2010 UMW-UD Spanish Institute
Graduate Course: University of Mary Washington in collaboration with the Universidad de Deusto-Bilbao
July 5-- July 23, 2010
4 credits: CIDE 501-Curso práctico de lengua y cultura españolas
Tapas afternoon in the Old Quarter"Bilbao, 10 Years Later", New York Times (Sept, 23, 2007).
Click here for a short film about Bilbao (Bilbao Film Commission)
Course Description
Earn 4 graduate credits toward licensure renewal, teacher certification, recertification, or advance degrees. This course is aimed at teachers of Spanish as a foreign language. The contents are specially designed to provide them with useful resources and materials for their teaching. The course also includes a practical reflection on the teaching of the Spanish language in intercultural contexts.
Location
Bilbao is a modern and metropolitan city, located in the Basque country, a northern province of Spain that borders the Cantabrian Sea to the north and the Pyranees mountains and France to the east/northeast. Although known in the past as the industrial and financial capital of the north, Bilbao is undergoing tremendous changes these days, including the opening of the Guggenheim museum. Today's Bilbao is bustling, friendly and beautiful. It is big enough to offer all the diversity and advantages of a city, and yet still small enough to be "maneagable." One can easily walk almost anywhere--from the "Casco Viejo" (old town) to the shopping and business district, to the Guggenheim and back across the river to the university. A new metro system connects downtown with the surrounding neighborhoods.
The Universidad de Deusto is a private Catholic university, established and run by the Jesuits. Founded in 1886, UD has become a thoroughly modern university, and prides itself on its participation in numerous international study programs. It is located on the banks of the Ibaizabal river across from the Guggenheim museum. Click here for a slide show about the University of Deusto.
Length
Three-week course, July 5-- July 23, 2010.
Participants are expected to arrive in Bilbao on July 4,
2010.
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Lodging and Meals
Participants will be staying at the Colegio Mayor, a modern residence hall within walking distance from the campus. Each participant will enjoy a single room with private bathroom. Cleaning services are also provided. The main facilities at the residence hall include: dining hall, library, study rooms, lecture theatres, computer rooms, TV rooms, along with a coffee bar, gymnasium, squash courts, etc.
The price includes full room and board, that is, housing and three daily meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner (Spanish style).
Check-in day for the Residence Hall is July 4th.
The reception and official welcome, as well as the start of the classes will be on July 6th. A representative of the University will take the participants from the Residence Hall to the meeting point on campus.
Program Goals
- To contribute to the linguistic training of Spanish teachers, with a special emphasis on the natural use of Spanish in daily life.
- To provide teachers with useful teaching resources and materials for their classes.
- To help teachers to get to know the Spanish cultural diversity.
Contents
--Topics in Spanish Language (30 hours):
An in-depth approach to the knowledge and use of the Spanish language through practical principles and exercises. The teaching of these aspects will be analyzed from the perspective of several methods within the multicultural context of current Spanish.
-Option A: Practical Workshop in Teaching Resources for the Classroom (press, audiovisual material...). Workshop aimed at teachers wishing to explore different teaching resources for a more effective teaching.
-Option B: Practical Workshop in Oral Spanish. Workshop aimed at teachers wishing to improve their own oral competence for a more effective teaching.
--Multiculural Spain (15 hours): An approach to the knowledge of the Spanish regional variety, characterized by its cross-cultural nature and the cohabitation of languages. The Basque Country is a good sample of this. The course will include seminars and discussions.
Evaluation
- Credit Transfer. Participants seeking credit transfer must turn in a final project as part of the course and will receive official transcripts from both UMW and U of Deusto including the number of graduate credits and the letter grade earned in the course.
- Certificate of Attendance. Participants who do not seek credit transfer will only receive a Certificate of Attendance from U of Deusto.
Complementary activities (included in the price)
• Welcome reception and orientation.
• Guided visit to the Guggenheim-Bilbao Museum and the Old Quarter of the city.
• Two one-day excursions:
1.Pamplona, where participants will enjoy the famous San Fermín Festival and the Running of the Bulls described by Hemingway in his literary work (Return travel to Bilbao is not included as partipants will have free time to spend in Pamplona as desired).
2.San Millán, birthplace of the Spanish language, & known for its famous Rioja wines
During the length of the Program, participants will also have free time to visit on their own other areas of interest in the region, such as the town of Gernika, the cities of San Sebastian and Vitoria or nearby cities in Southern France, Biarritz, Bayonne or beyond, most of then located a short bus ride from Bilbao. The cost of these activities is not included in the price.
Click here for a slide show 1 about Bilbao.
Click here for a slide show 2 about Bilbao.
Price
The cost of the program is 1,525 euros payable to the Universidad de Deusto and it includes the above mentioned course contents and complementary activities, tuition, full room & board, and medical insurance.
Note: The University of Deusto reserves the right to cancel the course if the number of applications does not meet the minimum required. Therefore, UD and UMW encourage participants not to make final travel plans until they receive official notification via email.
The costs of activities not included in the price or additional costs due to special accommodation and meal arrangements will be paid directly to the University of Deusto. Participants are responsible for their travel arrangements. A registration fee of $175 will be due along with all registration materials. See link below regarding the application form.
Reimbursement Policy
The amount to be reimbursed will be the amount received by UD, regardless
of the
$ - € exchange rate at the moment.
Tuition fees:
100% refund until June 1, 2010.
50% refund from June 10 until the day before the 1st day of the Program.
No refund from the 1st day of the Program on.
Housing fees:
To be negotiated individually with the participant.
Application Form
Click here to download an application form. Registration deadline: April 30, 2010
For more information please contact:
Dr. Jose A. Sainz
University of Mary Washington
Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages
Phone : 540-654-1991, Fax : 540-654-1088
Email : jsainz@umw.edu
Additional Information about Bilbao
The following are a series of downloadable brochures about Bilbao and the other neighboring cities in the Basque region.
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