Proyecto #2 - Una conversación breve

This project is a brief, face-to-face conversation with your course graduate TA (GTA) based on the "En acción" section of ¡A comunicarnos! for chapter 1, page 47. Be sure to address each specified item, to communicate in complete Spanish sentences and to not use any English. Your GTA will initiate and maintain the conversation.

  1. Content:
    a. Greet one another appropriately according to the formality or informality of the situation and the time of day or night.
    b. Introduce yourselves.
    c. Ask and tell each other where you are from.
    d. Exchange information about: (a) your academic life (classes, instructors, activities, important places on campus); (b) your work or job, if you have one (where you work, your work schedule); and (c) several things you do regularly and at least one you do not do (school, work, and leisure activities).
    e. Conclude
  2. Dates: Small windows of time will be made available by your GTA between ~Wednesday, September 16 and Tuesday, September 22. (Actual due date is determined by final time slot in your GTA's schedule; see below.)
  3. Sign up: Sign up for your preferred slot (using your GTAs Google Calendar below) by Friday, September 18, 8 AM or you will lose 5 points (see rubric below; contact your GTA if you are not able to make a time on the calendar)
    Section 001 Section 002
    1. Sr. Bradford
    2. Srta. Buske
    3. Sr. Maune
    4. Sra. Vaughn
    1. Sra. Ericson
    2. Sr. Espinoza
    3. Sra. Harris
    4. Sr. Pérez
    5. Sra. Surles
    6. Srta. Wood
  4. Converse: On the day and at the scheduled time have the conversation with your GTA using their Zoom link.
  5. Time: 2-minute minimum and 3-minute maximum.
  6. Rubric:
    • Communication: Student made him/herself understood, 3 pts
    • Accuracy: Grammar was sufficiently correct to ensure communication, 3 pts
    • Vocabulary: Student's vocabulary was adequate for communication, 3 pts
    • Fluency: Student's speech flowed without distracting hesitations, 3 pts
    • Pronunciation: Pronunciation enhanced rather than impeded communication, 3 pts
    • Failure to set appointment by deadline: -5 pts, plus an additional -5 pts. each day thereafter until you have a date/time scheduled.
    • Each missed appointment: -5 pts, plus an additional -5 pts. each day thereafter until you have a new date/time scheduled.
    • La rúbrica para calificar la presentación
  7. Note: Your GTA will post this in the chat: Greet, introduce, origin, academic life, job, activities, one thing, conclude; other than that, no notes, no book, no other resources; this is to be a relatively natural, flowing conversation with a beginning, a middle and an end.