Are you a University of Illinois student doing a James Scholar Learning Agreement for SPAN 232 or 332? ¡Bienvenido/a!

Options:

A. Blog

• Write five blog posts about your experiences. Click here and search for "Student reflections" to see examples from previous semesters. In your first post, present yourself, your experiences with Spanish and what you hope to gain from this project. Your second post should be about the place you are working or the program you are participating in. The other three posts should describe and analyze things that you are learning while in the community.
• Sign the talent/model release form, giving permission to use your image on this site. Turn it in to my box ("Abbott") in 4080 FLB.
• Take a picture to accompany each post and illustrate your experiences in the community. Do not use clip art or stock photos. Do not include the faces of minors in your pictures. If an adult is clearly identifiable in your picture, please have them sign a release. 
• Email your post and pictures to arabbott@illinois.edu. Send the posts at regular intervals, not in clumps.
• If you are unsure about whether or not to do community-based learning, read this student's diario to see how it can greatly enhance your learning.

B. Oral proficiency: face-to-face and on-line 

1. Attend 10 hours of Mi Pueblo conversation sessions. (Consult the website and Facebook page to learn more.) 

     *At each session you attend, ask the discussion leader to sign a document stating that you were there. 

     *Log your attendance on the oral proficiency project page. 

2. Listen to at least four audio files in Spanish from Radio Ambulante. Consult this page to find a complete list of their files.

3. Write a two-page paper in Spanish in which you compare-contrast your experiences with Mi Pueblo and Radio Ambulante. Scroll down to the correct semester and upload the paper to this page.

C. Language learning social media networks

1.  Choose one of these language learning sites (or any others that you find): Italki, Speaky, HiNative, Languing, Lingualia, UniLang or Babbel. Join and use the site for at least one hour a week for a total of at least ten hours. OJO: if you are unhappy with the site you chose, switch! Just note that on your log.

2. Once each week, click here to log your weekly hours and comments: Fall 2020. (Spring 2013; FALL 2012; SPRING 2012; FALL 2011. SPRING 2011; Fall 2010 ; Spring 2010; Fall 2009.)

3. By the last day of classes this semester, click here and insert your two-page analysis of the language-learning social network site(s) you used. Two full pages in Spanish; anything less will not be evaluated and you will not receive honors credit. I am particularly interested in your analysis of what you learned--vocabulary, grammar, cultural knowledge, etc.--and how the experience complements (or not) your coursework.  

4. Have fun with the project! Students report that they learn a lot and make friends by using the "chat" feature.  Jump in and chat right away!

D. Videos that accompany Comunidades: Más allá del aula

• Go to the Comunidades Companion Website. (Comunidades is the textbook used for SPAN 232.)
• Watch all the videos. (Click on the dropdown menu beside "Select Chapter:" click on "Unidad 1;" click "Go." On the left navigation area, click on "Videos;" there you will see all the videos.)
• Write a four-page analysis, in Spanish, that answers this question: What did you learn from the videos, and how would you apply that knowledge if you were in SPAN 232 or had a job working with recent immigrants.
• Post your essay here. 

D. Propose your own project

If you have a different idea of what you would like to do for your honors project, let me know about it. Send an e-mail to arabbott@illinois.edu. I want your experience to be meaningful and for you to learn, so your ideas are welcome.

Spring 2017

Emily Brown 232