Course Reflective Narrative 3
Title of course: The Chicano Community
Course number: SPAN 370
Identify the MLO the course meets: MLO 3
Course Description
This course will first explore the nature of bilingualism, focusing on its neurolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and linguistic aspects. Students will examine concepts and research questions in these areas. In addition, the class will focus on bilingualism in the United States and the Spanish-speaking world, including the examination of bilingual education programs and political matters connected to them.
My version: This course introduces students to bilingualism, with a particular emphasis on Latin America, Spain, and the United States. It explores the nature of bilingualism, focusing on its neurolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and linguistic aspects and surveys topics such as bilingual language development, bilingual education, language policy and planning, and attitudes toward bilingualism.
Title of course: The Chicano Community
Course number: SPAN 370
Identify the MLO the course meets: MLO 3
Course Description
This course will first explore the nature of bilingualism, focusing on its neurolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and linguistic aspects. Students will examine concepts and research questions in these areas. In addition, the class will focus on bilingualism in the United States and the Spanish-speaking world, including the examination of bilingual education programs and political matters connected to them.
My version: This course introduces students to bilingualism, with a particular emphasis on Latin America, Spain, and the United States. It explores the nature of bilingualism, focusing on its neurolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and linguistic aspects and surveys topics such as bilingual language development, bilingual education, language policy and planning, and attitudes toward bilingualism.
Reflective Narratives
Last semester I had SPAN 370 which is about the examination of the cultural, social, economic, and political aspects of the Chicano community in a historical and contemporary context. It incorporates field observation and community studies that are taught in English. In this course, I learned about some of the big issues the Chicano community faces. Thanks to this course, I developed different ways and skills to assist this community, especially farmworkers that often get their voices taken away due to the fact that some of these people are migrants, and sometimes they are afraid to go against injustices at their workplace. One of the requirements for this class was to do research and a final presentation on a matter that was affecting the Chicano community and needed to be taken care of to make an improvement that would benefit this community. All of my classmates had different focuses, and some of those focuses were needing immediate attention. For my project, I decided to do research on how farmworkers are forced to work near pesticides. During this research, I learned that some farmworkers had been through some traumatic experiences, such as chronic illnesses and miscarriages due to exposure to pesticides. In addition, I was able to interview a victim of this matter, and she narrated how companies in Salinas take advantage of the migrant community and forced them to work around pesticides without secure protection for their safety. Not considering that thanks to these workers we have fruit, vegetables, etc. I did a presentation base on the issue Finally, this course helped me understand how important it is to advocate for the people that believe they do not have the right to defend themselves from companies that do not give them protection and attention towards them.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZAiZj018ETYm-NLSGksyodhMWYnQUEYaG7xdFmf__rE/edit#slide=id.g11c1e93668f_1_0
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZAiZj018ETYm-NLSGksyodhMWYnQUEYaG7xdFmf__rE/edit#slide=id.g11c1e93668f_1_0