Interpretive, Interpersonal, and Presentational Modes of Communication
In Spanish 101, we utilized Lingro learning in and out of class and looked at universities’ websites in Latin-speaking nations and search engines to learn about these nations’ cultures. The cultural study component of the Lingro learning modules introduced me to anything from the different types of Spanish and social media to the customs of Latin American-speaking nations.
I discovered from the class that although our nations have numerous differences, they also have many things in common. Social media was brought up in a lingo model stating what social media platform was most commonly used in various countries. Instagram and Snapchat were apparent on the graph, but it turns out that, unlike America, WhatsApp was used more than anything in Spanish-speaking countries.
Artifacts
Me llamo nombre es michael. Mi apellido es Chaale. Tengo veinte años. Mi correo electrónico sample@outlook.com. El número de teléfono es (phone number). Soy de Sterling Virginia. Mi fecha de nacimiento es el 9 de Diciembre de 2002. Soy inteligente y atlético. Estoy cansado. Tengo problemas de ira.
This was our first project where we shared about ourselves.
this was our conversation project
This project was to show our Spanish skills by giving a tour of our campus.
Interpersonal Communication
During class, we would have discussion boards where we would be given a prompt and have to write about it in Spanish; then, we would, as a class, discuss our answers in Spanish. We would also take turns sharing what we like to do, our schedules, and other activities we do in Spanish. The teacher would often ask us questions for us to reply in Spanish with
Presentational Speaking
We would be asked to talk in Spanish during class on different topics, such as what we do in a day or our favorite extracurriculars. Each of us would take turns responding to our teacher’s questions in Spanish.
I’ve had a lot of trouble understanding what my professor says, which made it very difficult to respond. I studied vocabulary verbs and adjectives and knew them well enough to form a sentence, but I would never get what she said when it was put together. I would take more time to practice sentences instead of just trying to remember words because putting them together on the spot is very difficult.
Presentational Writing
We didn’t do much presenting, but we would make videos of conversing in Spanish or showing our campus and talking about each building in Spanish.
These projects were just a pain. I didn’t learn anything from them, and they were overcomplicated and hard to make, considering I have minimal video editing skills. They are a fun idea, but they need to be constructed better. On the other hand, commenting on others’ projects was beneficial because it was easy to understand what my classmates were saying and respond to them in Spanish. If I were to do this again, I would go around campus and talk about the buildings while I’m next to them.
Interpretive Listening
When we started this class, I did not know any Spanish. We would primarily speak in Spanish. It wasn’t easy to understand at first, but as we progressed, it became easy.
Trying to figure out what people say in Spanish is still tricky. I’ve seen that many different types of Spanish are spoken based on where you are. There are a lot of other words and pronunciations that confuse me. When people talk to me in Spanish, I can barely understand them.
Interpretive Reading
We used lingrolearning throughout the class. It is a website that teaches you Spanish by having you do modules.
lingrolearning did absolutely nothing for me. I did every single model and only learned by reading the vocabulary documents. Trying to listen and write out what people were saying was hard. The videos were too long, and they talked too fast, so I had to watch them at least ten times. Filling in sentences with verbs or nouns was infuriating. I hated lingrolearning, and it was just a way to get around actually teaching us.