This course is part of your Spanish language learning experience, and offers you the opportunity to interact in a personal way with members of the local Latino community, thereby enriching your understanding of Hispanic cultures and the Spanish language. As a community-based learning experience, the course provides students with career-related experience working collaboratively with community agencies to address community concerns / issues.
Course Narrative In the Service Learning course, I got the opportunity to read some articles that had to do with the topic of Immigration. The readings and the documentaries that we reviewed in class made an impact on me because I felt like I could relate to them on a personal level due to my families history. I really enjoyed the readings and the class discussions because after we would discuss them, I would love going to my service site and be able to talk with the children at the site and make certain connections to the readings. I enjoyed doing my Service Learning site because I got the chance to make connections with the children that I would be with along with the leaders that I got to volunteer with.