My name is Elena Casillas and I am working together with your Spanish Instructor Helga Winkler in conducting this pilot program for Moorpark College. The pilot program is sponsored by a Higher Education Publishing company who is evaluating the best practices for the online learning and teaching of the Spanish language.
The pilot program will consist on offering Spanish direct contact hours with a qualified native Instructor in Guatemala once a week in small groups of 2-4 students for 45 minu
It is very important that we will be using this site as a portal to the project. I will posting information gradually and we will be communicating using this blog.
The pilot program will focus on 2 important elements that will be supplementing your En linea course and that will be part of your course assesment. Your Instructor will replace a part of your workload of the En linea and maybe some extra credit for the following:
1. Direct contact hours with a tutor from Guatemala. Once a week, in groups of 2 or 3 students, you will be conversing in Spanish for 45 min. Your tutor from Guatemala knows what your level is and what you are studying every week so just be prepare to put the language in practice. It will be fun!
2. Reflective journal of your experiences taking this course using Blogger.com. It is really easy. I am doing it right now!
We are very excited to hear that you have volunteered to take part of this and to hear your feedback at the end of the semester. This is a unique opportunity to put in practice the Spanish you are learning on your own with a qualified native Instructor in Guatemala. We will be using a virtual class where you will be able to hear, see and interact with your direct contact tutor and your classmates.
Click below to watch a video of a class:P.S Look in the blog archives on the right to see the rest of the postings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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