Interpretive, Interpersonal, and Presentational Modes of Communication

Hello!!! This section will be for my work in SPAN 102!  

Instructions

Exploring Culture

In English, give a brief description of products and practices that helped you gain understanding of cultural perspectives. Remember not to make value judgments or comparisons of better/worse or right/wrong. Different is just different. You are talking about your growth of understanding.

Then, in a short paragraph write your reflection. Some questions that may help you process your reflections are: In what way did these products and practices help you better understand values and attitudes in the Hispanic culture as well as your own? How did these products and practices challenge your worldview? What challenges did these perspectives reveal to you? How did it cause you to work through a stereotype or misconception you had and cause you to view the world from a different perspective? Use specific examples.

Engaging in Communities

The Spanish language brings together a lot of countries. The diversity within the culture gives Spanish-Speaking people everywhere a way to connect even with these differences. It was really cool to learn about the Indigenous influence on to these cultures.

Interpersonal Communication

In English, give a very brief 3-4-line description of TalkAbroad and other interpersonal oral/audio activities, discussion board and other interpersonal writing/reading activities you completed this semester inside or outside of class for or related to your Spanish learning. (See Modes of Communication link for definition and examples).

Then, in a short paragraph or two, write a reflection that includes each type of the interpersonal (spontaneous, unplanned) communication activities: telecollaborative (TalkAbroad) conversations, discussion board posts, and any other interpersonal exchange.  Explain how you’ve grown with each assignment/activity. What was difficult and how did you overcome that difficulty? What did you excel at and why/how? What/how did you learn from it and would you do differently next time?

Presentational Speaking

Presentational Writing

In unit 5 of Spanish 102 we were required to do a brochure.

Rustic-Photo-Video-Services-Brochure

This brochure was a really cool activity. I like designing things so it was fun. The Casa Sativa is a real place! It’s gorgeous and I’d love to go there.

Interpretive Listening

For listening I used this guy right here who taught me everything this semester! I would do these tutorials multiple times and listen to him talk to practice for my talking.

Interpretive Reading

For interpretive reading, I chose to show a menu. I think this is one of the easiest ways to learn a language; thinking of the simple things like reading a menu to learn. I love food so learning the food was so much fun! Here is one of the menus we looked at.