瓜达拉哈拉暑期留学项目获得认可
January 17, 2007
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查尔斯·哈蒙大学关系主任，希瑟·哈里斯研究生实习生，大卫·斯塔林，国际项目办公室助理主任电话229-333-7410
瓜达拉哈拉暑期留学项目获得认可
The Institute of International Education (IIE) named Valdosta
State University’s summer study abroad program in Guadalajara,
Mexico as an Honorable Mention in the Study Abroad category for the
Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education.
In addition, the program also received the recognition of “Best
Practices” in campus internationalization.
The nominated program, titled “ESOL and Spanish Language Training
in Guadalajara, Mexico,” jointly organized through the department
of Modern and Classical Languages, focuses on training teachers in
the fields of Spanish and English to Speakers for Other Languages
(ESOL).
Through the study abroad program, students live and perform daily
activities in native Mexican family home stays. Also, the program
gives students the opportunity to participate in the University of
Guadalajara’s Spanish Language School Centro de Estudios para
Extranjeros (CEPE) Amistad or Friendship program, which assigns
students to a conversation partner from the university.
“The majority of learners our teachers serve have language
backgrounds that fall outside what might be considered Standard
English,” Dr. Rebecca Galeano, program site director, said. “This
[ESOL] endorsement can help teachers learn how to use language
variation for the good of each student whether they are a recent
immigrant or a South Georgia native.”
3月30日。 Galeano and Viki Soady, department head for
Modern and Classical Languages, hope to attend and speak at the
Second Annual IIE Best Practices Conference in New York about the
success of the program.
“The real reward is in seeing our students come home and apply
everything they learned abroad,” Dr. Galeano said. “We now have
teachers who completed their ESOL endorsement with us in
Guadalajara actually practicing in the community �" so we are
seeing direct benefits of this program.”
Program organizers are now accepting participant applications for
the summer 2007 program with possible funding for teachers from the
Valdosta City, Lowndes and Colquitt County Schools. For more
information, please contact the Dr. Galeano in the Office of Modern
and Classical Languages at (229) 333-5948.
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