For this assignment, I was able to apply concepts learned from Ch.1 V2 in a movie poster we made for the movie Spider-Man No Way Home. Although I had to simplify some sentences, to able translate them into French using various tools such as my vocabulary list and Wordreference.
Dans Coquitlam, le temps est très pluvieux, parce qu’il pleut à peu près 192 jours pour l’année. Il y a quatre saisons ici, mais l’hiver n’est pas trop froid comme autres régions du Canada. Ma saison préférée est l’automne parce que le temp est tempéré, il n’est pas très froid ni chaud. J’aime aussi qu’il y a beaucoup de vent frais et les feuilles de les arbres changent de couleur. Je préfère faire plus d’activités dehors dans cette saison, comme jogging parce c’est n’est pas très chaud parce que je déteste quand j’attrape un coup de soleil dans l’été.
To express myself in this project, I used my notes, my vocab sheet, and a word search on Reverso.net to refer to previous grammar points and vocabulary in order to convey my thoughts appropriately with spelling and grammar. I had access to vocabulary related to weather and used past grammar points such as verb conjugations and gender agreement. I had to adjust significantly on how expressed myself since I wasn’t able to put together such complex sentence structures in French, compared to English. It was a very different writing experience since it took me a longer time in order to write a single sentence since I had to be able to adjust my ideas to make them into simpler sentences. I was personally in a situation where I didn’t know the language and I had to somehow adjust how I expressed myself, I can say that it was pretty difficult, especially since I felt like an outsider since I couldn’t fully express myself so I had a hard understanding my teachers and my peers.
When it seems the good ideas just won’t come to me, I brainstorm and look for inspiration to create space in my mind and think clearer.
When I am sad, angry or frustrated, listening to music helps me be more productive or calm.
Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen in my writing because its my preferred mode of expression.
One goal I have moving forward, is to be able to grow my communication skills in different areas.