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Objectives: Learners will be able to demonstrate reflective engagement through consistent journaling of independent multi-lingual experiences.

Materials needed: Attached journaling handout (3 goals, 3 successes)

Procedure:

1. Encourage your students to engage in multilingual experiences on their own (see this week’s Topic of the Week for ideas).

2. Spend 5 minutes at the beginning or end of one class period talking about the value of reflective journaling (*Note: in a perfect world your learners are already doing this as related to classroom goal setting and other reflection relevant to formal learning contexts. This extends these skills to their out-of-class experiences).

3. Encourage learners to try out the 3 goals, 3 successes every day for one month. (*Note: In the spirit of independent language learning, learners should not be asked to turn these reflections in nor should they be graded on their completion. Rather, the goal is to encourage their independent exploration of language).

4. At the end of the month, allow 15 minutes for learners to share their reflective experiences.

Notes/Modifications:

Learners could do the journaling via Google Docs or their own journal format, i.e. blog, social media, spiral notebook).