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Central High School
Champaign, IL
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"Getting In-Touch With Our Latino Community"
Funded Sep 5, 2009
A huge "gracias" to all individual donors and to DonorsChoose. Your generous donations allowed us to purchase a classroom set of headphones with microphones, and a video flipcamera. My Spanish V Advanced Placement students have been successful in recording poems and short responses,which are then posted on our class blog for all to hear! We've also used the equipment to conducted live recordings of practice AP exam prompts where the students hear and participate in simulated conversations. Additionally, our classroom final semester project involves the students "getting in touch" with our local Latino community. In groups of two, they interview a community member in Spanish about their interests, language competency, traditions, etc. Our first group has completed their project and it will be available soon to view on the web. This would not have been possible without the support of our DonorsChoose contributors. Again, gracias, gracias, gracias!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Thompson
This classroom project was brought to life by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and 4 other donors.

A Community Of One: Latinos And Non-Latinos In Our Spanish Classes I teach in a rich and diverse community. My Spanish classes typically are comprised of non-Latino (Spanish-as-a-second-language) students because our society is still confused. I continue to field the question, "Why would a Latino take Spanish class .... to get an easy A?" This, of course, is ridiculous. Just as native English speakers take English classes to enrich their vocabulary, reading comprehension, and overall understanding of the world around us through literature and historical readings, so too should Latino students. It's taken a long time, but word is finally spreading that taking a world language takes you beyond verbs, tenses, and grammar. It allows you to explore the world around you; it makes history come to life through language. How powerful is that for ANY student?

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