SPAN 301S: Service Learning in the Chicano / Latino Community
Course description
This course is part of your Spanish language learning experience, and offers you the opportunity to interact in a personal way with members of the local Latino community, thereby enriching your understanding of Hispanic cultures and the Spanish language. As a community-based learning experience, the course provides students with career-related experience working collaboratively with community agencies to address community concerns / issues. [Prereq: (Junior or Senior Standing) and (SPAN 202: Intermediate Spanish II (4 units)) and (WLC Spanish Majors Only)]
This course meets MLO 2 because it talks about Language. Also, it meets MLO 3 for it talks about Culture.
This course is part of your Spanish language learning experience, and offers you the opportunity to interact in a personal way with members of the local Latino community, thereby enriching your understanding of Hispanic cultures and the Spanish language. As a community-based learning experience, the course provides students with career-related experience working collaboratively with community agencies to address community concerns / issues. [Prereq: (Junior or Senior Standing) and (SPAN 202: Intermediate Spanish II (4 units)) and (WLC Spanish Majors Only)]
This course meets MLO 2 because it talks about Language. Also, it meets MLO 3 for it talks about Culture.
Course Narrative
The course 301s was about service learning. I made my community hours in an elementary school. First at all, I was volunteering in Jesse G Sanchez Elementary School in the After School Program. The school is located in Salinas CA. There, I knew new people. I met Mr. Lopez who tell me to call him “Mr. L.”. The reason that he told me to name him like that is because there are like six persons with the same last name. I was working for that teacher, so I helped students with their homework in Spanish and English. Basically, I helped them to understand it because I wanted that they will be able to do it by themselves. For example, if a student had a question about Math or English, I answered that question. Not only helped students to do their homework, but when they have free time they used to go to play in the playground, and I took care about them. In addition, I had a better communication with them, so I really motivated them. Also, on Wednesdays we used to pick up garbage that was thrown in the school. Also, I gain the knowledge of having experience working with students. Also, the knowledge that I gain is that students speak Spanish and it really helped me because my major is spanish. The area that I wish to develop further is to improve my English especially in Speaking it. I think this class has a connection with my SPAN 301 class because in both class I was able to communicate orally more with my classmate. Also, they have connection for I practice my grammar.
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