June 2, 2005
College’s Spanish Language Institute To Immerse Participants in Cultures
and Language of Latin America and Spain July 5-8
From beginners to advanced speakers, four-day program designed to develop
Spanish-speaking skills for personal and professional use
Go to the Google search engine and type in “Spanish language institute.”
You’ll get hundreds of results for language immersion programs abroad,
including Spain, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama and other Latin and South American
countries.
But, why travel?
Del Mar College’s Spanish Language Institute provides the same immersion
experience without participants ever having to update their passports and pay
for travel expenses, in addition to course costs. And, no matter the level of
Spanish-speaking skills students hold, the program offers sessions for beginners
through advanced speakers.
The College’s four-day passport to learning or enhancing one’s Spanish
is July 5-8 with classes running 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Participants can
enroll as noncredit, credit or continuing professional education (CPE) students.
Cost is $160 for all participants, which includes in-district tuition, fees,
materials and labs. The program also offers an optional dinner during the week
for an additional fee of $10 per person. Individuals may register through the
beginning of the first day of the Institute. For more information about registration
procedures, go online to www.delmar.edu/spanish,
email spanish@delmar.edu
or call the Department of Communications, Languages & Reading, at 698-1534.
In-district credit students can earn one hour toward Conversational Spanish
(SPAN 1101/Course ID012700126) for the 2005 Summer Session II.
Currently, non-credit registration is underway. The Spanish Language Institute
is listed as FRNL 1091, and course I.D. number is 8108 00114. To register as
a noncredit student by phone, call 698-1328.
Educators who complete the Institute will receive continuing education credit
for State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) certificate renewal purposes.
Individuals enrolling for college credit or non-credit will still receive State
Board for Educator Certification hours. Teachers who desire college credit should
enroll as credit students and will need to complete enrollment requirements
as stipulated by the College Registrar.
DMC’s Spanish Language Institute offers a unique opportunity to participants.
From the moment students enter the Institute until the moment they leave, participants
will be immersed in Hispanic culture and the Spanish language. Del Mar College
faculty and native Spanish speakers from throughout Latin America will provide
instruction.
Students from all levels will receive speaking instruction two hours each day.
Although the Institute emphasizes conversation rather than grammar, in order
for students to determine their proficiency levels before registering, they
can take a short, user-friendly placement quiz located online at www.delmar.edu/spanish/quiz.html.
Intermediate and Advanced students will build their conversational skills by
interacting in small conversation groups led by native Spanish speakers from
Latin America. Beginning students will develop their speaking skills through
innovative methods.
Additionally, students can attend a variety of cultural sessions with many topics
to choose from. Past DMC Institutes offered topics ranging from Latin American
politics, Flamenco and Folklorico dancing and Tejano music to the Indian Roots
of Mexican Cooking, Idioms of the Language and Herbal Medicine and Curanderismo.
This summer marks the fifth year the College has offered the Spanish Language
Institute.
Contact for Media: Javier Morin, Spanish Language Institute Coordinator, at
361/698-1582
-DMC-mce