MLO 1: Language Proficiency
The student sustains performance in speaking, listening, reading and writing at the Advanced level of language proficiency, as outlined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL):
● 1.1 Speaking ability: The student is able to satisfy the requirements of everyday situations and routine school and work requirements. Can communicate facts and talk casually about topics of current public and personal interest, using general vocabulary. The student can be understood without difficulty by native speakers.
● 1.2 Listening ability: The student is able to understand main ideas and most details of connected discourse on a variety of topics beyond the immediacy of the situation. Comprehension may be uneven due to a variety of linguistic factors and topics.
● 1.3 Reading ability: The student is able to read prose selections of several paragraphs in length, particularly if printed clearly and if prose is in familiar sentence patterns. Reader understands the main ideas and facts but may miss some details. At this level the student can read such texts as descriptions, narratives, short stories, news items and routine personal and business correspondence.
● 1.4 Writing ability: The student is able to write routine social correspondence and join sentences in simple discourse of at least several paragraphs in length on familiar topics, and is able to express him/herself simply with some circumlocution. Good control of the most frequently used syntactic structures, but makes frequent errors in producing complex sentences. Writing is understandable to natives not used to the writing of nonnatives.
● 1.1 Speaking ability: The student is able to satisfy the requirements of everyday situations and routine school and work requirements. Can communicate facts and talk casually about topics of current public and personal interest, using general vocabulary. The student can be understood without difficulty by native speakers.
● 1.2 Listening ability: The student is able to understand main ideas and most details of connected discourse on a variety of topics beyond the immediacy of the situation. Comprehension may be uneven due to a variety of linguistic factors and topics.
● 1.3 Reading ability: The student is able to read prose selections of several paragraphs in length, particularly if printed clearly and if prose is in familiar sentence patterns. Reader understands the main ideas and facts but may miss some details. At this level the student can read such texts as descriptions, narratives, short stories, news items and routine personal and business correspondence.
● 1.4 Writing ability: The student is able to write routine social correspondence and join sentences in simple discourse of at least several paragraphs in length on familiar topics, and is able to express him/herself simply with some circumlocution. Good control of the most frequently used syntactic structures, but makes frequent errors in producing complex sentences. Writing is understandable to natives not used to the writing of nonnatives.
Integrated Narrative
[Note] Assessed in Capstone*
Through the class WLC 400: WLC Major Capstone, MLO 1: Language Proficiency will be completed. The abilities of speaking, listening, reading and writing in Spanish will eventually be proven to my faculty through mini-presentations, the final paper, and the final presentation. My speaking abilities will be assessed during the final mini Spanish presentations as well as the 20 minute final presentation. With a question and answer period following the presentation, my listening abilities will be put to the test as I have to understand the questions asked in Spanish while responding in Spanish as well. My reading abilities will shown as my presentation is a literary analysis of Pablo Neruda's poetry; reading is key in the investigation and research. Finally my writing abilities will be documented in my final paper.
These abilities are evidence of many years of hard work through community college and state college systems, and I am extremely proud of them. Studying a subject like the Spanish language provides one with the pleasantry of witnessing progress. I can remember when these key skills were at the most basic of levels and/or non-existent, and when I analyze my improvements I feel accomplished and excited. The areas that I see the most improvement in are my speaking abilities and my listening abilities. Studying abroad in Chile, I believe, is the simple reason these areas thrived so greatly. With the necessity to communicate on a daily basis really pushed me to master these two skills. In the future I think it would be of great benefit to continue working on my reading and writing abilities in Spanish since they are my weaker of the 4. All in all, my capstone will bring light to these abilities through my presentation, paper, and the question and answer.
Through the class WLC 400: WLC Major Capstone, MLO 1: Language Proficiency will be completed. The abilities of speaking, listening, reading and writing in Spanish will eventually be proven to my faculty through mini-presentations, the final paper, and the final presentation. My speaking abilities will be assessed during the final mini Spanish presentations as well as the 20 minute final presentation. With a question and answer period following the presentation, my listening abilities will be put to the test as I have to understand the questions asked in Spanish while responding in Spanish as well. My reading abilities will shown as my presentation is a literary analysis of Pablo Neruda's poetry; reading is key in the investigation and research. Finally my writing abilities will be documented in my final paper.
These abilities are evidence of many years of hard work through community college and state college systems, and I am extremely proud of them. Studying a subject like the Spanish language provides one with the pleasantry of witnessing progress. I can remember when these key skills were at the most basic of levels and/or non-existent, and when I analyze my improvements I feel accomplished and excited. The areas that I see the most improvement in are my speaking abilities and my listening abilities. Studying abroad in Chile, I believe, is the simple reason these areas thrived so greatly. With the necessity to communicate on a daily basis really pushed me to master these two skills. In the future I think it would be of great benefit to continue working on my reading and writing abilities in Spanish since they are my weaker of the 4. All in all, my capstone will bring light to these abilities through my presentation, paper, and the question and answer.