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. 

Tutorials are available:

• Embedding a PDF
• Embedding Media (Images, Audio)
• Embedding a Video

An Effective Reflection Is:

• Written in English.
• A demonstration, explanation, comparison of skill and growth described through what you learned and the challenges you had in that learning while highlighting your best work.
• A discussion of how you overcame any weakness or obstacles. Explain what you mean.
• Supported by evidence as represented by your artifacts (course materials, photographs, video, conversations, projects, news reports, authentic materials, etc.).
• Specific, addressing particular strengths, weakness, skills, transformative experiences, etc., avoiding vague generalizations (ex: “I learned a lot.”).

An Effective Reflection is not

• Only sharing an artifact without context or discussion.
• Only a description or explanation of an artifact. Focus on your learning and growth as a result of having completed that experience.
• An attempt to justify your work to an instructor. Instead, think more broadly about future audiences that might benefit from seeing evidence of your work and the skills you are developing.

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.

Instructions

Exploring Culture

One practice/ unit that really helped me gain knowledge on hispanic culture was the Finita project unit . For this project we had to create a immigration story for Finita and her family.

reflection: I really enjoyed this project and learned a lot about hispanic culture. I learned about immigration and how that effects a family. I also enjoyed getting to dive in and create my own story with the knowledge I gained throughout the project. I learned about the naturalization process and how that is celebrated in hispanic culture.

Engaging in Communities

It is so important to engage with a community when learning Spanish. That is why I really enjoyed getting to do activities like el eclipse. This example is a matching activity.

Reflection: through out the el eclipse activities I felt apart of the hispanic story telling community. I enjoyed learning how and why they write these stories. I also enjoyed engaging with my classmates during thus unit. I feel my goal was to get engaged and I did with this unit.

Interpersonal Communication

Talkaboard gave me the chance to communicate with a native Spanish speaker. My partner was amazing and patient with me. We talked about style and what we like to do n everyday life.

I really enjoyed talkabroad. I find it much easier to communicate over telecommunication because im less nervous. My partner did a great job at making sure I didnt feel pressure. I learned a lot from my partner and felt it was definitely interpersonal. I didnt prepare before which I felt worked to my benefit. Thats because I didnt over think and just went with the flow oof conversation. I truly enjoyed this project and would love to do it again.

Presentational Speaking

In Spanish 201 we did a good amount of presentational speaking. My favorite activity was when we did the ecotourism project. In this activity we got to choose a Spanish speaking country to research and talk about ecotourism in a video vlog.

 

I really enjoyed the ecotourism project because of the amount I learned. Speaking into a camera was pretty difficult for me but made me better at Spanish speaking. I got to learn a lot about Bolivia and talking about it over and over to make the vlog was great practice. If I was to do it again I would make my video a bit longer and work harder at pronunciation.

Presentational Writing

My favorite writing activity was the text message project. We worked with a partner to create a dialogue using the future tense and conditional.

I enjoyed this because it was creative. we got to work with another student which is always good because you learn more from then and bounce ideas off each other. I liked using the future tense to create a future problem we would have to solve. Doing this taught me to text in Spanish. I also enjoyed getting to create text aberrations in Spanish.

Interpretive Listening

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Hablar 16-1 Interpretar la entonación was my favorite listening activity this semester. We had to listen to each option and choose how the statement was being said.

I did find this activity challenging . to tell the difference in the pronunciation was very hard and tedious. I enjoyed challenging myself. I also found it useful to hear how Spanish speakers express themselves using different tones. I struggle to differentiate different tones. Overall I found this activity helpful for my future listening skills.

Interpretive Reading

I choose Hablar 16-2 Una conversación escrita as my reading activity. In this activity we were asked to read a statement and determine if it is logical or not. It was very engaging and helped me to understand the right way sentences should look in Spanish.

This activity was very useful for my reading Spanish skills. I found it hard to recognize the subtle differences and mistakes in the sentences. Although difficult I found it really helpful because it helped me point out mistakes that are made in the Spanish language when it comes to reading and answering.