Spring Project Conclusion

For my ten-hour project I chose to learn Spanish. I accomplished this by using an app called Duolingo alongside some notes from my sister’s Spanish class and the occasional help of a friend of mine who is a native Spanish speaker. I found that this project in general came with some interesting challenges. The first challenge that comes to mind is learning Spanish in ten hours. Learning a language in ten hours is not reasonable so I was hoping to nail down some basics. Which I did, to an extent, however learning a language in ten hours is incredibly difficult. As such, my grasp of Spanish is not all that strong, in fact there is a lot of room for improvement. I feel that it would have been much wiser to commit fully and devote much more time to learning the language. While this may not have been best for this project, I do believe it provides an interesting learning experience for next year’s capstone as the value of concentrated, habitual, and regimented work is clear considering the success of my capstone. Another challenge I found was balancing this project with my coursework and extracurriculars. Considering that this project was a semester-long, I knew that time would be a constraint if I saved it until the end of the semester. So, I decided to complete the ten hours at times in the semester when I knew I would be less busy. However, for my 40 hour capstone I will need to be working throughout the year, and time management will be of utmost importance. With this understanding I realize that I will need to set a schedule for myself to follow that is well thought out and contains pre-designed deliverables so that when it comes time to complete the project it will have been a steady and consistent effort.

 

With that said, I decided a good way to show my work would be to write a paragraph in Spanish and provide a translation. Here they are! 

 

English:

Hello, my name is Jack. I am a first-year at OSU and I am in the STEM EE scholars group. For my 10 hour project, I learned Spanish, I am not very good. I plan to take Spanish at OSU to improve as a person and a professional. I enjoy Spanish. It is fun to talk to my sister in Spanish and to listen to Spanish music. It is helpful that I took Latin in high school. This project was fun and useful. I am excited to learn more and to start my capstone. Thank you for reading! Have a great summer!

 

Spanish:

Hola, me llamo Jack. Soy un primer año en OSU y estoy en el grupo de eruditos STEM EE. Para mi proyecto de 10 horas aprendí español, no soy muy bueno. Planeo tomar español en OSU para mejorar como persona y profesional. Me gusta el español. Es divertido hablar con mi hermana en español y escuchar música española. Es útil que tomé latín en la escuela secundaria. Este proyecto fue divertido y útil. Estoy emocionado de aprender más y de comenzar mi capstone. Gracias por leer! ¡que tenga un verano estupendo!