I was fortunate enough to take up to three levels of Spanish at Longwood. Although I only needed 105 and 201 to fulfill general education requirements, I also took SPAN 202. I believe that connection through language is one of the most powerful tools available to human beings. When we take the chance to learn another language than the one we were born speaking, we extend that connection to an entire group of people that we might not have been able to otherwise communicate with. Anyone who has taken a language class can probably associate with the feeling of discomfort or self-conciousness, especially at the beginning of the semester. During my semester in SPAN 105, class participation was a significant part of the grading process and the professor did not allow for many excuses to use English in class. Even though this was scary for some, it was a reality that I grew accustomed to and it ultimately helped me trememdously in learning how to speak Spanish better.

Some of the other assignments we used in all of my Spanish classes were practicing conversation, listening and comprehending videos, practice with reading passages, and research of Latinx culture. For one of the assignments, I had the opportunity to research Mexican artist, Diego Alfaro Siqueiros, with a partner. After researching, we organized our findings into a spoken presentation accompanied by some photos.