The Center for Professional Development
Spanish for Human Service
Professionals
Wednesday evenings - 6-8pm
October 2, 9, 23, 30; November 6, 13, 20; December 4, 11, 2013
$450
18 CEUs for entire program
ENROLLMENT DEADLINE: Friday, September 27, 2013
Pre-requisites:
(1) Participants must have experience in basic Spanish grammar and pronunciation at a minimum of Spanish I or equivalent. Residency in a Spanish-speaking country is also acceptable.
(2) Participants must complete and submit a skill-level questionnaire by Friday, September 27, 2013
Attendance
To maintain a cohesive cohort, participants are expected to commit
to attendance at all sessions.
Course Outline
This course approaches the Spanish language from a human services perspective. Its intention is to offer integrated Spanish language tools for the workplace and to increase Spanish fluency for working professionals who seek to improve their communication skills. The classes are built around themes and provide scenarios in which the course material will be relevant and interesting. The lessons are meant to be truly useful in situations that direct-service personnel encounter on a daily basis. Each class has three areas of emphasis: 1) Communicative – in which vocabulary and pronunciation are stressed; 2) Grammatical – in which the structures of the language are examined and practiced; and 3) Cultural – in which the beliefs, traditions and commonalities of Latin American culture are emphasized. This is an interactive class, lively and focused on proficiency. Students should expect to participate in Spanish conversation with others, and to strengthen their language skills with the provided study materials. No textbook is required.
Faculty
Ken Mathieu, MEd, returns for his fourth year to Bryn Mawr College
GSSWSR to facilitate the Spanish for Human Professionals course.
He has
been associated with the College's "Language in Motion” Program and has
taught at many levels in private and public institutions, including The
Shipley School in Bryn Mawr. Ken has also taught Spanish and Italian at
Penn State, Bloomsburg,
Virginia Commonwealth, and Widener Universities, and is certified in
Spanish
instruction in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Procedure
In addition to registering for
this course, registrants must complete the skill-level questionnaire to
assist the instructor in determining the most appropriate level of instruction.
Completed questionnaires may be submitted by email attachment to swprodev@brynmawr.edu or faxed to The Center for Professional Development at 610-520-2655.
Continuing Education
Credits
A total of 18 continuing education credits may be
earned. Credits will be calculated using attendance records, and will be emailed at the close of the
course.
