The curriculmn at Escuela D'Amore has been evaluated and accepted by many universities and colleges in the USA. Each University and College has their own criteria and policies about transferring credits, and Escuela D'Amore works with each college student and their advisors to insure that the course work meets the student's schools requirements. A sampling of some the Universtities and Colleges that have accepted our course work are: Texas State University; University of Michigan; University of Colorado; University of Utah; University of San Diego; Carroll College, Wisconsin; and Florida Atlantic Universtiy.
We are positive that our course work and curricula meet or exceed the requirements
of the language department of all the major Universities and Colleges in the USA. Our Staff works with each student's advisor and language department to insure a smooth transfer of the credit hours, and issues the necessary transcripts.
College level courses offered are:
Basic I & Basic II
Intermidate I & Intermidate
II
Advanced I & Advanced
II
Medical Spanish I & II
Business Spanish I & II
Contact Hours
Classes consist of 4 hour sessions, followed by a 1 hour conversation class, five days per week - 25 Hours of Spanish Instruction weekly, in classes limited to 5 !
In addition to the "Contact Hours", but not included in the computation for credit, are additional acquisition / reinforcemenet activities, such as living with your host family, travelling, volunteering, and playing in the community.
The Curriculumn
Worksheet - Credit Hours / Weeks of Study
Academic Program
When students arrive at La Escuela de Idiomas D'Amore, they are given an oral proficiency interview to determine their
level. Based on this interview, they are placed tentatively in one of
our six levels (Basic I and II, Intermediate I and II and Avanced I and
II). Students can move up according to their progress.
Once placed in a classs, students will experience our total immersion
methodology.
Our school follows the total immersion methodology; therefore, classes
are conducted completely in Spanish, the interaction with families is
completely in Spanish and the textbooks used at the school are also
entirely in Spanish.
All the textbooks have been designed by the school and are patented and
copywritten with the Library of Congress in the United States for their
uniqueness. Each lesson in each one of the textbooks consists of four
parts: "Let's get to know the culture" is an introduction to the Costa
Rican or Latin American culture and introduces some of the items to be
studied in vocabulary and
grammar; "Let's get to learn the vocabulary" focuses in the
learning of vocabulary; "Let's get to learn
to grammar"
analyzes
and reinforces some of the grammar;
and "Let's get to practice
what we learned" is a general oral
and written practice of what
was
studied in the
previous
sections.
Since a good amount of our students are either doctors
or medical
students, we have also designed a textbook
for Medical Spanish. In this
textbook, medical students or
professionals of the Medical field can
learn vocabulary of
the human body, illnesses, symptoms, etc.
We also offer free conversational sessions for one hour
everyday for
those who want to enhance their speaking
ability, and a tutorial English
class for those who have
difficulty with any item studied in class.
One day a week, students participate in a field trip that
focuses on a
social or enviromental issue in the
Manuel Antonio
area or the town of
Quepos.
Also free conversational classes
are always offered for students to practice before and after class.
Questions? Comments? Email info@edcostarica.com
Costa Rica Contact Info
Escuela D'Amore:
Apdo.148-6350
Quepos, Costa Rica
Tel/Fax: 506-777-1143 |
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USA Contact Info:
Escuela D'Amore
216 Tamoshanter Drive
Palm Springs, Florida 33461
Tel:1-800-261-3203 |
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