For each Reflection, students must answer the following questions. All entries MUST be written in complete sentences with proper detail and grammar. This reflection journal must be posted in your portfolio.
Questions to be addressed in all Language Development Reflection entries:
a. What activities did you complete? Please be specific and include independent and class assignments.
b. Did you find additional resources to use? If so, please explain their relevance to your language development.
c. What are you learning about yourself through language development?
d. Discuss ways the new information learned impacts you as a student or you in your future career.
e. What challenges have you faced thus far and how did you overcome them?
f. How are you feeling about your progress towards the language development goals you set in the fall?
g. Upload a minimum of two pieces of Language Development evidence.
h. Reflect on the similarities and differences between the language that you are studying and any other that you have learnt or your mother-tongue (eg word order, tenses, adjectival agreements, gender).
i. What strategies have you used to help you to learn vocabulary?
j. What have you learnt about the culture of this language?
Examples of evidence include: any apps used, websites, class assignments, videos or audio files of you completing language development, screen shots of online learning experiences, certificates of language completion activities outside of school, and letters of acknowledgement. Ask if you’re not sure!