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Exploring Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cultural activities were always very interesting to read about. My favorite cultural activity reading was for the clothing unit which was unit 11. They talked a lot about body positivity and how it influenced their fashion choices and I thought it was very interesting. I also thought it was cool how they talked about what styles were in. I enjoyed the cultural sections because they gave me a glimpse of what life is like for people in other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Engaging in Communities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engaging in communities whether it be local, online, or even in a school or workplace is important because it lets you connect, interact, and learn about those around you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interpersonal Communication<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The TalkAbroad assignments were great in more ways than one. Of course, they did cause me some anxiety in the sense that I was worried I would not understand the language enough to hold a conversation but they challenged to me think both critically and quickly to keep the conversation going. Something I liked about TalkAbroad was that I was able to engage with someone from another country in real time. I liked being able to learn what life is like for them. Another thing I liked about TalkAbroad was how you could be more spontaneous with how I spoke. I personally do not enjoy reading from a script so I found the TalkAbroad assignments quite enjoyable. During this semester I also had other assignments that I had to speak in. For these, I had to have a specific script prepared so that way I would be able to touch on all of the details that I wanted to include. The assignment where we had to record a timeline of an art museum or art piece was quite challenging for me not because I could not understand the assignment but because I had lost my voice and was struggling to speak. The main way I overcome challenges when speaking in another language is I practice my pronunciation of complicated words over and over before I record my presentation. That way I am more familiar with the word when it comes time for me to say it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presentational Speaking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like I said before the speaking assignments this semester was quite a struggle for me since I had lost my voice. For example, I did an assignment on el museo del oro and as the video went on the worse my voice became. There was not much I was able to do since my voice was practically gone so I am pretty disappointed that I was not able to my ability to speak Spanish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presentational Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing wise I struggle a bit when it comes to using past or future tense. Unit 16 in LingroLearning required a partner and I to write out a script for a conversation about a miscommunication and then create a video of us acting out that scrit. When I comes to writing in a different language I often worry if what I am writing will make sense to anyone who is reading it. Another assignment that required me to crate a script was for unit 14. In unit 14 I was tasked with creating a script about el museo del oro and for me the most challenging part of that was making sure that I had the right congugations in the right places. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interpretive Listening<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main listening activity that comes to mind was from unit 12, the ecotourism unit. During this unit we listened to exerpts from El mochilero verde<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and had to figure out what was going on in the conversation by listening. The main problems I had with these listening activities was understanding how some of the words being spoken were supposed to be spelled when actually taking notes of what I was listening to. Spelling is already a challenge for me in English so naturally to was twice as hard to do in Spanish. I did enjoy this unit though because it challenged me to think critically of what was actually being said. In the end I eventually got the hang of my listening skills and this lead me to doing well on the LingroLearning assignments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interpretive Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unit 11, the clothing unit was more reading based. Luckily for me this unit was very straightforward for me because I was already familiar with most of the vocab in this unit from previously learning it through Duolingo and elementry\/middle school. I have never struggled too much when it came to reading in Spanish unless I was completely unfamiliar with the vocab. Also since reading is such an important aspect of a learning and understanding a language I would find myself subcontiously trying to absorb more information through a reading format. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exploring Culture The cultural activities were always very interesting to read about. My favorite cultural activity reading was for the clothing unit which was unit 11. They talked a lot about body positivity and how it influenced their fashion choices and I thought it was very interesting. I also thought it was cool how they… <\/p>\n

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