ACADEMICS The Spanish langauge courses taught through GlobalEd's Summer Spanish Language and Internship Program in Seville, Spain are delivered by the EAQUALS accredited CLIC/International House organizations.

Global Education and Career Development Abroad (GlobalEd)

With over fifteen years of experience in international education, study abroad management and onsite program delivery, the staff at GlobalEd work closely with U.S. educational institutions and host institutions to

design, deliver onsite and monitor all-inclusive quality programs that meet expectations, ensure safety, maximize learning and conform to U.S. regional accreditation standards.

Centro de Lenguas e Intercambio Cultural (CLIC IH)

Our host institution, The “Centro de Lenguas e Intercambio Cultural” (Center for Languages and Intercultural Exchange or CLIC) first started teaching language courses in 1983. Today, CLIC is one of the most

important language centers in Spain, where over 2,000 Spaniards study Japanese, Arabic, French and English, among other languages every year, and around 2,300 students a year come from all over the world to learn Spanish.

International House (IH) CLIC belongs to the International House World Organisation network, founded in 1953, and includes more than 140 languages schools in 50 countries worldwide. The mission of IH is to develop and implement high

standards in language teaching and services offered by its members. International House is also one of the most prestigious language teacher training bodies and offers teacher development and on-line training around the world. IH helped to create the standards for Teacher Training in Language Education and continues to innovate in training teachers of all languages.

EAQUALS EAQUALS is a selective group that unites the best European languages schools. The EAQUALS international association promotes and guarantees quality in language teaching institutions. Accredited members are

committed to the continuous development of academic excellence. EAQUALS verifies this commitment in regular inspections focusing not only on the maintenance of high standards but also on the rationale and ethos of the approach to curriculum, the quality of teaching, teacher management, services to students and quality management.

THE LEARNING CENTER

Physically our facility is located in two buildings in the heart of the downtown district in Seville, directly behind the Plaza Nueva and Town Hall. We are a perfect size, neither overwhelmingly large nor too small, with 35 classrooms, large common careas, roof-top terraces and central offices allowing us to service around over 2,000 students enrolled yearly in our Spanish department. Amenities and Resources LIBRARY At present we have over 1000 volumes in Spanish, both graded and original text with over 80 Spanish films available for students to view. MULTI-MEDIA ROOM Students can send and receive email, surf the web and use CD-ROMs in Spanish and other foreign languages, as well as do class research and prepare assignments. Additionally, WIFI is available throughout the school, including the terraces, for student use. SPECIALIZED BOOK SHOP CLIC IH has its own bookshop specialized for teachers and learners of foreign languages. INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS These unique boards help energize presentations and motivate learners. Combining the simplicity of a whiteboard with the power of a computer, the SMART Board interactive whiteboard keeps students engaged.

STUDENT LIFE: Seville, Spain Seville is the artistic, cultural and financial capital of Southern Spain. The city is renowned for its warm climate and friendly culture, making it an ideal setting for language learning, cultural integration and professional development. A stroll through the city's winding cobblestone streets reveals a wide array of bustling sidewalk cafes and tapas bars, spontaneous flamenco performances and an active nightlife. Internationally known for the grandeur of its Easter Week processions and April Fair, Seville offers a variety of rich cultural experiences set against historical Roman, Muslim, and Jewish influence. CULTURAL ACTIVITIES Students can participate in a variety of weekly afternoon activities designed to enhance your appreciation of the city’s history and local cultural, and to provide opportunities to access an active community of international students. • Cooking Classes • Soccer Games • Flamenco Shows • Tapas Tours • Local Festivals • Arab Tea Houses • Flamenco Classes • Movie Night • Museum Visits EXCURSIONS We partner with local excursion providers to offer students a variety of destinations with flexible dates and a travel stipend which can be applied to one or more destinations. The excursion destinations and dates are subject to change. Below are examples of popular excursions.

Spend the weekend in Granada, an evoking city where multiple civilizations that once lived on Andalusia soil left a cultural legacy that is a marvel of the world. The Alhambra is the joy that crowns this beautiful city at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

Join other international students on this three day trip where you will spend two nights at a beach front hotel with a swimming pool, great food and excellent service; tour two northern Moroccan cities: Chefchaouen and Tetuan; take a panoramic bus view of Tangiers, visit the Caves of Hercules and ride on camels near the beach in Tangiers.

Spend a day in Cordoba and explore its treasures starting with the majestic Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos. Walk through and enjoy the beauty of Córdoba’s famous Mezquita, spectacular testimony to the Califalian age. Explore the Jewish quarter, full of life and great shops. Walk through Córdoba’s streets including the “Callejón de las Flores” and “Plaza de los Gran Maimonides”, stopping off at the Sinagogue. Visit one of the most beautiful beaches in southern Portugal! Located in the Algarve region, Lagos is a very popular destination for all travellers and beach lovers. The area offers a wide range of activities and excursions from sailboat cruises to surf lessons.

