Work: team of 2 students

Time: 3 weeks (150 minutes)

Due date: Friday, November 2nd

Objectives:

1.Practice your Spanish skills with a software program at the Media Center.
2.Create a web page with a 7 to 8-minute-long video in which A) a patient goes to the doctor, or B) a professional interviews for a job.

Objective 1: Practice Spanish

Instructions:

1.Both of you have to go to the Media Center at the same time.
2.Pick one software program that is used to learn Spanish that is new to both of you. You may use different computers, but you have to sit next to each other. Here is the list of software.
3.Help each other with the answers. Try not to ask for help at the help desk.
4.You have to use the program for at least 25 minutes.
5.Each of you have to write a short paragraph in English about the software and your experience working together.
6.Save your paragraph in the W drive with the name proyecto4-1.

Objective 2: Create a web page

Instructions for option A:

1.Go to one of these web sites and read about an illness both of you are familiar with. Tu salud, from Spain. Tu salud, from Mexico.
2.Decide who will play each role.
3.Then write the script for a dialogue. Remember to use USTED. The patient is waiting for the doctor and she/he is filling out a form that asks for symptoms, when was his/her last visit to the doctor, if he/she is taking any medication, etc. Click here to get the form. The doctor enters the examination room and greets the patient and starts the consultation. Include the following information: the symptoms, the medication prescribed, some recommendations to feel better or be cured in a week or two, a follow-up visit, and good-bye. You cannot use the present tense only. You need to talk about the past –either preterite or imperfect.
4.Practice your dialogue several times. Then either take pictures or record it on video.
5.Edit the video using iMovie, Movie Maker, Photo Story, QuickTime, Flash, or any other video editor.
6.Both of you have to save your work in the W drive with the name proyecto4-2. One of you may upload it to Blackboard.
7.Your instructor may give you more instructions.

Instructions for option B:
1.Decide who will play each role and what type of job you are looking/hiring for. Give the business a name.
2.The person who is seeking a job has to fill out an application and the employer has to write at least five (5) questions related to the job that he or she will ask the applicant.
3.Then write the script for a dialogue. Remember to use USTED. The applicant is waiting for the interviewer. The applicant is filling out an application that asks him/her about previous experience and references. The interview starts and the employer has to ask the five questions. The applicant may use the information from the application to answer one or two or the questions, but not all of them. One of the questions are related to work ethics, team work, knowledge, skills, and attitudes, and previous experience. At the end, the interviewer has to tell the job seeker if he/she gets the job or no. ou cannot use the present tense only. You need to talk about the past –either preterite or imperfect.
4. Practice your dialogue several times. Then either take pictures or record it on video.
5.Edit the video using iMovie, Movie Maker, Photo Story, QuickTime, Flash, or any other video editor.
6.Both of you have to save your work in the W drive with the name proyecto4-2. One of you may upload it to Blackboard.
7.Your instructor may give you more instructions.

Suggestions:

Plan your work. Spend more time writing and practicing your dialogue than shooting and editing. Remember that what counts is your performance, not the technical part of the project.