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The Global Village Summer Camp
("Camp Spanglish")
University of Washington
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Overview
This summer, the Division of Spanish & Portuguese Studies at the University of Washington, in collaboration with La Fundación de la Lengua Española (The Foundation of the Spanish Language), an NGO located in Valladolid, Spain, will sponsor a Spanish Language Summer Camp for high school students. Between July 1 and July 21, 2009, 20 Spanish high school students will live and study with 20 American counterparts in dorms on the UW campus.
Mornings will be devoted to study, and afternoons and evenings to extracurricular activities. From 9am-12pm Monday-Friday, the young Spaniards will study English, while the American students will learn Spanish. All American students will receive 3 credits of SPAN 199 from the University of Washington for the Spanish course they take.
From lunch on, all students will engage in joint activities, ranging from volleyball, soccer, tennis, and basketball, to swimming, canoeing, and hiking. We anticipate that the friendships forged during Camp Spanglish will last well beyond the three weeks of the program.
Housing
Information
Participants will be stay in a dorm on the University of Washington campus, and be supervised by Resident Advisors from both the United States and Spain. Each American student will share a room with a Spanish high school student, which will give them the chance to practice their newly acquired language skills in a real, living context.
ELIGIBILITY & APPLICATION
Eligibility Requirements
Completion of two years of high school Spanish (or more), with at least a B average.
Application
Procedure
- Complete an Application Form.
- Include one Letter of
Recommendation, preferably from a Spanish instructor.
- A 250 word essay in English stating your reasons for wanting to paticipate in the Global Village Summer Camp, and the projected benefits of this
experience. Include any other information you feel is relevant to your application.
Please send your completed application form and accompanying materials by e-mail or postal mail to Lani Phillips at spanport@u.washington.edu, or Box 354360, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. Applications received by June 21, 2009 will be given priority.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Program Fees- Summer 2009
The total cost of the camp (including room & board, classes, and all activities)
will be $2,100.
**Some financial need based scholarships are available upon request. Please submit documentation of need with the application packet.**
CONTACT INFORMATION
Questions about the program can be answered by:
Tony Geist
(Chair, Division of Spanish & Portuguese Studies)
Padelford Hall, C-104
(206) 543-2022
tgeist@u.washington.edu
AND
Lucía Ramos
(Fundación de la Lengua Española)
Cunningham Hall
(206) 685-5319
seattle@fundacionlengua.es
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