Completed this weekI now have 2 Spanish instructors for my thesis.  I updated the game design document and uploaded the new version to the Social Media Study webpage.  

I would like to add the following video to content that I will use in the study: "Qué difícil es hablar el español" It focuses more on different meaning of words in a funny way, which does touch on culture.  I didn't notice any commands, but I will watch it again to see if there are any.

To do this week
Update literature review according to suggestions.  Update proposal according to suggestions provided.

Completed this week
Adding the linguistic component of teaching commands really adds to this study.  It fits with teaching dance or music.  There is plenty of content that I can pull from and I can then focus on positive or negative commands.  Since I am looking at adding a game to the end of the study, I am considering using levels.  The initial level would focus on positive commands and on understanding a small number of them.  The middle level/s would add more commands and would require that the student can use the commands.  The higher level would be when the student correctly understand and uses positive and negative commands.  3-5 levels would be ideal.

I've separated out the Literature Review from the Methodology section.  The comments didn't pull, so I re-added them in manually.

I've updated the Literature Review draft.

To do next week
Review Literature Review draft again.  Update the proposal.  Add in a section on commands.

Completed this week
I pulled new articles from all journals except for the first two on the list.

I listed the journal names for the articles from the various journals last week. Most of those were unrelated to language learning, but still related to social media as a means of communication or instruction.

I read three articles and posted my thought, concerns, questions, and quotes I foun useful in a shared Google Document.


To do next week
I need to read more articles and look at the last two journals. Ideally I will review the project proposal this week too.

Completed This Week
I decided to use this website as my Spanish portfolio and to include a webpage for this study.  I will use this blog to track the progress of the study.  I will use Google Docs to share documents.  Links to the Google Docs will be posted on the study webpage.  I started the blog to track my process.  I have contacted two instructors from the ILT program to find out if they had any suggestions on where to start searching for articles.  Both instructors provided resources and I've added those resources to the project web page.
To Do Next Week
I will review the articles provided and search the journals provided to find further articles.  I will begin a list of search terms for the study, so that I can use those search terms to find articles for the literature review.