SPANISH CLASSES AT CHICLE

Curriculum and Advanced Classes | Teachers Summer Course

Medical Spanish | Charlas | 2010 Session Schedule

Curriculum and Advanced Classes

Our next session of Spanish classes is July 12-August 5. We require a minimum of three students to offer the class. Therefore not all of the classes listed below will be held. Please call us at (919) 933-0398 or e-mail us if you want more information or wish to pre-register for a class.

16-hour Spanish classes, with materials included, are $305. Group classes meet for two hours twice a week, either Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays. Morning classes are from 9 - 11 and evening classes from 6:30 - 8:30. Conversation, writing, and other advanced courses meet one time each week.

Our Curriculum
Level 1     T/TH   9:00-11:00 am  8/17-9/9
Level 1     T/TH   6:30-8:30  pm  8/17-9/9
Level 1     SAT   11:00–1:00  pm  8/28-10/23
Level 2     M/W    9:00-11:00 am  8/16-9/13
Level 2     M/W    6:30-8:30  pm  8/16-9/13
Level 3     T/TH   9:00-11:00 am  8/17-9/9
Level 3     T/TH   6:30-8:30  pm  8/17-9/9
Beginning Conversation
            M/W    9:00–11:00 am  8/16-9/1
            M/W    6:30–8:30  pm  8/16-9/1
Level 4     M/W    9:00–11:00 am  8/16-9/13
Level 4     M/W    6:30-8:30  pm  8/16-9/13
Intermediate Conversation
            T/TH   9:00-11:00 am  8/17-9/9
            T/TH   6:30-8:30  pm  8/17-9/9
Level 5     M/W    9:00-11:00 am  8/16-9/13
Level 5     M/W    6:30-8:30  pm  8/16-9/13
Level 6     T/TH   9:00-11:00 am  8/17-9/9
Level 6     T/TH   6:30-8:30  pm  8/17-9/9
Advanced Conversation
            M/W/F  9:30-11:30 am  8/2-8/16
            TUE    6:30-8:00  pm  8/3-9/7
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Informal Conversation Classes
Charla      WED    5:00-6:00  pm  monthly
Lunchtime Conversation
            TUE   12:30-2:00  pm  monthly

Intensive Spanish for Spanish Teachers Summer Courses

CHICLE offers 1-week 30-hour advanced intensive courses for Spanish teachers during the summer. The class is scheduled for the weeks of July 5th and August 9th in 2010. It meets from 9:00-4:00 Monday to Friday with a one hour lunch break. The cost is $500. This is very popular and attracts teachers from around the state. If you or your school would like more information about it, please contact us. Click here to download an MS Word registration form.

We require a minimum of five students and a maximum of ten for this course.

"My colleague and I had a wonderful time at CHICLE last summer during our week-long Spanish immersion class for Spanish teachers! The instructors made us feel very comfortable and classes were lively and fun! It was great to see how much our Spanish improved after just a week of intensive practice. We plan to participate again next summer!"

Charla

This is a structured but informal conversation class that meets for one hour weekly. Students do some talking about themselves and read articles in Spanish that are used to stimulate conversation in class. The hour flies by, according to our students, so it doesn't take much to keep them going. The teacher takes opportunities to correct what students write in emails and say in the class conversations. The Charla costs $16 an hour, but we ask students to let us know at the beginning of each month which classes they will be able to attend and to pay for those classes at the first class of the month. We need to have three students each week to hold that week's class.

Medical Spanish
The general purpose of the course is to improve students’ ability to communicate in clinical situations with patients whose native language is Spanish. The focus of the instruction is on strengthening conversational skills in order to improve students’ ability to take clinical histories, conduct physical examinations and to give instructions to their Spanish speaking patients. All students are challenged to work on their communication skills according to their level. Students also work with a series of listening comprehension exercises. The cost is $270 for 15 hours plus the cost of materials

Beginners course (For students with very little or no previous Spanish language)
In this course, students:

1. Practice Spanish pronunciation skills.
2. Practice “survival Spanish” vocabulary, including numbers, time and date, family members, basic health questions and anatomical words.
3. Learn basic grammar, vocabulary and phrases useful in greeting, gathering basic medical information from a patient, and informing them about their medical conditions.
4. Practice giving patients instructions in Spanish.

Participants work with the book  “¿Qué le duele? Beginning Spanish for Healthcare Professionals” by María Fraser-Molina  ISBN: 0-89089-395-0

Intermediate course (For those with previous, but not extensive, Spanish language)
In this course, students:

1. Review “survival Spanish” vocabulary, including numbers, time and date, family members, anatomical words.
2. Learn grammar, vocabulary and phrases useful in greeting the patient, talking about medication administration, diet and nutrition, history of the present illness, physical examination, medical history, mental health and STDs.

Participants work with the book  “An Introduction to Spanish for Health Care Workers” by Roberto O. Chase Second Edition ISBN: 0-300-09715-8

Advanced course (For those with extensive previous experience speaking Spanish)
In this course, students:

1. Review “survival Spanish” vocabulary, including numbers, time and date, family members, anatomical words.
2. Work with a series of exercises to be conducted in conversational Spanish that focus on the various types of examinations that they might have to conduct.
3. Learn grammar, vocabulary and phrases useful in greeting the patient, talking about history of the present illness, past medical history and review of systems, medications and drug effects, family history, social and sexual history, mental health, nutrition, and physical examination.

Participants work with the book  “Spanish and the Medical Interview” by Pilar Ortega, MD ISBN: 1-4160-3649-0

Participants are expected to take a language placement examination and an oral assesment follow-up phone call (933-0398) through CHICLE prior to the start of instruction. This must be done with enough lead time to allow the instructors to plan instruction to address the level of the learners who will constitute the classes.

CHICLE'S Spanish Schedule - 2010

1. January 11 - February 8 (No classes Jan. 18)
2. February 9 - March 8
3. March 15 - April 8
4. April 12 - May 6
5. May 10 - June 7 (No classes May 31)
6. June 14 - July 8
7. July 12 - August 51
8. August 16 - September 13 (No classes September 6)
9. September 20 - October 14
10. October 18 - November 11
11. November 15 - December 14 (No classes Nov. 24-26)

Classes are usually scheduled for 9-11 am or 6:30-8:30 pm on Mondays/Wednesdays or Tuesdays/Thursdays. If a level is scheduled for M/W one month, it will be on Tu/Th the following month. This allows students to continue a series of classes on the same days from month to month.