HOUSING We consider housing accommodations to be a key element to the success of any study or work abroad experience. For this reason, we place considerable importance on understanding each student’s lifestyle and interests and by carefully selecting each placement taking into consideration proximity, experience, amenities and past program evaluations. All placements typically have WIFI access and include reasonable use of utilities. Housing assignments are communicated prior to arrival in the form of a housing sheet and are designed to match the needs and expectations of each program participant. The detailed information in our housing sheets describe the housing accommodation, amenities, occupants, location, description of the neighborhood and a distance chart to local points of interest. Family Living

Students will live with a local family and receive a full meal plan for an additional fee (See Optional Services section). Living with a local family is a wonderful opportunity to improve your language skills and to expose oneself to local foods and customs. Most of GlobalEd’s families have received international students in the past and enjoy the daily interaction. You will be placed in a single or double room and have the option to request a roommate preference if traveling with a friend. What's Included: • 3 Meals A Day • Weekly Laundry Service • Normal Utilities Usage

Most housing placements will be located in the areas of Triana and Los Remedios, both of which are excellent residential neighborhoods and walking distance from class.

LANGUAGE PLACEMENT LEVELS: ACTFL & European Framework CLIC IH determines student level placement by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, which is similar to the American Council of Teacher´s of Foreign Languages´ (ACTFL) progress indicators in the United States. These are similar in that their goals are to create a standardization of levels applicable to any foreign language. They are also similar in the perspective they take on language learning progression not as stages of achievement, but rather as stages of proficiency. As such, both scales examine each level within the lens of what the learner can and can’t do at that phase. Also, these are similar in that their overarching goal is to be a global assessment, in that the standards can apply to a learner regardless of where or how the language was acquired or learned. One notable difference is that the ACTFL standards separate the four larger areas of proficiency: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, and Superior, into three sub-areas per level: Novice-low, Novice-Mid, and Novice-High, for example. The European Framework operates with three larger areas instead of 4 which are: Basic, Independent and Proficient. PEDAGOGICAL WORKING PLAN The syllabi for this program have been designed to meet the standards and learning objectives for regionally accredited universities in the U.S. while respecting the guidelines proposed by the Instituto Cervantes and the recent reforms in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching and Assessment. The location of our centers not only compliment the learning objectives of our courses and students, but also form an integral part of our strategy to design communicative and pragmatic programs adapted to the needs of our students. The small class size, plentiful local resources, high technology classrooms, tutor program and high level of interaction between professors and students facilitate learning and allow professors to focus on techniques and individual learning strategies, encouraging a student-centered approach to learning both in and outside the classroom. In order to ensure the highest quality academic delivery, we closely monitor and have regular evaluations which include general interest questionnaires, student and faculty evaluations, level tests, teacher observations, and self-evaluations.

COURSE PLANNING FRAMEWORK

Course content Timeframe Evaluation tools: Solutions to possible problems

> General Spanish courses: the objective is to enable the student to interact and orally express himself/herself in basic Spanish terms in different every-day situations and to write texts describing experience and impressions.

>Spanish Language:

20 lessons per week, during each three week session are held from Monday to Friday.

- Students research topic related texts on the Internet, in local publications and from our centers resources and present them in class in addition to the supplied teacher’s material

- Students write compositions on the topics dealt with in class – summarizing the information and expressing their opinion on concrete aspects.

- Students attend, participate and show interest in class

- In the General Spanish Course students take an exam in the 2nd week (mid-term) after 30 hours of instruction and the final exam at the end of the 3rd week.

- In the case that students have different Spanish levels:

Solution:

1. Student Groups

Classes hold a maximum of eight students and are grouped by similar levels upon taking a placement exam.

2. Tutorials

(1 or 2 per week) to help and explain the lessons and topics dealt with, fill in knowledge gaps, revise homework or practice a specific skill of Spanish language.

On their first day, students receive the name and email-address of their tutor and the time table for the tutorials.

3. Homework

Students have to study and work at home as well and show their progress to their tutor.

THE EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK

Proficient User

(ACTFL Advanced – Superior)

Mastery

Effective Operational Proficiency

C2

Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can summarise information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation. Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.

C1

Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognize implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.

Independent User

(ACTFL Intermediate)

Vantage

Threshold

B2

Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

B1

Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst traveling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

Basic User

(ACTFL Novice)

Waystage

Breakthrough

A2

Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

A1

Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has. Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.