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Spanish
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Dominican Republic
history & culture
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- Dance
- Three fabulous
meals a day
- All inclusive,
all you can drink (including alcoholic drinks for those
18 and over)
- Deluxe lodging
- Beach
- Pool
- Disco
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All historical-cultural,
shopping and sports excursions.
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Transportation
to and from the airport is also included, as well as transportation
on all standard excursions
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That airfare is
not included, but we will recommend an agent who will help
you to get the lowest possible fare.
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Session
dates in 2009 are
If you have a group more than 5, you can apply
any time, all year:
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1- May
31-20, Check-in on Sunday, May 31; check-out Saturday, June
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a)- Any one 3-week session (3
weeks) US $ 2,995
b)- Any two 3-week sessions (6 weeks) US $ 5,395
c)- Any three 3-week sessions (9 weeks) US $ 7,995 |
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2- June
21-July 11, Check-in on Sunday, June 21; check-out Saturday,
July 11
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3-July
12-August 1, Check-in on Sunday, July 12; check-out Saturday,
August 1
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4- August
2-22, Check-in on Sunday, August 2; check-out Saturday, August
22
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Each session
is three (3) weeks long; however, if you need to arrange
a longer or shorter stay. Like one week classes, or a different
check-in or check-out date, we will do our best to accommodate
your needs and desires.
CAPITAL OPTION
You may substitute
one week in the Capital's Zona Colonial for one of your
on-the-beach weeks, or add on an extra week in the Capital
at a discounted rate.
The week in the Capital includes Spanish classes, meals,
and accomodations (albeit not at a deluxe beach resort).
ESPAÑOL EN
LA PLAYA
Is co-managed and co-administered by an American professional.
- Dr. Lynne
Guitar, and a Dominican professional, Lic. Severino Polanco.
This dynamic
duo has four years of experience working with American,
Canadian, European, Caribbean, and Asian student groups
and researchers in the Dominican Republic. They are assisted
by the extraordinarily talented students and professionals
known as the "Grupo
Guanín."
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¡ESPAÑOL
EN LA PLAYA! (SPANISH AT THE BEACH!)
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¡Español en la Playa! is an intensive summer Spanish-language
program in the Dominican Republic, a live-in program at a
deluxe everything-included beach resort.
We encourage the
use of Spanish not only in the classroom (1 1/2 hours of grammar
followed by 1 1/2 hours of conversation class daily, plus
history and culture classes), but also during meals, during
all the wide variety of recreational activities offered, and
while participating in historical/cultural excursions. Students
learn at an accelerated rate, have fun while learning, and
remember what they learn more easily in this relaxed all-Spanish
environment.
Below are the
content outlines for the three levels of Spanish-language
training offered.
Keep in mind that the professors modify the curriculum slightly,
depending upon the rate of learning and special interests
of students in the class. This is a big advantage of our small
student-to-teacher ratio.
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Beginner
level
Alphabet/pronunciation
rules
Greetings
Name exchanges (includes introduction to Spanish names and
the most common Spanish nicknames)
Colors
Numbers through the 100's What does it cost? (Simple questions/answers
for shopping, restaurants, cinema, hotel, museum entrance,
etc.)
Other important question and answer words:
¿Dónde, cómo,
cuánto, qué, por qué, quién? (special section on que vs.
quien and por que vs. porque)
Telling time
Days of the week, months of the year.
Weather and seasons
Building vocabulary with cognate nouns (warning of "false
friends") Masculine and feminine nouns and their articles,
regular and irregular
Forming plurals Building vocabulary with cognate adjectives
and adverbs ("false friends")
Noun and adjective placement Subject pronouns-special section
on the use of tu, especially in the Dominican Republic,
and vosotros/vos Present tense conjugations,
-ar, -er, -ir (regular verbs)
Building vocabulary
with cognate verbs (warning of "false friends")
How old are
you?
Tener Idioms using tener
Tener que vs.
hay que Hay
- Ser and estar-Present-tense
conjugations and how to differentiate their use Common
idioms using ser and estar
Gustar (English
speakers don't like this irregular verb, but it's really
easy!)
