Official Start Time: 3:00 a.m.
Date: 6/17/09
Official End Time: 3:30 a.m
Another one of my goals this summer is to create a workbook/resource for language teachers in my high school that would help students expand their foreign vocabulary as they tackle spanish, french, or italian. (I’m only fluent in spanish, but if the idea works, it could be translate into hundreds of other languages)
The idea originally started when I was in spanish class and I was frustrated being punished for using spanish that the rest of my classmate didn’t know. I was only taking the course because the language course I was previously taking had been cancelled and I was given this one instead. It screwed me over in many ways but I believe fate has its own way of doing these things and I can’t say I lost too much out of having to take this class.
So one day I started to talk to my teacher and how I wanted more materials that would let me practice spanish more at my level. We then started talking about her other classes and how students weren’t grasping the concept. That only those with parents who spoke the language were really able to grasp the subject and excel. I then proposed to her the idea about creating something that would help students do better and I started to think.
I thought about how we learn English and I remembered the spelling books we used when we were little and how they taught us English by providing us with a vocabulary to build a foundation upon through readings and assignment driven towards a certain word.
The idea really is simple: create a spelling book in spanish (or any other language) with assignments and examples that expand a students vocabulary and helps them identify patterns in the language that helps them grasp the language with ease. I’ve acquired a couple old spelling books but I need some more current ones and the assignments that go along with them. I tried my old elementary school but you’d be surprised at how difficult it was to even get one book. Education surely has hit on some hard times.
I’m not sure how things will work out but this is a project I would like to pursue into the future. I’ll let you know how it goes and what future lays ahead for these kinds of missions.
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
Date: 6/17/09
Official End Time: 3:30 a.m
Another one of my goals this summer is to create a workbook/resource for language teachers in my high school that would help students expand their foreign vocabulary as they tackle spanish, french, or italian. (I’m only fluent in spanish, but if the idea works, it could be translate into hundreds of other languages)
The idea originally started when I was in spanish class and I was frustrated being punished for using spanish that the rest of my classmate didn’t know. I was only taking the course because the language course I was previously taking had been cancelled and I was given this one instead. It screwed me over in many ways but I believe fate has its own way of doing these things and I can’t say I lost too much out of having to take this class.
So one day I started to talk to my teacher and how I wanted more materials that would let me practice spanish more at my level. We then started talking about her other classes and how students weren’t grasping the concept. That only those with parents who spoke the language were really able to grasp the subject and excel. I then proposed to her the idea about creating something that would help students do better and I started to think.
I thought about how we learn English and I remembered the spelling books we used when we were little and how they taught us English by providing us with a vocabulary to build a foundation upon through readings and assignment driven towards a certain word.
The idea really is simple: create a spelling book in spanish (or any other language) with assignments and examples that expand a students vocabulary and helps them identify patterns in the language that helps them grasp the language with ease. I’ve acquired a couple old spelling books but I need some more current ones and the assignments that go along with them. I tried my old elementary school but you’d be surprised at how difficult it was to even get one book. Education surely has hit on some hard times.
I’m not sure how things will work out but this is a project I would like to pursue into the future. I’ll let you know how it goes and what future lays ahead for these kinds of missions.
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
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