MLOs (Major Learning Outcomes)
MLO 1: LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
In the Core requirements, SLHC majors complete two required language classes (Spanish 301 plus one other from SPAN 302; SPAN 303; SPAN305; SPAN 313; SPAN 315, SPAN 345). In addition, students’ performance and proficiency in the target language is developed through their enrollment and active participation in those courses in the program that are taught in Spanish.
- Students are able to communicate effectively in Spanish in three modes: interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational, and in a culturally appropriate manner in a variety of social and professional settings and circumstances at the Advanced Low level of language proficiency, according to ACTFL Guidelines.
In the Core requirements, SLHC majors complete two required language classes (Spanish 301 plus one other from SPAN 302; SPAN 303; SPAN305; SPAN 313; SPAN 315, SPAN 345). In addition, students’ performance and proficiency in the target language is developed through their enrollment and active participation in those courses in the program that are taught in Spanish.
MLO 1
As a Spanish speaker I feel that it is my responsibility to better maintain and improve my Spanish-speaking skills so that they can be better than the day before. As a Spanish major I believe that engaging in interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication is a key step to better improving one's language skills. This MLO is one that I have been working towards meeting throughout my major in several different ways. To improve my skills in the interpersonal mode, I was able to talk and engage with my fellow classmates and professors at a level I was comfortable with and able to speak. This way I was able to acquire understanding of all the topics that we covered every day in my Spanish courses. The course through which I most practiced this MLO was my SPAN 304 course, as a result of the interpersonal work with interpretations and readings of literature we completed in class, some of my classmates and I had the opportunity to present a famous poem called “Soneto” by José de Espronceda. We worked as a group to present the poem and to talk about what we each gained after analyzing it. I also practiced the interpretive mode of communication in this same course when we covered poems and other forms of literature. One of the topics that really stood out to me is when we started to cover poems and analyze the way they were written and interpreted. We worked together to fully deconstruct the poem so that we may have a better understanding as to why the poem was written the way it was and discuss amongst ourselves what we got from the poem. For the presentational mode I was pretty much able to practice it in all of my classes. At the end of the semester, throughout several of my courses, we often had to pick topics relating to what we had covered in class and present to the class why we chose the topic plus what it meant to us. For this class in particular we had to take an exam regarding certain stories we had covered in class. Some of the books are “La noche boca arriba” by Julio Cortázar and “No oyes ladrar los perros” by Juan Rulfo. By completing the exam I was able to utilize what I had learned after reading them and help me complete the exam. After taking the classes that fulfilled MLO 1, I feel that my interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational skills improved a lot since when I first began the major. I feel that the most challenging part of the classes was the presentational part out of the classes. For me personally, talking in front of the class has not always been my strongest feat but I feel with the help of my classmates and professors I was able to improve not only this task but also my proficiency in my Spanish skills.
As a Spanish speaker I feel that it is my responsibility to better maintain and improve my Spanish-speaking skills so that they can be better than the day before. As a Spanish major I believe that engaging in interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication is a key step to better improving one's language skills. This MLO is one that I have been working towards meeting throughout my major in several different ways. To improve my skills in the interpersonal mode, I was able to talk and engage with my fellow classmates and professors at a level I was comfortable with and able to speak. This way I was able to acquire understanding of all the topics that we covered every day in my Spanish courses. The course through which I most practiced this MLO was my SPAN 304 course, as a result of the interpersonal work with interpretations and readings of literature we completed in class, some of my classmates and I had the opportunity to present a famous poem called “Soneto” by José de Espronceda. We worked as a group to present the poem and to talk about what we each gained after analyzing it. I also practiced the interpretive mode of communication in this same course when we covered poems and other forms of literature. One of the topics that really stood out to me is when we started to cover poems and analyze the way they were written and interpreted. We worked together to fully deconstruct the poem so that we may have a better understanding as to why the poem was written the way it was and discuss amongst ourselves what we got from the poem. For the presentational mode I was pretty much able to practice it in all of my classes. At the end of the semester, throughout several of my courses, we often had to pick topics relating to what we had covered in class and present to the class why we chose the topic plus what it meant to us. For this class in particular we had to take an exam regarding certain stories we had covered in class. Some of the books are “La noche boca arriba” by Julio Cortázar and “No oyes ladrar los perros” by Juan Rulfo. By completing the exam I was able to utilize what I had learned after reading them and help me complete the exam. After taking the classes that fulfilled MLO 1, I feel that my interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational skills improved a lot since when I first began the major. I feel that the most challenging part of the classes was the presentational part out of the classes. For me personally, talking in front of the class has not always been my strongest feat but I feel with the help of my classmates and professors I was able to improve not only this task but also my proficiency in my Spanish skills.