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VENUSA College - One on One Spanish Immersion Program

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Location: Merida: Venezuela

Term: Throughout the year

Dates: Programs offered throughout the year / Flexible

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  • Description

    Total immersion 20 hours per week means that the student is communicating directly in Spanish from the first hour of class. Immersion is both the most challenging and most rewarding way to learn to speak a new language because students avoid the linguistic shifting back and forth inherent in translation. Best of all, students learn within a cultural context-students reinforce their lessons by putting what they learn into immediate practice in their everyday lives.

  • Highlights

    Flexibility is paramount. Students and teachers work one on one, allowing each student to work at his or her own pace and level. On the first day of class, the teacher will give an exam to the student to determine strengths and weaknesses and to help determine which book and method to follow. Teachers help the student focus on their specific language skills and needs in oral comprehension, reading, writing, speaking, etc. Each student's course is designed to give students ample opportunity to practice and improve grammar and vocabulary. Course work focuses on practical, real life situations and whenever possible the city is used as a learning laboratory. Depending on each participant's interest and level of Spanish, assignments might include reading a local newspaper, listening to the news on radio or television or even accompanying the teacher to the market or main town square, museums and other places.

  • Degree Level

    Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

  • Languages

    • Spanish

  • Languages Used as a Medium of Teaching

    • Spanish

  • Subject Areas

    • Spanish

  • Cost in US$:

    Instruction: 200 weekly; Optional Homestay: 160 weekly

  • Cost Include Description:

    Immersion Program
    - 20 hours of Spanish Instruction weekly
    - One student / One professor Ratio
    - Certificate of completion (upon request)
    - Language exchange with Venezuelan students
    - Cultural & Social Activities
    - Computer Lab
    - Wireless Internet Access
    - On-site Locker
    - Full on-site Support Staff
    - Cafe & Rec Area
    - Library Access
    - Less intensive 15-hour or more intensive 25-hour weekly programs available

    Homestay option includes:
    - Airport pick-up
    - 2 Daily Meals
    - Private room

  • Credit Available

    yes

  • Experience Required

    no

  • This Program is open to

    Worldwide Participants.

  • Typical Living Arrangements

    • Home-stays

  • Participants Travel to Venezuela

    Independently or in Groups

  • Application Process Involves

    • Written Application

  • Typically The Application Process Time is

    7 days

  • VEN-USA's Mission Statement

    VENUSA's goal remains what it has always been: the promotion of greater international understanding through education, and the development of interpersonal relationships between its students, both Venezuelan and North American.

  • Year Founded

    1987

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