Learning+Adventure

Back to Furious Five = Learning Adventure =

Congratulations! You are going to Marbella, Spain for a one week vacation at a beach front hotel. The weather forecast is ideal for this time of year with a predicted low of 65 ° and high of 89 ° F. An important point to remember is that the locals speak only Spanish. Your learning adventure is to plan a trip itinerary and communicate it in Spanish, list the necessary travel arrangements including the items needed to travel internationally. Please don’t forget the essentials incuding proper clothing for your trip. (I think Mici had a website she was recommending that learners visit to gain some background on the trip locale - Frommers, I believe she said in the email. Maybe that could be included here?) **Dan, shouldn't Mici's reference be added to the "additional support" section? Yes a thought.** (That works for me. Dan)
 * Learning Activity**:

> a. Go to busuu.com and set up a free account. > b. Assignment (need to input exactly what that would be - See Dijlah's steps) D**an** **-** **I'm alittle confused - is the assignment what Dijlah has or is the assignment 1.a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7? Donna (Donna - I think of Dijlah's activity as a practice to get the group started in how to use busuu, rather than the "assignment." The overall assignment would be the completion of the itinerary/packing list, the chat session, the EQ responses, and the final reflection on the process. Does that sound correct? - Dan)**
 * Tasks**:
 * 1) To prepare for your immersion into the Spanish culture, your task is to be completed with the help of and interactive language learning website, busuu.com. To get started with busuu, please use the following steps
 * 1) Develop a travel itinerary, list of places you would like to visit while in Marbella, and a list of vocabulary words that would be useful on your trip. Develop this in Spanish. This itinerary will be posted to the discussion forum for others in your class to provide feedback and share comments and ideas.
 * 2) In order to confirm that your travel plans and itinerary are realistic, or to find tourist sites, correspond with a native Spanish speaking “friend” on busuu.com.
 * 3) Document your correspondence with your busuu friend in the wiki (link to this site). You can cut and paste your discussion to the wiki site.
 * 4) Discuss the following essential questions on the Wiki/forum (link is on this site)
 * 5) What is the value of learning a foreign language?
 * 6) How is my life similar and/or different than that of someone in Spain?
 * 7) How can technology enhance the language learning experience?
 * 8) Post a reflection about your learning experience for the learning activity on the Wiki/forum.
 * 9) Complete a brief survey about the learning activity.

Additional support for this learning activity:
 * Review the following videos on how to utilize busuu.com (links to videos here)
 * Bablelfish (linked to site)
 * Online Spanish dictionary http://www.spanishdict.com/
 * Wiki/forum (linked to site)

Donna - I think this is looking good overall. We really just need to tie it all together on the website with the discussion forum links. In my mind the discussion forum could be the place where all the components of the LA are posted: Itinerary with items to bring, busuu discussion, EQ discussion, and the final reflection on the activity. I will also be working on a brief list of survey questions for a short survey they can complete when they are done with the activity.


 * Lesson Plan **
 * //G////oal of Lesson Plan://** Ability to expand vocabulary to include words that would be utilized on a vacation.
 * < **Stage 1**

If the desired result is for the learner to. . . ||  ||<  **Stage 2** Then we will need evidence of the student’s ability to. . . ||   ||< Stge

So the assessment need to require something like. . . ||
 * < **//Understand how to//** build on existing vocabulary to expand complexity of verbal and written communication.

How is a vacation in Spain similiar and/or different than a vacation in the United States?
 * //Essential Question://**

• key terms -associated with the beach, the mountains, a cruise, an airport.
 * //Students will know//**

//**Students will be able to**// have a written and verbal conversation about specific vacation locations. ||  ||< **//Performance tasks://**

Treasure hunt: students will be given four vacation designations and they will develop the following: • a list of the clothing and other items they would pack for each designation. • an itinerary for each vacation designation. • They must include one exotic outing or event in at each designation.

The students will utilize busuu.com to translate the items they would pack, the itinerary, and the exotic outing into Spanish.

After they have completed the above they will find a friend at one of the designations and have written conversation confirming if they have selected the most common terms for the items they were packing and/or used on their itinerary. ||  ||< A **//rubric//** to grade the outcome of the treasure hunt.

Students to write a **//self-reflection//** on the experience. ||