Blog Assignment
About
The SLA Grant requires you to maintain a blog of your language learning experiences. In your semi-weekly blog assignments, you will reflect on your experiences by drawing connections between culture general concepts and your lived experiences in your context. The CSLC has designed these exercises to enhance intercultural learning
General Guidelines
You will be required to write six required posts for your SLA experience. Summer Language Abroad recipients will be enrolled in a 0-credit Canvas course to follow their grant fulfillment requirements. One post will be completed prior to departure, four posts will be written while abroad, and the final post will be written upon return.
Your audience will be the Notre Dame community, your sponsors, your family, and students who will be exploring the SLA Grant in the future. We encourage you to share your blog posts with your personal and professional communities.
Please remember that your blog posts will be posted on the SLA Grant Blog page and made public. If you wish to keep a second journal that is private, you are encouraged to do so offline.
Timelines - Blogs and Modules
All SLA recipients will follow the same timeline for the first 2 modules:
| Topic | Due Date | |
| Module 1 | Understanding the SLA and setting personal timelines | April 11, 2023 |
| Module 2 | The Intercultural Development Inventory | April 18, 2023 |
For the following modules, each participant will follow their own dates to post their blogs, based on the length of their program and their departure date.
| Topic - Culture General Content | Due Date | |
| Module 3 - Blog Post #1 | Intercultural Goal Setting | 1 week before departure |
| Module 4 - Blog Post #2 | Using Intercultural Language | 1/4 through program |
| Module 5 - Blog Post #3 | Deconstructing Stereotypes | 1/2 through program |
| Module 6 - Blog Post #4 | Slowing Down : DIVE Framework | 3/4 through program |
| Module 7 - Blog Post #5 | Exploring Cultural Dimensions | last week of program |
| Module 8 - Blog Post #6 | Readjusting to Home Culture | within 2 weeks of return |