WLC 300: WLC Major ProSeminar
Course Description:
This course introduces students to the majors in Japanese Language and Culture, Spanish or World Language and Cultures. Students acquire knowledge and understanding needed to fulfill Major Learning Outcomes for the programs. Students identify and work with a major advisor to develop individual learning plans. The course examines opportunities in related professional and career paths, including graduate education and teaching credential preparation.
This course introduces students to the majors in Japanese Language and Culture, Spanish or World Language and Cultures. Students acquire knowledge and understanding needed to fulfill Major Learning Outcomes for the programs. Students identify and work with a major advisor to develop individual learning plans. The course examines opportunities in related professional and career paths, including graduate education and teaching credential preparation.
Language is a ubiquitous phenomena: its presence is in art, math, history, entertainment, and of course it is the primary conduit which all ideas that we wish to convey to each other run through. From the first session of this class until the last, this idea was made clear.
Each week in this course we fulfilled different objectives related to the MLOs (Major Learning Outcomes) set out for us by our program, while at the same time getting us ready to construct this very e-portfolio. There where a few lectures that I remember very well such as Dr. Shigeko Sekine's lecture on linguistics, or one guest speakers talk concerning the professional importance of impeccable resume writing. If my memory serves me correctly, it was in Dr. Shigeko Sekine's lecture on linguistics that we as a class brain-stormed on the plethora of professional/career opportunities available to those who have a bi-lingual, tri-lingual, or even multi-lingual/cultural background. Because we had quite a mixture of students in terms of experience and cultural backgrounds, there was also plenty of time for discussion center around the topics of cultural differences/similarities as well as cultural learning strategies.
It was also in this course that I wrote my personal statement which you can go ahead and click either here or below to read if you feel so inclined!
Each week in this course we fulfilled different objectives related to the MLOs (Major Learning Outcomes) set out for us by our program, while at the same time getting us ready to construct this very e-portfolio. There where a few lectures that I remember very well such as Dr. Shigeko Sekine's lecture on linguistics, or one guest speakers talk concerning the professional importance of impeccable resume writing. If my memory serves me correctly, it was in Dr. Shigeko Sekine's lecture on linguistics that we as a class brain-stormed on the plethora of professional/career opportunities available to those who have a bi-lingual, tri-lingual, or even multi-lingual/cultural background. Because we had quite a mixture of students in terms of experience and cultural backgrounds, there was also plenty of time for discussion center around the topics of cultural differences/similarities as well as cultural learning strategies.
It was also in this course that I wrote my personal statement which you can go ahead and click either here or below to read if you feel so inclined!