For Spanish 101, I was faced with a lot of challenges. During high school, I completed four semesters of Spanish, and I considered myself not fluent but rather capable in the language. When I began the class this semester, I believed it would be easy with my experience. I realized my weakness is my lack of use of the language; if I am not having regular interactions in Spanish, I will easily forget it. Class time really helped me overcome my weakness by letting me have the conversations I needed with the gentle corrections from the professor. I think that the introduction class prepared me fully for the next three semesters of Spanish that I will have to take. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the class, I did a series of projects, which consisted of two written projects and two videos. The two written projects are below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Project one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a1Hola! Mi nombre es Lainey y mi apellido es Sharratt. Tengo diecinueve a\u00f1os y mi correo electr\u00f3nico es lshar010@odu.edu. Mi n\u00famero de tel\u00e9fono es (816) 912 – 9222. Soy de Des Moines, Iowa. Mi fecha de nacimiento treinta julio del dos mil tres. Yo soy activa y c\u00f3mica. Yo estoy contenta y yo tengo hambr\u00e9 y fr\u00edo.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Project two:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
El lunes tengo que desayunar, ir a la clase de arte moderno, ir a clase de espa\u00f1ol. Martes ir a la siesta.\u00a0\u00a1Me gusta! Luego ve a la clase de arte moderno y ve a practicar yoga. Mi\u00e9rcoles tengo que trabajar, no me gusta trabajar. Luego ve a la clase de arte antiguo ya la clase de espa\u00f1ol. Jueves ir a practicar yoga y desayunar. Ve a la clase de estudio de mujeres. Ve a dormir la siesta y ve a cenar. El viernes es muy dif\u00edcil . Tengo que trabajar son seis horas. Ir a dormir la siests ir a estudiar despu\u00e9s de la siesta. Por la noche voy a bailar con mis amigas.\u00a0 El s\u00e1bado tambi\u00e9n es muy dif\u00edcil. Media horas es trabajar hasta siete medias horas. Luego ve a practicar yoga y ve a estudiar. El domingo tambi\u00e9n es duro. Yo estudio todo el dia. No es bueno. Mi calendario es muy dif\u00edcil.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I believe that the growth seen between the two written projects is vocabulary, as I have struggled with conjugation and grammar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the class, it was required of me to analyze a Spanish-speaking culture, look at its values, and see how it differs from my school perhaps. The practice of studying another culture in this class was interesting for a language course, but it did help me understand more things. I believe that this practice has challenged my worldview by allowing me to look at university websites in other countries, and see how they differed from my own university website; there is really no large difference between the websites. I had previously believed that maybe Spanish-speaking countries would have no English translations on their websites, but this misconception was proved wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This class has helped me remember basic introductory Spanish, which has been useful in previous jobs I have worked. Even recently, in my current job, I found a use for the Spanish I have learned. This may not impact a community on a large scale, but it does impact a person’s day, ideally in a positive way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I never participated in TalkAbroad, but I can relate this prompt to the oral interviews I had with my professor. The oral interviews were rather difficult at first, as I consider them my first time genuinely speaking Spanish, but as the interviews occurred more often I began to get more comfortable with the language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the video projects, I participated in what I consider presentational speaking. I do think that I am good at presentational speaking, although I have difficulties with pronunciation. I stutter on my words and which syllables to stress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When it comes to presentational writing, I do believe that I am not as good at it. I have many difficulties spelling Spanish words and placing accent marks in the correct area. This has not been discussed in class as much as perhaps pronunciation and vocabulary have been. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Listening activities I have participated in this semester are mainly class time and oral interviews. I believe that I am good at picking out certain Spanish words and understanding them, but I struggle to fully understand a sentence or question. It has been challenging, but expanding my vocabulary and better understanding the grammar of Spanish has helped me greatly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
LingroLearning has helped me improve my interpretive reading. I believe that regularly reading Spanish has helped me learn not only more vocabulary but also how to write better myself. I think that my ability has grown after having had to read so much this past semester. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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For Spanish 101, I was faced with a lot of challenges. During high school, I completed four semesters of Spanish, and I considered myself not fluent but rather capable in the language. When I began the class this semester, I believed it would be easy with my experience. I realized my weakness is my lack… <\/p>\n