in Communities
the community is yours and you when you think of it. your small community still affects the global way of things no matter how small. It’s always important to join others in a community to feel less alone is a good feeling being in a community doing something impactful can help anything.
When interacting with others you feel a sense of importance and care that you won’t find when alone. When you engage with the community the community will give back to you. Going with the community helps me realize my purpose and help others succeed and be better than to be to myself.
Interpersonal Communication
Talkabroad helps students see another Spanish-speaking person and see their outlook and accent from their view. Talkabroad helps to understand the language in a better way than just talking with other who are also learning. Speaking the language may require a lesson with a native speaker.
When I used to talk abroad I really felt more in tune with the language and better off. At first, I was nervous speaking to a native speaker when I only knew but a certain amount of words and sentences. With the help of the speaker I gained a better position with the language.
Presentational Speaking
In Spanish I stood in front of the class and presented my presentation in Spanish, it wasn’t perfect but it was enough. In other classes, I haven’t done that but doing that has made me more upfront and talkative instead of laidback and quiet. Presenting in front of others helps when trying to be a better speaker in Spanish and the native language.
Presentational Writing
I have read Spanish blogs from Telemundo Noticias they give great news reports without any bias since its from another country. they can give a better perspective to what’s going on in your country and what’s in theirs
With each assignment, I could better understand the language I was trying so hard to learn. i overcame the confusion with a new language and separated it from my own.
Interpretive Listening
With lingro-learning there was an activity that would show a voice describing an event an to answer the question the user would have to decipher what she said in Spanish. It was difficult but hearing it over and over helped me piece it together.
I overcame the issues through reading and listening more to Spanish speaking music and books with Spanish lingo
Interpretive Reading
On youtube, during the latter half of Spanish class, I created a separate account that would consist of only Spanish-speaking channels and advertisements. I would only view Spanish videos with Spanish gaming, memes, funny videos, etc.
When I would watch youtube videos in Spanish I felt like I learned a lot of new words from native Spanish speakers. The videos contained comedy that I found funny even though I would understand roughly half of the content. Speaking another language opens the door to many different types of entertainment thought before not possible.
