OSEA 7-Day Intensive Spanish Language Immersion

Week One Dates: May 25 to June 1, 2012
Week Two Dates: June 1-8, 2012
Week Three Dates: June 9-16, 2012

Enroll in one, two or all three weeks of Intensive Spanish!

Each week is 40 contact hrs or THREE university course credits!

OSEA now offers a unique opportunity to bring your Spanish language abilities up to higher levels of conversational proficiency. OSEA offers two one week intensive Spanish language immersion classes. Each one week course is a self-contained unit. Participants can choose either one of the two courses or opt for to take both weeks. The high teacher-student ratio and individualized teaching allows OSEA to develop a uniquely tailored set of learning objectives and appropriate learning activities that is directly suited to the level of each participant. Our methodology therefore can be ideally extended into from a one to two week intensive immersion program as desired by participants.

Enrollment is restricted to four students per instructor for each one week course. Our Spanish language staff consists of native speakers who are trained and experienced teachers of Spanish. The program relies on classroom learning and provides each student with a native-speaker language assistant who works with you one-on-one for focused conversation and targeted communicative assignements to bring your proficiency to its highest levels.  The program is entirely conducted in the Maya community of Pisté, Yucatán, and is ideally suited for participants in the OSEA Ethnography Field School or the SELT Teaching English Service Learning Program.

CLICK HERE to Access the Online Enrollment Form for Intensive Spanish Immersion
Note that the online enrollment form does not allow "Save and Resume Later" functionality.

Contact Hours of Learning and Course Credits
Learning is based on 4 hours of daily classroom work (28 hrs total) and 2 hours of one-on-one per day (total 14 hrs) during each 7 day program for an overall total of 42 hours of instruction. In addition, participants use their out of classroom time to further develop their communicative competency in Spanish through cultural and linguistic immersion in the community of Pisté.
      Each one week course of Intensive Spanish is rated as 3 university course credits. Courses credits are offered at both undergraduate and graduate level of Conversational Spanish.

Program Costs and Tuition
The standard tuition rate is $270 per week and includes course materials.  Participants in the OSEA Ethnography Field School, SELT Teaching English Service Learning, or Intensive Maya Immersion Programs are eligible for a discounted rate of $200 per week.
      Persons enrolled in the Intensive Spanish course can choose one of two options for Lodging and Meals. Alternatively, Spanish participants can opt to make their own individual arrangements instead of selecting one of the two OSEA lodging and meal options.

Lodging and Meals Option
Participants have the choice of a Homestay or lodging in a Posada and meals. Homestay options are by request only. Participants must submit an Online Homestay Request Form
      Participants in the Intensive Spanish courses are provided lodging in the Posada Olalde and two meals a day (breakfast and lunch) are arranged with a Spanish speaking family.

Spanish Instruction
The language instruction is designed to create communicative proficiency in speaking and listening. Participants are beginning and novice level or low intermediate. The course instruction is designed to cater to your learning needs. The teacher to student ratio allows us to fine-tune the instruction to your specific learning objectives. This intensive language program is tailored to fit the fluency level of each participant.

Teachers are trained in methodologies for optimizing communicative proficiency based in the ACTFL assessment system.  The course includes cultural content material that is directly related to language proficiencies and designed to be used for the most effective advancement of your communicative abilities. One can choose either of the two one week programs or opt for the Two-Week Immersion Program. Participants in SELT Teaching English Service Learning may benefit the most from the two week program, which ends prior to the start of the SELT program.

Week One Dates: May 25 to June 1, 2012
Week Two Dates: June 1-8, 2012
Week Three Dates: June 9-16, 2012

Arrival in Piste by noon on start date.

Costs, 2012

One 7 Day Intensive Spanish Course
One Week	Standard Tuition Rate		Ethnography/Teaching English Rate
Lodging & Meals	$275 per week PLUS	One Week Total	$200 per week PLUS	One Week Total
Posada & Meals 1x $180	$180	$455	$180	$380
Homestay 1x $125	$125	$410	$125	$325
Two 7 Day Intensive Spanish Course
Two Week	Standard Tuition Rate		Ethnography/Teaching English Rate
Lodging & Meals	$275 wk x 2 = $550 PLUS	Two Week Total	$200 wk x 2 = $400 PLUS	Two Week Total
Posada & Meals 2x $180	$360	$910	$360	$760
Homestay 2x $125	$250	$800	$250	$650
Three 7 Day Intensive Spanish Course
Three Week	Standard Tuition Rate		Ethnography/Teaching English Rate
Lodging & Meals	$275 wk x 3 = $825 PLUS	Three Week Total	$200 wk x 3 = $600 PLUS	Three Week Total
Posada & Meals 3x $180	$540	$1365	$540	$1140
Homestay 3x $125	$375	$1200	$375	$975

Course Materials
Participants are provided a coursebook which is used for instruction. In addition participants should consider purchasing on their own for their own individual personal use materials such as: 501 Spanish Verbs, Spanish-English Dictionary (pocket size), Spanish Grammar & Vocabulary Cheat Sheets, and similar handy resources that can be found at any university bookstore. Once enrolled participants are provided course materials, information on recommended materials that can be purchased, and a pre-departure "Spanish Workout Routine." This is a special OSEA designed preparation schedule that helps you maximize your learning experience during the Intensive Spanish program and helps you excel in gaining communicative fluency.

Enrollment Process for Intensive Spanish Immersion
Participants are accepted on a rolling, first come first serve basis. In order to guarantee enrollment a $50 non-refundable Deposit / Registration must be paid via Paypal upon completion of the Enrollment. Participants indicate on their preference for lodging and meal choice. 100% of balance must be submitted no later than than 4 weeks ahead of start date of program as specified on the enrollment.

The Online Enrollment Form for Intensive Spanish Immersion accessible here.

Permanent Link to Online Spanish Enrollment Form

Deposit Registration Fee is $50 if paid by check or $53 if paid by Paypal. Instructions for payment are available on the Online Enrollment Form. This Deposit is the same amount whether you wish to participate in one or more weeks of Intensive Spanish.

OSEA Programs currently being offered:
7-Day Intensive Spanish Immersion Course
Heritage Ethnography Field School
Maya Immersion Language Field School
SELT Teaching English Service Language

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