In this assignment, you can write in English or in French. For this, you will look back on your experiences and work within the course, discussing what you have learned and how. (You can refer to your weekly journals). Your Course Reflection Assignment is a source-based writing; consider using hyperlinks to directly link to the artifact/evidence from within your assignment. Also consider addressing a spectrum of classroom activities as evidence of your learning, such as: in-class activities, class discussion, class work conversation (including videos, journals, etc.).
Content
1. Persuade, both your instructor and the institution, that your work meets the objectives for this course. Discuss your learning experiences in this course, including any details that are unique to your own learning process, especially as represented by the contents of your portfolio. The course objectives are as follows:
- Student proficiency (performance in the language) should fall within the Intermediate low to Intermediate-mid levels in listening and speaking as measured according to the scale provided by ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages), through an OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview).
https://www.actfl.org/publications/guidelines-and-manuals/actfl-proficiency-guidelines-2012/french
2. Answer the following questions, using links or excerpts (visual, audio, or written) from your ePortfolio to illustrate your answers:
- How is your learning demonstrated during the course?
- What areas did you feel you were most successful, or improved the most?
- How do you see this course’s content intersecting with your field or career?
- Have you been able to apply concepts you have learned in the course to what you do at work or in other courses?
- How, when, where and why you might use this information or skill in the future?
3. Connections to Discipline
- Which courses, either in your major/field or outside of it, and course materials most closely connect to what you have learned?
- In other words, how do you see the knowledge you gained from other courses and your life experience connecting to information and skills from this course?
- How does this help you better understand your own field/major, as well as the world where you live, better?
- How does this prepare you to view the world from a different perspective? Use specific examples.
4. Self-Assessment and Reflection
- What frustrations and challenges did you face this semester?
- How did you resolve these issues?
- How did responding to these challenges influence your learning process?
- How do you envision this knowledge or skill set being useful to you in the future? Use specific examples.