Event Title
Getting a "Feel" for the Culture of a Spanish-Speaking Country
Location
CSU
Student's Major
World Languages and Cultures
Student's College
Arts and Humanities
Mentor's Name
James Grabowska
Mentor's Department
World Languages and Cultures
Mentor's College
Arts and Humanities
Description
One of the goals of second-language study is to increase knowledge and understanding of the cultures that use that language. In the case of Spanish, it is very difficult to master all the cultures of the countries in which Spanish is spoken. However, it is possible to learn about one. My presentation includes an interactive multimedia document that demonstrates my experiences with the culture of a Spanish-speaking country through different media (drawing, composing, arranging, designing, compiling, filming, etc.). The multimedia project embraces languages such as music, drawings, films, and sound affects (in addition to spoken and written Spanish), and allows me to express my understanding of what I have researched in a more comprehensive way. The objective is to be able to share the information I have gathered, learned, and interpreted with a larger audience of classmates, peers, future employers, friends, and family. I will demonstrate that I have greater "ownership" of my learning, because I will be able to show how I used digital technologies, conducted research, read and understood a variety of materials in a second language, and made appropriate choices in content, media, and artistic expression for my project.
Getting a "Feel" for the Culture of a Spanish-Speaking Country
CSU
One of the goals of second-language study is to increase knowledge and understanding of the cultures that use that language. In the case of Spanish, it is very difficult to master all the cultures of the countries in which Spanish is spoken. However, it is possible to learn about one. My presentation includes an interactive multimedia document that demonstrates my experiences with the culture of a Spanish-speaking country through different media (drawing, composing, arranging, designing, compiling, filming, etc.). The multimedia project embraces languages such as music, drawings, films, and sound affects (in addition to spoken and written Spanish), and allows me to express my understanding of what I have researched in a more comprehensive way. The objective is to be able to share the information I have gathered, learned, and interpreted with a larger audience of classmates, peers, future employers, friends, and family. I will demonstrate that I have greater "ownership" of my learning, because I will be able to show how I used digital technologies, conducted research, read and understood a variety of materials in a second language, and made appropriate choices in content, media, and artistic expression for my project.
