Before I started to learn Spanish, I couldn’t pronounce the words correctly and I couldnt spell the words in Spanish. From doing flip grids and doing oral exams, Ive gotten better over time while practicing talking in Spanish and have gotten good grades on them. My Strengths were listening to people talk in Spanish and can repeat what they were saying back to them. I had a lot of these for my quizzes this semester and got ten out of ten on them for being so good at doing that. I used to have to practice hours target well for the accent for Spanish. That used to be my weakness. Now I’m really good at it and have approved of that.

What helped me gain a cultural perspective was the traditions, history, and cultural practices of Spanish-speaking countries around the globe. I learned about it from a friend that is Dominican and talks Spanish. Ive learned a lot from her.

Ive gone to Puerto Rico for vacation. It was a great experience. Ive kind of talked to the workers and people in Spanish and it went well 

Why is Community Engagement Important? It is important because gives us a sense of belonging. It enables us to share personal relatedness and support perpetual growth of each other, ourselves and our environment.

Reading Spanish can be daunting. You have strange new words, accents, and symbols that you’ve never seen in English. It can look like a monster growling at you.

There are several letter sounds in Spanish that is similar to English but the ones that aren’t familiar to our ears can be hard to comprehend. Letters like ñ, ll, and the hard rr sound can trip up non-native Spanish speakers. This is because these sounds are truly foreign to us.

The things i do to help with spanish and the activities I did out of class.

If you’re listening to a lesson and reading along, read out loud. Then re-read and speed up your tempo. Do this again and again until you can speak faster. Try your best to pronounce the words correctly, but don’t obsess about it. Read swiftly, emote and put some inflection on the sentences. Reading aloud helps to train the muscles of your mouth and diaphragm to produce unfamiliar words and sounds.

As you may know from experience, most learners run out of things to say. But, if you prepare lines ahead of time, you won’t be at a loss for words in conversations. This will help you not only to learn how to say the words, but how to say them in the right context.

Then, write a short reflection paragraph that includes the activities you described above. What was unclear or challenging for you? How did you overcome this difficulty? What did you find most interesting or compelling? What was your takeaway from the reading? How have you grown with each assignment?