- Building
vocabulary-foods and eating out Building vocabulary-shopping/stores
- Building vocabulary-travel
and transportation
- Building vocabulary-location
and direction
- Building vocabulary-telephone
calls/phone etiquette
- Building vocabulary-post
office and stationery/office supplies
- Building vocabulary-family
and friends Special section on Spanish naming patterns
- Building vocabulary-sports
and school studies Building vocabulary-body parts
- Building
vocabulary-professions
- Possessive
adjectives The irregular verb ir Idioms using ir Future
tense the easy way with ir a Dominicanisms
- DAILY CONVERSATIONAL
PRACTICE NIGHTLY EASY-READING ASSIGNMENTS AND WRITTEN
HOMEWORK
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Intermediate
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More irregular
verbs in present tense:
conocer,
dar, hacer, poner, poder, saber, salir, traer, decir, oír,
venir, jugar, pensar, querer, preferir, sentir
Present progressive verbs and forming present participles.
Common reflexive verbs, both regular and irregular Preterite
tense (regular verbs and most common irregulars)
Past imperfect and its difference in use/meaning from the
preterite tense (regular verbs and most common irregulars)
Past perfect and past progressive tenses; forming past participles
Future tense (regular verbs and most common irregulars) Future
conditional and its difference in use/meaning from the standard
future tense (regular verbs and most common irregulars)
Distinguishing
between similar pairs:
jugar/tocar, saber/conocer, saber/poder, volver/devolver,
llevar/traer, llevar/tomar, libre/gratis, dejar/salir, pedir/preguntar,
gustar/complacer
More question words
and special expressions used in questions/answers
Giving orders More idioms using ser, estar, dar, tener, poner,
hacer
Other useful idioms,
such as acabar de How long ago? (hace) -idiomatic uses of
the verb hacer
- Building vocabulary--adverbs
Building vocabulary-descriptive adjectives and their opposites
- Building vocabulary-prepositions
and conjunctions
- Building vocabulary-dining
room and kitchen, table settings
- Building vocabulary-around
the house
- Building vocabulary-countries
and ethnicities Building vocabulary-at the doctor's/dentist's/clinic/hospital
- Building vocabulary-driving
Building vocabulary-clothes
- Building vocabulary-animals/pets
- Building vocabulary-music
and parties Por vs. para and useful idioms using both
- Common commands
Direct and indirect objects Negative expressions Numbers
to a million
- Mathematics
(adding, subtracting, dividing, multiplying) Ordinal numbers
(primero through décimo)
- Demonstrative
adjectives
- Common comparatives
and superlatives, both regular and irregular Measuring quantities
More Dominicanisms
DAILY CONVERSATIONAL
PRACTICE--Students at this level are encouraged to help beginning
students outside of class, for teaching is an excellent way
to improve learning
NIGHTLY READING
ASSIGNMENTS AND WRITTEN HOMEWORK.
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Advanced level:
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Fine tuning pronunciation
(including variants around the world)
Feminine nouns that take irregular articles in the singular,
such as agua, águila, hache, etc.
Subjunctive (including
more work on commands) and "doubtful" words like quizas and
si.
More reflexive verbs; distinguishing meanings between reflexive
and non-reflexive forms of the same verb (such as ir/irse)
Special segment on verbs and their most commonly used prepositions
- Verbs with
a, with con, with de, with en, with por
- Verbs that
take prepositions in English but not in Spanish
- Agradecer,
aprovechar, buscar, escuchar, esperar, guarder cama, lograr,
mirar, pagar, pedir, soler + infinitive
- More comparatives
and superlatives (using tan, tan como and tanto)
- Big numbers
and advanced mathematics (common terms in algebra and geometry)
Ordinal numbers after décimo
- Vocabulary building-more
nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and special expressions
(*students and teachers, working together, choose desired
categories of words and expressions to learn and practice)
- Non-verbal "expressions"
commonly used by Dominicans and other Spanish speakers
- More Dominicanisms
DAILY CONVERSATIONAL
PRACTICE-Students at this level are encouraged to help beginning
and intermediate students outside of class, for teaching is
an excellent way to improve learning
ADVANCED READING
COMPREHENSION AND WRITING EXERCISES
Written accents-special section on dipthongs
Distinguishing between similar sets of words like si/sí, se/sé,
papa/papá
Punctuation and capitalization differences between Spanish
and English
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