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Global Education Corporation
Chicago,Buenos Aires,Sao Paulo,Alicante, Illinois, US,Argentina,Brazil,Spain

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

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The Buenos Aires Summer Program offers a four week session with the option of a four day tour in Patagonia. Participants are enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires and have the option to live on campus in student residence housing or off campus in shared apartment housing. Participants will complete 60 hours of Intensive Spanish Classes with the option to enroll in various cultural immersion courses at the University and attend several weekly cultural excursions throughout Buenos Aires.

This program is ideal for those unable to participate in the semester or yearlong programs. There are three tracks in the Summer Program:

I. Language Instruction & University studies
II. English Teaching
III. Internship Projects

TRACK ONE: Language Instruction & University Studies

Participants will concentrate on intensive Spanish Language instruction at the University of Buenos Aires. The focus is on acquiring Conversational Spanish and basic Spanish reading by taking 3 hours of Spanish instruction per day in each session.

Participants receive

Tuition and Fees
Housing
Weekend Excursions
Intensive Language Instruction
Options to take additional classes in history, art, etc.
Academic Transcript and/or Certificate of Completion
Optional 5-Day Tour to Patagonia

With the proper approvals from your University or College advisor, many Participants can complete an entire semester of language study in 4 weeks. In addition, one or two elective courses may be taken each session in history, culture, or music.

TRACK TWO: English Teaching

Participants will complete TEFL Certification Training to help prepare them to teach English Abroad. Participants will complete 50 hours of TEFL Online instruction in their home country and 70 hours of classroom, practicum, and volunteer English teaching in Argentina for over 100 hours of TEFL Certification experience. As a practicum exercise, Participants may volunteer as an English Teaching Assistant until they are fully certified an ESL Instructor by GEC. Upon completion of their certification they may be assigned as a volunteer or paid instructor with a local English School in Buenos Aires.

Concurrent with their TEFL Certification participants will concentrate on intensive Spanish Language instruction at the University of Buenos Aires.

Participants receive

Tuition and Fees
Housing
TEFL Certification
Intensive Language Instruction
Weekend Excursions
Academic Transcript and/or Certificate of Completion
ESL Teaching Assignment (volunteer or paid)
Optional 5-Day Tour to Patagonia

As an ESL Teacher you will teach a minimum of 15 hours per week and receive extensive training by your school. A stipend is provided to meet the cost of personal expenses and food. At the completion of this project you will be certified with 120 hours of training as a TEFL Certified Instructor through GEC.

TRACK THREE: Internship Projects

Participants may select from a wide range of internships with small to mid-size Argentine national firms, large multinational European Corporations, or local international hospitals. Internships are non-paid but they may include housing and an excellent opportunity to learn about commerce in Buenos Aires and throughout Argentina. Internship Projects are a minimum of 10 weeks in the following areas:

Architecture or Interior Design Internships
Cable or Journalism Media
Business Internships with small to mid-size Argentine companies
Engineering Internships
Finance, Economics

Internship Projects are idea for college students or recent college graduates. All majors are welcomed. Participants are assigned responsibility based on their knowledge of the Spanish Language and command of the English Language.

Participants receive

Tuition and Fees
Housing
Intensive Language Instruction
Additional University Classes in Calligraphy and Art
Weekend Excursions
Internship Assignment
Academic Transcript and/or Certificate of Completion
Optional 5-Day Tour to Patagonia

As an option, Participants may combine a TEFL Certification Course with this track. The academic courses, English Teaching Projects, and Internship Projects are just one aspect of the value in spending a summer abroad. Participants can expect a schedule that includes various field trips to museums and various tourist attractions

OPTIONAL PATAGONIA TOUR
Project Fee: $890.00
Rugged, windswept and wild, Patagonia entices. Come hike mountain trails, watch glaciers disgorging chunks of ice into lakes, and look for vicuña at Torres del Paine National Park. Cruise the Straits of Magellan and the glacial fjords of Tierra del Fuego. And relax in style at Explora Lodge, a unique outpost of elegance in the remote wilderness.

The Patagonia region, located in the southern end of South America embraces partially the territory of Argentina and Chile. In Argentina it expands to the south of the river Colorado between the Andes and the Atlantic Ocean. It is a plateau with an area of more than 770,000 sq km, and includes five provinces: Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz, and Tierra del Fuego.

GEC encourages every participant to join the Patagonia tour. However, the segment is optional and has an additional fee. You will receive detailed tour information in your acceptance packet.


highlights: About Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires was founded on the shores of the Rio de la Plata in 1570 and was named after the patron saint of sailors for the good wind or buen aire. However the city remained a colonial backwater for 200 years ¨C the Spanish concentrated their attentions on wealthier Peru while Buenos Aires became a thriving centre for smuggling between South America and Europe. Poised between the sweeping Río de la Plata and the legendary pampas, Buenos Aires is home to one-third of Argentina’s population of 38 million. Downtown Buenos Aires is as sophisticated as any European city, the capital city’s wide avenues, sprawling parks, and elegant 19th century Parisian-style architecture compose one picture. Another view catches narrow, crowded side streets, graffiti and political posters, and the grit of a modern metropolis. The city was built by French, Italian and Spanish immigrants and the Porteños (locals) still regard themselves as more European than South American. Those taking a walk through the leafy parks and boulevards could be forgiven for thinking they were in Madrid, Paris or Milan.

Field Trips

You are encouraged to participate in the following program organized tours and field trips. Dates and destinations may change at the discretion of the director.

Buenos Aires City Tour

An excursion with a view of the city by land and water, Participants will have lunch as they navigate through Río de la Plata, in a ship full of pleasure and beauty with the best view of Buenos Aires city. Enjoy the excellent cooking aboard in its completely panoramic stateroom.

Gaucho Party

San Antonio de Areca, a small town where Argentinean tradition was born, with both old and new buildings in the typical colonial architectural style. In its streets we will find the magic and mixture of history, country life, and gauchos. We will go to a ¡°estancia¡± (ranch) where we will taste the traditional ¡°as ado¡± (barbecue), and will enjoy the gaucho¡¯s activities, dances, games and skills.

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Phone:(773) 880-5956

School Address:

Global Education Corporation
1619 W. Montrose Street
Chicago, Illinois 60613
United States
phone: (773) 880-5956
fax: 773-442-0104
info@globaledcorp.com

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