Centro de Idiomas - Spanish Program - Academic Curriculum :. Universidad EAFIT

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Academic Curriculum And Methodology

General Objectives
To use the Spanish language as a tool of communication by means of a cognitive, social and effective teaching - learning process. To produce and understand oral and written Spanish by developing communicative strategies and socio-linguistic registers.To assimilate Colombian and Latin-American culture through cultural activities on and off the campus.

Levels And Courses
The SPANISH PROGRAM is structured around four levels of proficiency: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced and Superior; each consisting of three 38-hour courses .

Basic Level Courses 1 - 2 – 3
At the BASIC LEVEL, foreign students should be able to comprehend and use the language produced in predictable and controlled social and learning environments aimed at satisfying concrete needs. They will be able to describe experiences and events, dreams, give reasons and explanations for plans; write personal letters and e-mails and understand standard speech on daily and familiar matters.

Intermediate Level Courses 4 - 5 - 6
At the end of the INTERMEDIATE LEVEL, participants are able to interact with a certain degree of fluency, explain a viewpoint on a topical issue, write an essay or report, understand extended speech and lectures and present detailed descriptions.

Advanced Lever Courses 7 - 8 - 9

At the end of the advanced level, students should be able to interact with native speakers, express ides with linguistic accuracy in appropriate contexts, write about complex subject matter and understand long and complex literary texts.

Superior Level

Courses: Composition (Course 10), Latin-American Literature (Course 11), advanced Grammar (Course 12). At the end of the SUPERIOR LEVEL, participants should be able to understand and produce the language to satisfy the demands of academic and professional environments. They will be able to understand and interpret structurally complex literary and non-literary discourse. They will have excellent command of idiomatic expressions so as to communicate spontaneously, fluently and with a high degree of precision. They will maintain a high degree of linguistic accuracy.

Methodology

The EAFIT University Language Center adheres to the communicative approach to teaching a language which leads to the acquisition of communicative competence on the part of the participant. This approach demands an eclectic yet informed use of teaching practices. A foreign or second language is acquired through: comprehensible input, interaction among the participants, focus on meaning as well as on form, use of authentic materials, use of language learning strategies, recognition of learner differences, creation of language by individuals through trial and error and giving of ample time for cognitive processing of the concepts that are presented. There will be strong emphasis on autonomous learning, on the teaching and practicing of language learning strategies, and on the recognition of learner differences.

The skills that are developed simultaneously in the program are: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The areas of grammar, vocabulary and culture are studied and included within the development of these skills.

Última modificación: 19/02/2008 04:41:58 p.m.

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