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Subject: Spanish |
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| Teacher Name: Mr. Filoramo |
Date: ___________________ |
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Talk It Up!
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| Introduction: |
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The Spanish language is spoken in 15 of the 19 countries in South and Central America and in a few in North America as well. Apparently el Espanol is a pretty big deal. Do you speak Spanish? Are you only just beginning to learn? How do you use the Spanish language to communicate?
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You will have to learn about 3 ways in which the Spanish language is used by people to communicate with each other.
1. You need to bring to class a physical representation of each of those 3 ways of communicating and demonstrate them to the class.
2. You need to write a brief, clear report of what you researched and how you got all your information.
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| Process: |
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Start by thinking about different ways you use your native language to communicate: talking out loud to your parents or family members; writing a letter, a story, or a poem; sending text messages to friends; hearing a song or a commercial advertisement on the radio; etc. You need identify three ways you most commonly use your language to communicate, and then you will think about how a Spanish-speaker might also communicate in those three ways. For example, if you listen to the radio in English everyday, you need to find a local radio station which only uses Spanish. Or if you like reading books written by American authors, find one written in Spanish.
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Look on YouTube.com for examples of actors or even family members and friends talking with each other in Spanish.
Try http://noticias.terra.com/ for news reports written in Spanish.
Use the microphone or sound recorder on your computer to record your friends or family conversing in Spanish.
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| Evaluation: |
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Excellent: If your 3 methods of communication are diverse; if you effectively demonstrated those methods to the class; if your report covered all the necessary information about your research.
Fair: If you had 3 examples, but they were too similar to each other; if you didn't demonstrate one of your examples for the class; if your report wasn't specific about how you got your information.
Poor: If you provided fewer than 3 examples of Spanish communication; if you came unprepared to demonstrate fewer than 2 examples to the class; if you did not write accurately about your research.
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| Conclusion: |
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This project was designed to help you, as students, come to understand that, although Spanish is a language that is foreign to English-speakers, it is used in real life by real people to communicate the same things English-speakers try to communicate. Did you think this assignment helped you connect with communication in a new language? Email me with your feedback.
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