Personal Statement
The reason why I chose a Spanish major is because I wanted a career in which I already have prior background skills; but also wanted something that I like or are passionate about as well . I believe language is a mighty powerful tool that can be used for many different tasks. I am fluent in Spanish because I grew up speaking the language, it is my mother tongue (first language). Another reason for electing this major is that I find it really easy to communicate in Spanish; as well as to write and express my ideas on paper. I really enjoy my language, not only do I enjoy taking Spanish grammar classes but I also practice Spanish 80% throughout my day in my community. I see my major in Spanish not as a career to obtain a monthly monetary profit, but as a mission to teach people the correct form of Spanish. Spanish is not just a language to me, it is also a beautiful culture and a way of living for Hispanics.
As mentioned before, I already consider myself fluent in Spanish, but I expect to acquire a deeper knowledge on the language and linguistics field as well as reading and writing skills. While I am studying in this program, I expect to get rid of all the bad language habits, such as slang or street talk, and be able to implement a professional academic language in my everyday speeches. I would really like to focus on my writing and vocabulary skills; I would like to be able to write a paper without having to use a dictionary or a thesaurus. Because my emphasis is in Literature and Culture, I expect to acquire higher reading and writing skills. I would like to be able to read a book and be able to fully understand it and write a summary about it. With the WLC major, I plan to be a Spanish teacher, in High School to begin with, and then I plan to teach at college level. After I graduate from CSUMB I plan to get my teaching credentials right away, hopefully get hired for a teacher position. Then while I am working as a high school teacher I plan to start working on my master’s degree. As soon as I get my Master’s Degree, I plan to get a Doctors Degree. I believe that sometimes you have to try to accomplish big goals in order to achieve them otherwise we will never know what we are capable of. |
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