My First Spanish Speaking Video
Reflexión:
I feel that I exceeded in pronunciation, and communicating with my partner. Because of my good communication, my partner and I were able to have a solid conversation. Also, with enough practice, I spoke fluently in the majority of what I was supposed to say.
For me, the most difficult part of developing in Spanish is understanding the right sentence structure. I got a lot of help from my peers throughout this small project, but without them, I wouldn’t have said the right words or phrases. Using a Spanish translator on a website is most definitely not accurate, so I went to ask my teacher and peers for better help.
I really want to advance Spanish so I can talk to my boyfriend’s parents, and other native speakers from my church. To increase in my comfort with the language, I’ll be practicing every single day on the app, “Duolingo,” and practice speaking with my friends. Practicing with my friends will give me a better understanding of how to speak in a conversation and get me more used to talking to people (rather than just practicing on the app).
My partner, Marissa, was extraordinary. She always eager to say more, and to practice. We both helped each other out with pronunciation, and speaking slow enough.
I feel that I exceeded in pronunciation, and communicating with my partner. Because of my good communication, my partner and I were able to have a solid conversation. Also, with enough practice, I spoke fluently in the majority of what I was supposed to say.
For me, the most difficult part of developing in Spanish is understanding the right sentence structure. I got a lot of help from my peers throughout this small project, but without them, I wouldn’t have said the right words or phrases. Using a Spanish translator on a website is most definitely not accurate, so I went to ask my teacher and peers for better help.
I really want to advance Spanish so I can talk to my boyfriend’s parents, and other native speakers from my church. To increase in my comfort with the language, I’ll be practicing every single day on the app, “Duolingo,” and practice speaking with my friends. Practicing with my friends will give me a better understanding of how to speak in a conversation and get me more used to talking to people (rather than just practicing on the app).
My partner, Marissa, was extraordinary. She always eager to say more, and to practice. We both helped each other out with pronunciation, and speaking slow enough.
Maps of Latin America
This is my first draft of my map. Our class was challenged to write down as much as you could on the Latin American map by yourself, and to be honest, I knew almost nothing. I only knew where Brazil was, Mexico, and Honduras, and there are still thirty more countries to write down. After enduring this challenge, we confronted our table groups with what we had. The majority of everyone's maps were messily labeled and scribbled on, and mine was mainly blank.
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Luckily, we were given a second chance for redemption, and were allowed to bring out computers to find where the correct countries are. This map in this photo is much more organized than my first draft, and I have a list on the side of the countries that I was unable to write in. I listed the countries, capitals, and languages. However, I believe that there's much more to improve on. For example, I would like to outline the map in color, and list the rest of the countries that are missing.
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While completing my second draft, I also completed a set of questions centered around this subject of Latin Americans.
1)What do immigrant populations look like in L.A.?
Immigrants who move between countries in Latin America have more trouble than those moving to the United States. Middle Eastern immigrants have maintained an influential presence in Latin America. There's also Italian and Spanish Immigrants in Argentina, and their experience there is well known. Most move to outlive hardships, and to live better lives economically. This has reduced the availability of land caused both Italians and Spanish emigrants to seek opportunity. Japanese, Portugal, Italians, Spain, Argentina, Paraguay, and many other people from countries move to Brazil. In Argentina, most immigrate from Paraguay, Bolivia, and Chile. In Chile, immigration grew by 30.54% between 2000 and 2005.
2) What do language barriers looks like in L.A.?
1)What do immigrant populations look like in L.A.?
Immigrants who move between countries in Latin America have more trouble than those moving to the United States. Middle Eastern immigrants have maintained an influential presence in Latin America. There's also Italian and Spanish Immigrants in Argentina, and their experience there is well known. Most move to outlive hardships, and to live better lives economically. This has reduced the availability of land caused both Italians and Spanish emigrants to seek opportunity. Japanese, Portugal, Italians, Spain, Argentina, Paraguay, and many other people from countries move to Brazil. In Argentina, most immigrate from Paraguay, Bolivia, and Chile. In Chile, immigration grew by 30.54% between 2000 and 2005.
2) What do language barriers looks like in L.A.?
Old Map of North America
1) Who did the map favor? Why?
This is a map from the 1820's, and it represents where the slave states are, and the free states. The red-striped area represented free territories. The red states represented the free states, is where slavery was illegal. However, the green states show where slavery was legal. In addition to that, the striped green states show where slavery territory was, and where slavery was legal. 2)What has happened since, and who was affected? Thanks to the adoption of the 13th Amendment, everyone in the United States was assured that slavery and involuntary service was indeed, illegal. The 13th Amendment states, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Before the American Civil war, leaders like Abe Lincoln wanted to stop slavery from spreading to other states, instead of completely abolishing it. Most Southern Politicians strongly disliked this idea, for they didn't want slavery not to spread. Their reasoning was that they believed if United States was completely free, it was would the U.S.'s power against them. Eventually, on December 18th, the 13th Amendment was officially adopted into the United States. |
Second Spanish Video
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I really loved the process of making this video. I had the same partner as last time, and she's still a joy to work with. We both worked very hard towards memorizing our script, and keeping the conversation sound casual. Creating a casual conversation was very difficult, because you forget what a casual conversation sounds like. Although memorizing the long lines were difficult, it was fun to work towards knowing how to make them and how to pronounce new vocabulary words.
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