Products and practices that helped me gain understanding of cultural perspectives is LingroHub. It has a lot of different activities, like listening, vocabulary and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This product helped me better understand values and attitudes in the Hispanic culture as well my own by introducing me to parts of the culture. I learned about different reasons people make certain foods, like on birthdays and holidays, and it was an enlightening experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Engaging in Communities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is a lot of importance of engaging in my immediate community and the global community. Many parts of the US have communities that have bilinguism between English and Spanish, and it can be useful comminating for others, both in person and online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reflect on your experience and participation in these communities. Include artifacts such as photos, audio\/video clips, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TalkAbroad was an interesting website to use. It was pretty simple to use and sign up for with not too many hoops to jump through. It was also easy search for a conversation partner and sign up for a time to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I went into the TalkAbroad conversations fairly worried. Though once I started talking to my conversation partners, I found that I probably knew more than I thought. Though I think if I were to do it again I would probably go over the vocabulary more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Presentational Speaking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The presentational speaking activity I completed was one in which I talked about a dish I like. I talked about the ingredients, and the steps needed to make it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the presentations I completed, I was challenged in the sense that I sometimes struggled to not either speak too slowly or rush through the words. What I would would try to go over what I am going to say a bit more next time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n