Honors Project Description
PROYECTO PERSONAL
Please read through the following carefully.
Due dates:
First
progress report: Wed. Sept. 27
Second
progress report: Friday Oct.27
Last
report: Wed. Nov. 29
Oral
reports: Dec 1st - 6th
Your topic
should be one worthy of your time and research, so be sure to choose something
you feel passionate about. This should be an entirely new to you topic,
and not something about which you have already written for any other class.
IDEAS:
1.) Interview an Hispanic Spanish Professor, Instructor, TA or foreign student
(see idea #3 below) and write a biography about him/her OR ask about his/her
homeland and write about what you learned, or both. You may also elect a
member of the community outside of UD.
http://www.fllt.udel.edu/people.html
2.)
Interview a Spanish speaking Study Abroad program director about a Study Abroad
program in a Spanish speaking country of interest to you. Report on your
findings.
http://international.udel.edu/studyabroad/programs/Programs.asp
3.) Meet on
or off campus over coffee with a Spanish speaking UD student. This is the
ELI Language Partner program. Click below for more information. Be sure
to request a Spanish speaking partner and simply be honest about how much time
you have to commit (one, two, three or more informal meetings). Contact
Aida: elilanguagepartner@yahoo.com , Language Partners 831-2674
http://www.udel.edu/eli/programs_partners.html
4.) If you
can commit some of your time to community service, you may wish to investigate
some of the organizations below and report on your experience. Or, you
can use information you learn about services for Hispanics in the area to write
some sort of informative article that may benefit Hispanic families in our
area. Conduct your own research, but here are a couple of links below.
Latin
American Community Center, Inc. Wilmington: 655-7338 http://www.thelatincenter.org/
Children
& Families First Wilmington: 658-5177 Be sure to inquire about
Hispanic families http://www.cffde.org/
5.) Create
a "Web page" (either real or just a print out) that serves as a
Spanish resource guide for foreign students from Spanish speaking countries
attending UD. It should be well organized and attractive, offering advice
and resources for academic, social and personal/idependent activities on campus
and within the local community. Imagine you are going alone to study
abroad in a foreign country, what information would you like to have provided
for you in English upon arrival? Be sure to include references to
Hispanic and "non-Hispanic" activities and businesses and
organization in the area. Consider transportation, safety and health care
as well.
6.) If none
of these ideas appeal to you, be sure to email Profesora. Marín as soon as
possible to pitch your own idea. dmarin@udel.edu