Intensive Spanish Language Available Sessions
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About the Program
The Intensive Spanish Language Program allows students of all language levels to improve their language proficiency in a short time frame. Your language courses will focus on oral comprehension and expression, listening comprehension, and grammar components appropriate to your language level. By immersing yourself in the Pura Vida lifestyle you’ll find San Jose to be the perfect place to practice your budding language skills.
Requirements
- Overview
- Location:
- San Jose
- Dates:
- early Jan 2025 - early Mar 2025
- Price:
- $8,995
- Credits:
- 8
- Deadlines
- Apply by:
- 10/25/24
- Withdraw by:
- 11/22/24
- Application Requirements
- $95 Online Application Fee
- Complete Application
- Transcript - Unofficial
- Program Participation Agreement
Program Structure
The Winter Quarter is organized into two 4-week teaching blocks. In each 4-week session, you'll enroll in 1 language course at your level of proficiency. Language courses meet for 60 contact hours/4 credits per each 4-week block. Earn a total of 8 credits (120 contact hours).
Language courses meet for 3 hours per day in the morning, Monday-Friday. Active learning components required by your courses may be scheduled on Fridays.
Prior to departure, you will select your preferred courses and take a Spanish language level placement exam. Students who have no prior knowledge of Spanish language and consider taking SPN 101 Spanish Basic I or SSP 141 Basic Spanish for Health Professionals, may opt out of the of the language placement exam. You will be enrolled into courses based on availability and the result of your placement exam. It is in your best interest to have multiple alternative courses approved by your home university prior to your departure due to course availabilities. To ensure that you receive credit for the language level you place into, have your home school pre-approve courses at several levels before you leave for Costa Rica. Please consult with your academic advisor at your home university on credit pre-approval guidelines.
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Credits
Beginner Level Course Structure
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Available Levels
Courses
The host institution has offered the following courses in the past. Please note that course listings may not be finalized until the start of the term; we’ll post an updated list when the host institution finalizes its offerings.
*Courses with an asterisk indicate that the course has been associated with multiple subject areas.
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Excursions
Get out and explore! Excursions are offered for most semester, year, and summer programs*. Semester students are typically offered between two to three excursions and summer study students are typically offered between one to two excursions. You'll receive a calendar of excursions during orientation; here are a few day and overnight excursions we've offered in the past.
Sample Budget
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Sample Calendar
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