The following topics are samples of student work developed over 4 semesters at Lafayette. The classes meet 3 times a week for 50 minutes. Students work an additional hour per week with a Fulbright conversation partner.
Topics: Original poems, ads, self-portraits, transportation, weather
Post 1: Sem 2
Post 2. Sem 3
Post 3. Sem 4
Post 4. Sem 4
Post 5 Ind Study
Post 6 Lesson
Post 7 Sem 4
Post 8 Sem 1 Poem
In this Spanish course on Pre-Colombian Latin America, students used images from a research data base created by the professor to “write” a documentary on a topic of their choice. This is a scaffolded project with a print draft and required practice pronunciation with a FLLRC native speaker proctor; most projects were collaborative with students learning from each other.
Communicative objectives: interpretive, presentational (speaking and “writing”).
Matt was an engineering major, Spanish minor. He is currently working for an international chemical firm in Pennsylvania. He has exported his original ePortfolio from Lafayette’s servers and is continuing to build it in his current job.
Please see here his self-reflections on his work in Spanish while at Lafayette.
Instructor: M. Geoffrion-Vinci Lafayette College
Scaffolded assignment where students studied different forms of news media and produced an example. Targeted communicative skills: interpretive, speaking, presentational.
Instructor: N. Ikegami Lafayette College
A senior project in German describing the different learning experiences in this seminar course: intensive writing, discussions, web conferencing with students at a German university studying politics. This is a scaffolded assignment where students send in a written draft and then compose using images and video clips from the semester as well as reflect on and read from texts studied. Targeting all 5 communicative modes and connections.
Instructor: M. Lamb-Faffelberger
Lafayette College