My Can-Do Statements:
I can greet others, introduce myself, and ask others about themselves.
I can use "survival" Hindi when I don't understand or need help.
I can say the days of the week and say what I did/will do on those days.
I can ask for/give basic directions.
I can ask for/tell the time.
I can ask/tell about family.
How this relates to my Hindi Syllabus:
I am happy with the Can-Do Statements I have and how they contain most of the points on my original syllabus. At the beginning of the semester, I think I had overreaching goals for how much I would learn, but once I reconsidered those goals throughout the semester, I realized that I have learned a lot and have been able to maintain a lot for the short amount of time I had. I was able to complete 7 of the 8 tasks I had planned for myself, and my 8th task was replaced by music vocabulary in preparation for my Cultural Project.
However, I did not delve into a few of these tasks as much as I had originally planned. For instance, although transportation was an important topic on my syllabus, I realize now that perhaps I didn't focus on this task as much as I should have. I can ask for and give basic directions, find the right mode of transportation, and ask for help, but my peer tutor and I didn't incorporate transportation into conversations about itinerary or plans as I mentioned in Week 5 on the syllabus.
Another issue I encountered in completing my syllabus was maintaining the skills I gained in earlier weeks while learning new tasks toward the end of the semester. I am working on that now and have dedicated the past few weeks to review, but had I included review tasks for each week into my syllabus, I may have been more successful at remembering earlier vocabulary. For instance, I could have written "review survival phrases" into my tasks for Week 6 so I would have felt more compelled to review the material before I could check off all my tasks for Week 6.
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