Autobiography ESOL 427

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    Spanish introduced in class

    Spanish was introduced into the curriculum. The school started with Rosetta stone.
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    Spanish teacher

    Rosetta stone was dropped from the curriculum and a Spanish teacher was brought in to teach us. During this time, we had three teachers come and go.
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    No language

    During this time, all language courses were removed.
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    Language

    Middle school - during this time we picked a language that we would take for one semester. We where graded with a rubric scoring from 1-4 based on grammar, speech, and vocabulary.
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    High school

    My high school didn't offer in-person language learning so it was strictly online for one semester to meet graduation requirements. The course was similar to duolingo.
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    College

    This is when Japanese was introduced, material was hands on, required fast thinking, memorization, and was graded based on participation, memorization, and being present in class.