Southern Oregon University's Summer Language Institute for Spanish Teachers -- application deadline February 19, 2010

Earn your Master's degree in Spanish Teaching (or Continuing Education credits) in beautiful Guanajuato, Mexico! Join us for a unique, intensive program specifically designed to meet the needs of middle school, high school and community college Spanish teachers. The SLI intensive summer program combines courses on language acquisition and pedagogy with language and culture courses to allow you to improve both your language proficiency and cultural understanding
while becoming a better teacher. The MA program can be completed over three summers. Space is limited to 22 students per cohort. Our students are dedicated Spanish teachers who find that studying in the summer is much more productive than taking graduate classes duringthe school year. Comments Laurie Barry, "I have just spent the most amazing three weeks of my life in Guanajuato at SOU's summer institute. Top-notch professors, intense and challenging coursework, and bright, motivated fellow classmates make this program truly special. What I learned this summer has forever changed the way I teach. Guanajuato reminds me of Florence, with its winding narrow streets, friendly people, beautiful churches, good restaurants, and great shopping. The weather is wonderful, with low humidity and breezes even in late July."

For more information, please visit our website
www.sou.edu/summerlanguageinstitute or contact Dr. Anne Connor at connora@sou.edu or 541-552-6743

These courses are offered in 2010:
June 20-July 9
? Second Language Acquisition Theory and Practice (3 credits)
? Foreign Language Assessment (3 credits)
? Advanced Level Writing Workshop (3 credits) Developing Writing Activities for the Intermediate Level (2 credits)
? Origins and Characteristics of American Spanish (3 credits) Inclusive Practices in the Spanish Classroom (2 credits)
? Applied Linguistics for Teachers of Spanish (3 credits) Evaluating Oral Proficiency (2 credits)
? Advanced Grammar (optional, 1 credit)

July 11-July 30
? Teaching for Proficiency Methods and Strategies (3 credits)
? Action Research (3 credits)
? Contemporary Mexican Culture (3 credits)
Integrating Culture in the Language Classroom (2 credits)
?Identidades latinas en los Estados Unidos (3 credits) Autobiografías lingüísticas (2 credits)
? Globalizing Mexican Cinema after NAFTA (3 credits) Image to Word: Cortometraje, Short Film in the Spanish
Classroom (2 credits)
? Advanced Conversation (optional, 1 credit)