Description
Students will become involved in community projects of importance and relevance that engage them in matters relative to justice, compassion, diversity and social responsibility, and help them become effective multicultural community builders. The course is designed to help you enhance your skills in personal and professional communication as well as classroom discussions and oral presentations in Spanish.
This course meets MLO5: Cultural Internalization and Language Immersion
SInce MLO 5 is Cultural Internalization and Language Immersion, the Service Learning course fulfilled this requirement. While the course consisted of a span of thirty hours participating in a specific program that coincided with one of the counties that CSUMB included, it also consisted of other aspects of the SPanish speaking community. I found that this course was essential for me to deepen my understanding of how my community could benefit from my knowledge as a Spanish major. I was able to learn how to integrate the skills that I would learn in the course into the way that I provide assistance to muy community at a program that I chose to complete my hours at. I chose to complete the course required hours at The Center for Reading Diagnostics and Instruction which is associated with the California State University of Monterey Bay. I was a tutor for students in grades K-8 which was a unique experience all on its own. I was able to gain experience in the teaching world by leading my own hour-long sessions with my designated student for the entire semester two times a week. Given that this program is in Monterey County which has a large Chicano community, I was also able to see it through the perspective of teachers in the community. Throughout the entire course, I was asked to reflect on that week and how it went in terms of completing my hours. This was to ensure that I was completing them but also to make sure that I was understanding the objective of the course entirely. Lastly for my final paper, I had to conduct a survey about Bilingualism and how it contrasts in my community. I chose to compare the views of bilingualism in the younger and older generations by conducting interviews on a senior high school student who speaks Spanish and an older individual who moved here from Mexico when they were young but have lived in the United States ever since. Down below I have the link to that paper.
This course meets MLO5: Cultural Internalization and Language Immersion
SInce MLO 5 is Cultural Internalization and Language Immersion, the Service Learning course fulfilled this requirement. While the course consisted of a span of thirty hours participating in a specific program that coincided with one of the counties that CSUMB included, it also consisted of other aspects of the SPanish speaking community. I found that this course was essential for me to deepen my understanding of how my community could benefit from my knowledge as a Spanish major. I was able to learn how to integrate the skills that I would learn in the course into the way that I provide assistance to muy community at a program that I chose to complete my hours at. I chose to complete the course required hours at The Center for Reading Diagnostics and Instruction which is associated with the California State University of Monterey Bay. I was a tutor for students in grades K-8 which was a unique experience all on its own. I was able to gain experience in the teaching world by leading my own hour-long sessions with my designated student for the entire semester two times a week. Given that this program is in Monterey County which has a large Chicano community, I was also able to see it through the perspective of teachers in the community. Throughout the entire course, I was asked to reflect on that week and how it went in terms of completing my hours. This was to ensure that I was completing them but also to make sure that I was understanding the objective of the course entirely. Lastly for my final paper, I had to conduct a survey about Bilingualism and how it contrasts in my community. I chose to compare the views of bilingualism in the younger and older generations by conducting interviews on a senior high school student who speaks Spanish and an older individual who moved here from Mexico when they were young but have lived in the United States ever since. Down below I have the link to that paper.