Guía de Supervivencia
For
this project we were paired up and given a country to research and
write a survival guide to use while there. We were given the country
Peru and created a survival guide for a vacation while there. This
guide included where to stay, what to eat, what to buy, where to go,
and tips for being smart in a foreign place. We divided the work
between my partner and I, and as the end product, combined all our
work in a 15 page guide complete with maps, pictures, and good words
to know to get around. We then wrote a skit of a scenario one might
encounter while in Peru, and performed it during exhibition. In this
skit, I was a tourist looking to buy souvenirs for my family and
asking where I should go to do this.
I learned a bit about the culture, food, and some do's and don'ts of being there. A specialty dish is Guinea pig, and they are big on seafood there. This project did not require a ton of research to be done, it instead focused on our creative abilities when writing the skits, and our understanding of Spanish when writing the skits and Spanish words on our survival guide. This tought me about natural speaking in Spanish, actually having a conversation with someone rather than just learning words and trying to but them together.
Other positives from the project were getting to practice speaking Spanish and not just reading and writing it. We were given motivation to get words and phrases right in our skits as we were to be performing them in front of an audience for exhibition. Also, being more creative with coming up with various scenarios in Peru and using the research we did to know what to do in those situations was interesting. It helped apply Spanish to real life situations, even if we may never go to a Spanish speaking country.
I learned a bit about the culture, food, and some do's and don'ts of being there. A specialty dish is Guinea pig, and they are big on seafood there. This project did not require a ton of research to be done, it instead focused on our creative abilities when writing the skits, and our understanding of Spanish when writing the skits and Spanish words on our survival guide. This tought me about natural speaking in Spanish, actually having a conversation with someone rather than just learning words and trying to but them together.
Other positives from the project were getting to practice speaking Spanish and not just reading and writing it. We were given motivation to get words and phrases right in our skits as we were to be performing them in front of an audience for exhibition. Also, being more creative with coming up with various scenarios in Peru and using the research we did to know what to do in those situations was interesting. It helped apply Spanish to real life situations, even if we may never go to a Spanish speaking country.