MLO 1
The student sustains performance in speaking, listening, reading and writing at the advanced level of language proficiency, as outlined by the american council on the teaching of foreign languages (ACTFL):
- 1.1 Speaking ability: The student is able to satisfy the requirements of everyday situations and routine school and work requirements. Can communicate facts and talk casually about topics of current public and personal interest, using general vocabulary. The student can be understood without difficulty by native speakers.
- 1.2 Listening ability: The student is able to understand main ideas and most details of connected discourse on a variety of topics beyond the immediacy of the situation. Comprehension may be uneven due to a variety of linguistic factors and topics.
- 1.3 Reading ability: The student is able to read prose selections of several paragraphs in length, particularly if printed clearly and if prose is in familiar sentence patterns. Reader understands the main ideas and facts but may miss some details. At this level the student can read such texts as descriptions, narratives, short stories, news items and routine personal and business correspondence.
- 1.4 Writing ability: The student is able to write routine social correspondence and join sentences in simple discourse of at least several paragraphs in length on familiar topics, and is able to express him/herself simply with some circumlocution. Good control of the most frequently used syntactic structures, but makes frequent errors in producing complex sentences. Writing is understandable to natives not used to the writing of non-natives.
The first major learning outcome is the basis of the Spanish major, being proficient in the language and understanding the grammatical structure at its core. This proficiency requirement will be met with the completion of the capstone course and by delivering my final project.
1.1 the speaking ability will be shown through the speech given during the capstone festival, this speech will demonstrate my ability to communicate effectively through the Spanish language.
1.2 the listening ability as outlined above has been shown through a variety of grammatical and conversational courses taken at CSUMB.
1.3 the reading ability is a crucial component to understanding the Spanish/Mexican culture, through literature and poetry one can learn a lot about the culture and the social struggles. this section of the MLO was completed through the many literature and culture courses such as Spanish 322
1.4 the writing ability section has been completed through various courses by essay writing and exams. this requirement will also be completed with the capstone course, along with my graduation essay which can be found in the capstone section of this website.
1.1 the speaking ability will be shown through the speech given during the capstone festival, this speech will demonstrate my ability to communicate effectively through the Spanish language.
1.2 the listening ability as outlined above has been shown through a variety of grammatical and conversational courses taken at CSUMB.
1.3 the reading ability is a crucial component to understanding the Spanish/Mexican culture, through literature and poetry one can learn a lot about the culture and the social struggles. this section of the MLO was completed through the many literature and culture courses such as Spanish 322
1.4 the writing ability section has been completed through various courses by essay writing and exams. this requirement will also be completed with the capstone course, along with my graduation essay which can be found in the capstone section of this website.