Study Spanish Abroad January Term in Guatemala
The study Spanish abroad January term course in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala is a three or four week long intensive Spanish immersion five hours a day, five days a week with homestay with a Guatemalan family. Besides the Spanish classes, students will be participating in daily social and cultural activities which include lectures on poverty, indigenous and cultural issues with field trips and excursions during the week. We also offer a study abroad summer program for students who cannot participate in the J-term program.
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Intensive Spanish immersion with daily social and cultural activities.
Obtain up to 16 college credit in three for four weeks.
College students who participate in this J-term study abroad program can obtain up to 16 college credits in Spanish either from Universidad Rural de Guatemala, Seattle Community College or Brookhaven College. Students can also check with their universities about how to obtain direct college credits. Since 1987, Casa Xelaju has been working with hundreds of universities from all over the world.
The instruction is one student per teacher, five hours a day, five days a week. Most of our teachers have been teaching in Casa Xelaju for almost 25 years. They receive rigorous training in teaching Spanish as a second language.
Students can take any level of Spanish classes in our Spanish immersion program abroad in Quetzaltenango. The first day of classes, our teachers will evaluate your Spanish level in comprehension, listening, speaking and reading skills to determine your appropriate level. Please bring the text book you are using at your university.
Tuition for this program is US$175.00 per week which includes homestay, three meals a day, private instruction five hours a day, five days a week, daily social and cultural activities. It does not include transportation from the United States to Quetzaltenango, transportation during the weekend’s .
activities, hotels and meals during these trips. There is $50.00 registration fee. If you would like assistance getting from the airport to the school there is a $40/$50 fee depending on if sleeping accommodations are needed.
Students can stay with families on Sundays but families do not provide food.
Classes for the January term start the first week in January. If you have questions regarding this program, please do not hesitate to contact us, 612 281 5705 or info(AT)cx.edu.gt
If you need a syllabus about the course, please let us know so we can e-mail it to you.
For college credit, please contact
Joe Monroy
Multinational Academic Program (MAP) for Study Abroad
972-860-4780 or bhcstudyabroad@dcccd.edud
www.brookhavencollege.edu/instruction/special-programs/map.aspx
