In Fall 2018, I took SPAN 301S. This course allows for students to work in any Spanish community organization for 30 hours. Service learning is a system, of teaching and learning, that integrates meaningful community services with reflection and instruction to enrich the learning experience.
I chose to do my service at Cesar Chavez Library, in Salinas. I was placed as a tutor in the Spanish Citizenship Classes. In this class I worked with elderly people who were allowed to take the citizenship exam in Spanish due to exemptions due to age and time spent in the country. Working with these groups of people gave me a look into a different part of society that I had no experience with. The class was run completely in Spanish so I was able to improve my speaking abilities along with learning new teaching techniques.
It is thanks to this service that I was able to see first-hand the great impact small contributions people can do to better the Spanish community. I was aware of these types of classes run for the community but I was unaware of the difficulties in finding aid for these types of volunteer run classes. I am glad I was able to offer my service to both the staff at this organization and the students who always expressed their gratefulness to me.
I chose to do my service at Cesar Chavez Library, in Salinas. I was placed as a tutor in the Spanish Citizenship Classes. In this class I worked with elderly people who were allowed to take the citizenship exam in Spanish due to exemptions due to age and time spent in the country. Working with these groups of people gave me a look into a different part of society that I had no experience with. The class was run completely in Spanish so I was able to improve my speaking abilities along with learning new teaching techniques.
It is thanks to this service that I was able to see first-hand the great impact small contributions people can do to better the Spanish community. I was aware of these types of classes run for the community but I was unaware of the difficulties in finding aid for these types of volunteer run classes. I am glad I was able to offer my service to both the staff at this organization and the students who always expressed their gratefulness to me.