Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Marquette University/Advanced Communication in Spanish (Spring 2022)

This course will focus on the development of advanced oral and writing proficiency in Spanish through a variety of texts and in different real-life and simulated contexts. We will review language structures and communicative functions for more effective written and oral proficiency. The course will focus on communicative activities and strategies to improve accuracy and fluency.

We will work on translating articles in Spanish wikipedia into English. This project will allow students to work on their reading comprehension, expand their vocabulary, improve their research skills, and general writing skills (which are transferrable from one language to another). It will also facilitate learning about aspects of the target culture that might not be addressed in the classroom or covered in traditional textbooks. Students will also learn about the importance of equity and representation, and how they can contribute to public knowledge using their language skills in a real-world setting.

Week 3
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the &quot;Get Help&quot; button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:


 * Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

When you finish the trainings, send a message to your professor explaining 3 things that you learned (in Spanish)

Week 4

 * Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
 * It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
 * When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page (in Spanish)

Week 5

 * Choose two articles (a first choice, and a backup) to translate into English. Post the article links on your talk page, and submit them to the instructor for review.
 * Once your instructor has approved one or both of your choices, finalize your choice of which article to translate.

Week 6
Give a brief introduction to the topic/article that you chose (in Spanish).

Explain why you chose that specific entry:


 * ** What insterests you from the article?
 * Why do you think it is important to have it translated into English?
 * What do you hope to learn from the process?
 * What obstacles do you foresee?

Week 7
Mandatory trainings:


 * Sources and Citations
 * Sandboxes and Mainspace

After you have completed the trainings:


 * Copy your article from the Spanish Wikipedia into your sandbox.
 * Begin to translate your work.

Week 8

 * Be ready to discuss your progress translating your article.
 * Carefully note the original citations for facts in your source article.
 * If an original source doesn't seem reliable, feel free to omit it from your translation.

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Handouts: and

Week 9

 * Continue to translate your work.
 * Introduce citations from English-language texts that support the facts stated in your translated article. Adjust your translation if necessary.
 * For each sentence you translate, make a note of the sources used in the original article. Are they good sources? Do they really say what the Wikipedia article describes?

Week 10

 * No assignments this week, just continue working on your translation

Week 11

 * Move sandbox articles into main space.
 * If you are expanding an existing article, it's time to add your revised translation (including English sources, when available). Copy your edit into the article. If you are making many small edits, save after each edit before you make the next one. Do NOT paste over the entire existing article, or large sections of the existing article. Be sure to check the article's talk page and respond to suggestions from Wikipedians. Don't panic if your edits are removed or changed! Discuss it civilly on the article's talk page, and make a note of it for your report or presentation about your editing experience.
 * If you are creating a new article, do NOT copy and paste your text, or there will be no record of your work history. Follow instruction on the &quot;Moving out of your sandbox&quot; handout.
 * In your first edit to the article namespace, include a link of the source article (i.e., the article you translated) in the &quot;edit summary&quot; before hitting &quot;save.&quot;
 * Copy the code to the bottom of the Wikipedia article, replacing es with the language code of the language you a translating from and replacing Page Title with the title of the source page.

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Handout:

Week 12

 * No assignment this weeks, just continue to revise and review

Week 13
Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.

Week 14
Once you have published your article, write an 1-2 page essay in  Spanish  answering the questions in the module attached.

You will turn in your essay on D2L.