El Periodismo
Reflection
During this project, students were places into a group and chose a Spanish-speaking country to focus on. Each group wrote newspaper articles that had to do with their selected country that could be anything from current events to an interview. The final piece of the project was compiling all of the articles into a newspaper. My group studied Peru and I chose to write the advertisements for the paper, and do the final formatting of the physical paper.
The part that I enjoyed most about this project was the leniency about what we got to choose. Personally, I find that when I get to choose the subject that I am focused on, I am much more engaged in the project overall. I also enjoyed it being a group project so that there were multiple elements to the paper instead of a single article.
The most challenged part about this project was writing with preterite and imperfect tenses. Though we had done lessons before writing the articles, I still struggled with the conjugations and when to use which tense. But, as soon as I started to decipher the difference between the two, writing the article became much more enjoyable.
This project was extremely valuable when it came to editing the Spanish. When writing in English, it is much easier to see grammatical errors but in Spanish, I am never sure of what is right or wrong. This project provided a great outlet for me to consistently practice my editing skills. For example, I turned in a draft to my teacher Janae, and there was an unbelievably large amount of errors that I had missed so it was good to see her revisions and be able to reflect on them. Eventually, I was able to grasp the main ideas and rules of writing in Spanish.
After investing about a month into focusing on a specific country as well as writing about it, I realized how valuable writing is when it comes to understanding a different language. It provides a visual of what we are expected to learn and it is very valuable for me to be able to see that. I find it important because if you can't write a language, how are you supposed to speak it?
The part that I enjoyed most about this project was the leniency about what we got to choose. Personally, I find that when I get to choose the subject that I am focused on, I am much more engaged in the project overall. I also enjoyed it being a group project so that there were multiple elements to the paper instead of a single article.
The most challenged part about this project was writing with preterite and imperfect tenses. Though we had done lessons before writing the articles, I still struggled with the conjugations and when to use which tense. But, as soon as I started to decipher the difference between the two, writing the article became much more enjoyable.
This project was extremely valuable when it came to editing the Spanish. When writing in English, it is much easier to see grammatical errors but in Spanish, I am never sure of what is right or wrong. This project provided a great outlet for me to consistently practice my editing skills. For example, I turned in a draft to my teacher Janae, and there was an unbelievably large amount of errors that I had missed so it was good to see her revisions and be able to reflect on them. Eventually, I was able to grasp the main ideas and rules of writing in Spanish.
After investing about a month into focusing on a specific country as well as writing about it, I realized how valuable writing is when it comes to understanding a different language. It provides a visual of what we are expected to learn and it is very valuable for me to be able to see that. I find it important because if you can't write a language, how are you supposed to speak it?