MLO 1: Language Proficiency
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 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.
Courses and Reflection
WLC 400: Major Capstone
My educational path has required a lot of
dedication from me. During the two years at CSUMB I had taken many courses that
lead me into Capstone, in which I am able to expose the knowledge I have
acquired. Some of the courses include linguistics, literature and culture. The
hardest class I took at CSUMB was linguistics. At the beginning of the semester
I had no idea of anything related to linguistics, by the end of the course I
had a very good understanding of it. Although it was very complex, I really
enjoyed the class because I like to be challenged. Through the cultural courses
I had the opportunity to have a better understanding of the history and
cultures of Latin America. The historical texts reflect all the changes that
Latin American has gone through. I also had the opportunity to take literature
classes with Dr. Zielina. Through the literary novels I learned about Latin
America. It is amazing how a novel or a short story can give us a taste of how
life was and is in Latin America. Towards the end of my educational career,
technology became like my best friend. I had to do a research paper in which I
had to demonstrate I am able to do research, write accurately, and present
myself in front of people. I was able to make it thanks to technology. In order
for me to create a good presentation and write a paper, I had to a lot of
research. To end this important chapter of my life I gave a presentation that
demonstrated how much I learned.