UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School's Center for International Business and Education Research Announces:
COSTA RICA PROGRAM
May 13 - June 4, 2011
Elective course
Immersion in Costa Rica is an intensive three-week summer program designed for students and for business people who are interested in learning Span-ish. This program is open to participants with no lan-guage experience, as well as those with varied profi-ciency levels. The program provides participants the opportunity to maximize their language, business and cultural learning experience in a real life setting. Par-ticipants will have four 2-hour classes with the program leader prior to departure.
Program Highlights:
Five Hours Of Daily Language Instruction - in small groups with experienced teachers from our partner schools.
Homestays - Students will be assigned to a host family; one student per family. Students will further enrich their homestay experience through daily breakfast and dinner with their family during the first and third week of the program.
Four Business Visits - Participants will meet with company managers to tour the facilities and learn firsthand about the firms’ initiatives and business practices.
Four Lectures - Students will learn about the Costa Rican economy, society, business cul-ture, history and political climate.
Project-Based Learning - Students will deepen their Spanish skills through a company or service learning project.
Community Outreach - Participants will apply their language skills through community service.
Cultural Excursions - The group will visit important cultural sites (i.e., Arenal Volcano, and the National Park “Rincón de la Vieja”
2011 Program Fee
$3,900 (airfare not included)
Program fee covers:
Language classes
Business visits
Lectures
Project-based learning experience
Community outreach activity
Homestays and hotel accommodations
Three 2-day weekend cultural excursions (i.e. Arenal Volcano, Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Hot Springs, Jaco)
Cultural activities: horseback riding and canopy tours
For additional information, please contact:
Maria Elena Rodriguez
Director, Working Languages
Tel: 919-962-6822
rodrigum@kenan-flagler.unc.edu
Costa Rica Program Itinerary
Week One: Heredia
Friday, May 13th - Arrival and homestays
Saturday, May 14 - Overnight cultural excursion to
Arenal Volcano, stop at historic Zarcero
and Sarchi, visit the hot springs “Tabacón”
and enjoy the horseback riding or canopy tours
Monday, May 16 - Language classes and lecture
Walking tour of historic downtown
Tuesday, May 17 - Language classes and lectures
Visit to INCAE and company visit
Wednesday, May 18 - Language classes
Community outreach at orphanage
“Hogar del Niño con Cariño”
Thursday, May 19 - Language classes
Company visit
Cultural excursion
Friday, May 20 - Language classes
Depart in the afternoon for a two-day
cultural excursion to Jaco and transfer to
Sámara, the hidden fish and farming commu-nity on the Pacific Ocean.
Week Two-Sámara
Monday, May 23 - Hotel Belvederes
Walking tour of historic downtown
Language class and lecture
Tuesday, May 24 - Language class and lecture
Local cultural excursions
Wednesday, May 25 - Language class
Community outreach
Thursday, May 26 - Language class
Company visit
Group dinner with guests
Friday, May 27 - Language class and lecture
Saturday, May 28 - Two-day cultural outing: Parque
Nacional Rincón de la Vieja and other cul-tural activities. Walking tour through Focus Natural Pool and transfer back to Heredia.
Week Three– Heredia
Monday, May 30 - Language class
Company visit
Tuesday, May 31 - Language class
Project-based learning assignment
Wednesday, June 1 - Language class
Project-based learning assignment
Thursday, June 2 - Language class
Project-based learning assignment
Friday, June 3 - Language class
Presentation on the project-based learning experience
Reception and farewell dinner
Saturday, June 4 - Return to the U.S.
Thanks for the nice information. The Spanish Language School by the name of Chac Mool is a place where Spanish as a second language is helped acquired by the professional teachers here and one of the campuses for this school is situated in Costa Rico, Mexico. The School has been known for to impart knowledge of language for the last 28 years.
ReplyDelete