Reflection
Our guide to survival in Nicaragua was our last project of the year in Spanish 2. Before we started, we picked a partner and a country to research. We thought of different scenarios that could occur in Nicaragua and we provided information that we thought someone might need if they were in these situations. Our scenarios were separated into different categories, including shopping, transportation, accommodations, and activities. My part of the project included the 3 paragraph introduction, the shopping scenario, the transportation scenario, and the bibliography, so I had to research tourism facts about Nicaragua like directions between cities and what kind of items certain stores sell. Then I wrote down the most important facts in Spanish. Finally, the last part of the project was the skit, where we had to act out one of our scenarios and make it funny and interesting. Ours was a shopping scenario where the customer had just gotten attacked my jaguars and needed new clothes.
Making the survival guide taught me a lot of tourism facts about Nicaragua, and also the different languages that they use their. When researching for my shopping scenario, I learned about commerce in Nicaragua, especially specific businesses/markets, like a store called Spices and Sugar and the Mercado Nacional de Nicaragua (National Market of Nicaragua). Spices and Sugar is a store that makes expensive handmade clothing, while the Mercado Nacional de Nicaragua is a congregation for hundreds of businesses. I was most interested in the languages they speak in Nicaragua. The version of Spanish they speak is unique to their area, commonly called Nicanol. However, it is only slightly different from traditional Spanish. The three main indigenous languages are called Miskito, Rama, and Sumo.
I think that my speaking and writing skills benefited most from this project. For the skit, I had to write Spanish that was completely grammatically correct, and then learn how to pronounce it accurately for our exhibition. I'm proud to say I did not sound like a complete redneck American. Maybe just a little. Also, this project included so many written assignments that my understanding of how to write in Spanish expanded greatly. My grammar has definitely improved since the beginning of the year, and it is apparent in this project.
Making the survival guide taught me a lot of tourism facts about Nicaragua, and also the different languages that they use their. When researching for my shopping scenario, I learned about commerce in Nicaragua, especially specific businesses/markets, like a store called Spices and Sugar and the Mercado Nacional de Nicaragua (National Market of Nicaragua). Spices and Sugar is a store that makes expensive handmade clothing, while the Mercado Nacional de Nicaragua is a congregation for hundreds of businesses. I was most interested in the languages they speak in Nicaragua. The version of Spanish they speak is unique to their area, commonly called Nicanol. However, it is only slightly different from traditional Spanish. The three main indigenous languages are called Miskito, Rama, and Sumo.
I think that my speaking and writing skills benefited most from this project. For the skit, I had to write Spanish that was completely grammatically correct, and then learn how to pronounce it accurately for our exhibition. I'm proud to say I did not sound like a complete redneck American. Maybe just a little. Also, this project included so many written assignments that my understanding of how to write in Spanish expanded greatly. My grammar has definitely improved since the beginning of the year, and it is apparent in this project.