Directed toward Spanish majors preparing for their Capstone experience, this 2 unit course aims to guide the student in the process of completing a capstone proposal and initiating the preliminary steps toward the graduation portfolio.The portfolio provides evidence that a student is making satisfactory progress toward meeting the Core requirements and Major Learning Outcomes (MLOs) for the Spanish B. A
Course Reflective Narrative
In the course SPAN 300 we made groups to have support from classmates in our capstone process. We worked together to develop an essay describing the importance of the audience when writing a paper. This project helped me to consider the future audience of my capstone. It was beneficial to work with a group because together we gathered more ideas. Being part of a group gave me the opportunity to receive feedback from my classmates with my capstone.This course helped me developed my cooperative skills that I have been working on in the Spanish major program. This course fulfills MLO 6: Research and Technology and MLO 1: Language Proficiency. For this course we were required to read the text The Craft of Research (3rd Edition) by Booth, Wayne C., Colomb, Gregory G., Williams, Joseph M. This text helped me to know how to identify the steps that I need to take in my research process for the capstone. Furthermore this book helped me gain knowledge of appropriate research methodologies that I will apply for my capstone and future studies. This source provided information to know how to find information, how to use the research of others, how to evaluate and report clearly the findings. It also provides information about making a working plan and the possible resources that are available. This book gave me ideas to plan my research for my capstone. Fortunately in this course we had a class where the librarian of our institution gave a presentation and taught us to use the appropriate technology for research studies relative to Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures.In conclusion during this course I collected, managed and analyzed current and technology based resources to develop and create my scholarly work. Furthermore I was able to develop my language proficiency, In class I presented my ideas for my capstone. This experience helped me develop my representational skills, it helped me to gain confidence as a public speaker.