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    The document discusses the new Spanish language class being offered at Saipan International School. It is being taught by Mrs. Bray and aims to teach listening, writing, reading, and speaking skills. Mrs. Bray uses techniques like flipped classroom and project-based learning to maximize speaking practice. She incorporates technology and teaches about Spanish culture. The student author says they are learning everyday conversation and not feeling limited to just one language through this class.

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    SAIPAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

    FOREIGN LANGUAGES
    Spanish

    Learning a different language can be time
    consuming, but very much worth it. As society
    evolves, so does the linguistics of everyday language. It
    seems to me that as time passes, people are more than
    capable and willing to learn more than one language.
    This is great news considering the fact that society is
    becoming extremely diverse. At Saipan International
    School, weve had our success with Mandarin, taught
    by Mrs.Jang. The 2015-2016 school year introduces a
    different and very useful language, Spanish, taught
    by Mrs.Bray. In this class, Mrs.Bray aims to teach
    four main skills: listening, writing, reading, and
    speaking.

    Mrs.Bray is able to accomplish these skills by
    using variations of teaching techniques. One of them
    is the concept of a Flipped Classroom. With this, she
    hopes to maximize the class time spent practicing
    speaking the language. Of course, this is assuming
    students have read practice material outside of the
    class. She wants students to come to class prepared
    with knowledge of vocabulary, tenses, genders, etc.
    Much more of the class time is used for conversational
    speaking. Another dynamic approach she incorporates
    is project-based learning(PBL). Through this, students
    gain knowledge and skill, sometimes by working with
    group mates, to research and solve engaging and
    complex questions. Often, students are able to
    integrate technology such as quizlets on phones,
    iMovies on MacBook computers, and sharing of music
    files. Technology advances greatly; why not
    incorporate it into the education system? Lastly,
    Mrs.Bray shares one of the most important themes
    when it comes to languages, the culture. The Spanish
    culture is amazing, offering great people, landmarks,
    and lets not forget the food. Cinco de Mayo is a great
    big deal even here in the CNMI and students were able
    to celebrate with quesadillas and entertaining
    conversations.

    Clearly, learning a different language isnt the
    easiest thing, and can be quite time consuming. But,
    while language is evolving, society needs to as well.
    The Spanish class at SIS is a place of diversity, quality
    standards, and fun learning. As a
    student of this class, not only am I learning,
    but Im also engaging in everyday
    conversation and technology and now,
    Im not limited to just an
    understanding of
    one language. Theres
    a quote by Ludwig
    Wittgenstein where he
    says, The limits of
    my language means the
    limits of my world. -By :
    Allen
    Cepeda(G12)
    Aysem Bray
    Spanish/
    Yearbook

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