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Curricular Competency Reflection

The strategies I employed to lead myself to successfully be able to express myself with increasing fluency in this writing activity was to try to remember which nouns/expressions I’ve learned without going into my notes. If I wasn’t able to recall want I’ve learned, I had to access my vocabulary and sentence structure notes to communicate about my personal experiences. I also used a translator for words that I didn’t know of.

I did have to adjust how I would have expressed myself in my first language to be able to express myself in this additional language. The experience for me was that I had to simplify and be concise with what I wanted to write/say. I imagine that it is very hard for people who move from different countries and not being able to fully/deeply express themselves in a new language.

Core Competency Reflection

Creative Thinking: “One strategy or activity that stimulates my imagination is…” This project helped me develop and demonstrate this core competency by challenging myself to remember what I have learnt without looking in my notes/handouts. This project stimulated my imagination by making me think of straight-forward ways to express myself through writing in a second language.

Communication: “My strategies for collecting relevant information for specific tasks include…” This project helped me develop and demonstrate this core competency by making me go through my notes/handouts specific for this project. My strategy was that I didn’t need to look for my notes/handouts if I didn’t need to, because they weren’t specific to this project.

Creative Thinking: “An area of study in which I feel confident to regularly challenge assumptions and develop new ideas is in…” This project helped me develop and demonstrate this core competency by making me study and review my notes/handouts. I feel confident to regularly challenge assumptions about French because people (including myself) think it’s hard to speak/learn.

Personal Awareness and Responsibility: “When I need to boost my mood or re-focus, I…” One goal I have for myself moving forward is to remain focused when doing homework. When I feel that I am struggling with a topic/assignment, I try to move on and go back to it later. But by the time I get back to it, I don’t feel focused enough to complete the assignment/topic.