Independent Component 2 Approval

Title: Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval
Label: Independent Component
Due Date: Thursday, 2/12 by 8AM


1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

• English competence is needed in order to survive here in America. Since my EQ explores what factors would positively affect a child's second language acquisition, I am planning on teaching a child English for my independent component. My sister's best friend has a little brother, Lawrence, that doesn't know much English, and he needs it to communicate easier with his fellow classmates and his teacher. I can teach him traditional American games to give him comprehensible input and read children stories with him. However, if I'm unable to use Lawrence as my test subject  student, then I can find another relative/family friend to teach instead.

2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

• Posting pictures of children online wouldn't be the smartest idea to do, so I will document the student's progress of the language throughout the 30 hours I'm with him. I can have him write sentences about his day and post pictures of how his grammar, spelling, and vocabulary progresses over time.

3. Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.

• Teaching a child a second language will really show me what is important when a child is learning their second language because I'm actually experiencing the process/factors in person rather than reading articles on the Input Hypothesis or some other Krashen book. I would be able to see what works and what doesn't.

4. Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.

• Done. lol.