Senior Project Reflection

Title: Blog 23: Senior Project Reflection
Label: Presentation
Directions: Please answer the following questions, and submit them to the blog.
Due Date: The day after your block presentation by 8:00 A.M.


(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

• I am most proud of the execution of my block presentation because I was able to hit the 30 minute time speaking time for my essential question answers. I did not have to drag on my presentation in order to meet that time criteria, which is something I'm proud of because I was afraid I will talk to fast or forget to say certain pieces of information that would leave me with a large amount of speaking time to fulfill. I am also proud of how I was able to execue my presentation so well without stuttering or crying (lol). Before my presentation, I was very nervous and anxious. However, the moment I began my hook activity, all that anxiety went away. I'm guessing it's because I prepared well enough.

(2) Questions to Consider

a. What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation (self-assessment)?

AE P AP CR NC

b. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?

AE P AP CR NC

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

• My independent component 2 really helped me a lot in my senior project. I feel like it fit into finding the answers to my essential question perfectly since my EQ has to do with teaching a child a second language, and that is exactly what I did. My research went fairly well also. Since my mentor is an expert wth all these things, she was able to give me a lot of resources to look into for my senior project.

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?

• I feel my senior project was executed fairly well. I had an excellent mentor, had an abundances of sources for me to look into, had very relevant and reasonable independent components, and executed my lessons well (with the exception of my second one lmao). I am not sure if I would do anything differently.

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors? Be specific and use examples.

• My senior project has opened a window to a possible career choice. I entered my senior topic knowing little about it, but just wanting to explore because of my love for languages. I never expected to enjoy this branch of linguistics so much. Now, I'm actually majoring in Linguistics, and attempting to double major in linguistics and computer science in hopes of programming new and accurate translators.

Answer 2

Title: Answer 2
Label: Presentation
Due Date: Thursday, 2/19 by 8AM

1. What is your EQ?

• What is the most important factor in child second language acquisition?

2. What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• My first answer is, "If a child learns in a low-affective filter environment, then they will be able to absorb more input and acquire language easier."

3. What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• My second answer is, "If a child is given comprehensible input (i+1) to learn from, then they will be able to move beyond their current level of competence for the language."

4. List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

• Understandable:
• Comprehensible input is i+1, with i being the current level of competence. You just give the child input that is just one level above their current language competence. This way, not only will the input be easy enough for the child to understand, but the child will be able to acquire new rules, vocabulary, etc. as well.
• Easy advancement:
• As stated previously, input given should follow the i+1 rule (one level above current skill in the language). This will allow the child to smoothly advance from their current language competence.
• Encourages child to go above and beyond:
• A child will most likely feel inclined to stick to input that they can understand completely. This will cause them to stay in the same language level.  However, with i+1, they are able to progressively move onto the next tier.

5. What printed source best supports your answer?

• "Principles and Practice in Second Language Learning" by Stephen Krashen

6. What other source supports your answer?

• My ENG 323 class
• Personal experience
• More books by Stephen Krashen
• The man Stephen Krashen himself

7. Tie this together with a concluding thought.

• Happy Chinese New Year! Here's to a good remainder of senior year. When's final presentation? I think I'm somewhat ready.

Lesson 2 Reflection

Content:

1.What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?

• I was surprised that people enjoyed my activity because teaching the Japanese children hand clapping game to high school students can be executed poorly or very well. Fortunately, my execution was satisfactory and people told me they had fun.

2. a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

 P+

b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.

• I met all the P requirements and went into depth with my essential question answer. However,the nerves got the best of me for this presentation, which caused me to stumble over my words often, which got me very overwhelmed.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?

• The Japanese Hand Clapping game is something people seemed to enjoy. It really demonstrated the importance of my first answer to the essential question.

4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?

• I let my nerves overwhelm me. I should relax more when I am up there. I guess it was the fact that I spent a lot of time preparing for my presentation only to forget my words half way through caused my affective-filter to go up, resulting in my anxiety and nervousness to increase (ayeeeee). 

5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?

• Comprehensible input

Lesson 1 Reflection

1. Positive Statement

• What are you most proud of in your Lesson 1 Presentation and why?
• Honestly, I was very proud of my first lesson in all aspects. I was not expecting myself to present so well in front of the class because I always get anxiety when it comes to presenting in front of large crowds. Yes, I am an iPoly student (duh) and in our school, we emphasize public speaking so this is quite ironic. However, when I was up there talking about language, all my fears went away and I felt like I was talking to friends. From the introduction to the conclusion, I made myself proud with my execution.

2. Questions to Consider

a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 1 Presentation (self-assessment)?

• P / AE

b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 1 component contract.

• I feel like I did all the requirements needed in order to score a P for the Lesson 1 component. I also feel like I executed my presentation well enough to achieve an AE because according to other people from the audience, I was very entertaining, engaging, and passionate when presenting about my topic.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 1?

•  I think a lot of the aspects of my lesson worked pretty well, especially my energy.  My bouncy personality was able to shine through my presentation and that's what seemed to keep the audience's attention.

4. (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 1?

•  I would probably pace myself to go a little faster when talking. Not to the point where people can't even understand me, but just so I can get my point across. Or I can just reduce the amount of detail that I would mention, but what fun is that? The very last minute of my presentation was just sonic minute. I had to go fast. I needed to be fast if I wanted to get my conclusion in. It's amazing that I was able to go just under the maximum time by .56 seconds. I'm pretty lucky.