Personal Project
By: Loredana Pasquini
Personal project Advisor: Maria Albornoz
School: American International School of Lusaka
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Table of Contents
I. Criteria A: Investigation 2
a. The Goal 2
b. Personal Interests and connections 3
I am a monolingual myself, however I have always had strong passion for languages, particularly the Spanish language. Personally, I believe that speaking in a foreign language is a beautiful way to express a culture and communicate with various people from diverse backgrounds. Languages are taught and apprehended in various ways, in which I happen to find board games an enjoyable approach to acquiring a second language. I feel care-free about making mistakes and determined to find …show more content…
I have been taking Spanish for four of the Middle Years Program (MYP) years: grade 6, grade 7, grade 8, grade 9, and now grade 10. During the course, I’ve learnt a wide variety of vocabulary such as; fruits, vegetables, meats, clothes, nature, sea animals, land animals, occupations, weather, physical descriptions, family relationships etc. The MYP years have a range of units which includes: Actions, descriptions, weather and seasons, school, food, health, transportation, leisure, work, the environment, technology, cities, music and culture, idioms, tongue twisters, accents of the Spanish language, conjugations of verbs, such as: past, present, conditional, and …show more content…
The process of learning a language, that is different from your native language, or in other words the process of learning an additional language other than your mother tongue.
2. Second language is referred to as L2
3. Language: A way of expressing emotions and ideas in the form of signs and symbols ii. Skills involved in the proficiency of a second language:
1. Required skills in the second language acquisition process
a. Writing
b. Speaking
c. Listening
d. Reading
2. Tests that measure second language acquisition
a. WIDA: Wida is
b. IB oral and written exams:
3. What skills do these tests assess?
a. Writing, Speaking, hearing, and reading iii. Educational board games (Importance of playing):
1. What is an educational board game?
a. An educational board ga
2. Why is it important to play?
a. To
3. What kind of educational board games already exist and what are them about?
a. Pictionary: Pictionary is
b.
4. Is there any educational board game for second language speakers? What is it about? iv. Activities/games that improve second language acquisition skills:
1. Pictionary
2.
v. Information needed to create board game
1. Vocabulary
2. Actions
3. Physical Descriptions
4. Conjugations
5. Climate
6. Verbs
7. Relationships
8. Colora vi. Range of relevant
By: Loredana Pasquini
Personal project Advisor: Maria Albornoz
School: American International School of Lusaka
Word Count:
Table of Contents
I. Criteria A: Investigation 2
a. The Goal 2
b. Personal Interests and connections 3
I am a monolingual myself, however I have always had strong passion for languages, particularly the Spanish language. Personally, I believe that speaking in a foreign language is a beautiful way to express a culture and communicate with various people from diverse backgrounds. Languages are taught and apprehended in various ways, in which I happen to find board games an enjoyable approach to acquiring a second language. I feel care-free about making mistakes and determined to find …show more content…
I have been taking Spanish for four of the Middle Years Program (MYP) years: grade 6, grade 7, grade 8, grade 9, and now grade 10. During the course, I’ve learnt a wide variety of vocabulary such as; fruits, vegetables, meats, clothes, nature, sea animals, land animals, occupations, weather, physical descriptions, family relationships etc. The MYP years have a range of units which includes: Actions, descriptions, weather and seasons, school, food, health, transportation, leisure, work, the environment, technology, cities, music and culture, idioms, tongue twisters, accents of the Spanish language, conjugations of verbs, such as: past, present, conditional, and …show more content…
The process of learning a language, that is different from your native language, or in other words the process of learning an additional language other than your mother tongue.
2. Second language is referred to as L2
3. Language: A way of expressing emotions and ideas in the form of signs and symbols ii. Skills involved in the proficiency of a second language:
1. Required skills in the second language acquisition process
a. Writing
b. Speaking
c. Listening
d. Reading
2. Tests that measure second language acquisition
a. WIDA: Wida is
b. IB oral and written exams:
3. What skills do these tests assess?
a. Writing, Speaking, hearing, and reading iii. Educational board games (Importance of playing):
1. What is an educational board game?
a. An educational board ga
2. Why is it important to play?
a. To
3. What kind of educational board games already exist and what are them about?
a. Pictionary: Pictionary is
b.
4. Is there any educational board game for second language speakers? What is it about? iv. Activities/games that improve second language acquisition skills:
1. Pictionary
2.
v. Information needed to create board game
1. Vocabulary
2. Actions
3. Physical Descriptions
4. Conjugations
5. Climate
6. Verbs
7. Relationships
8. Colora vi. Range of relevant