ACADEMICS
The Spanish langauge courses taught through GlobalEd's Summer Spanish Language and
Internship Program in Seville, Spain are delivered by the EAQUALS accredited CLIC/International
House organizations.
Global Education and Career Development Abroad (GlobalEd)
With over fifteen years of experience in international education, study
abroad management and onsite program delivery, the staff at GlobalEd
work closely with U.S. educational institutions and host institutions to
design, deliver onsite and monitor all-inclusive quality programs that meet expectations, ensure
safety, maximize learning and conform to U.S. regional accreditation standards.
Centro de Lenguas e Intercambio Cultural (CLIC IH)
Our host institution, The “Centro de Lenguas e Intercambio Cultural”
(Center for Languages and Intercultural Exchange or CLIC) first started
teaching language courses in 1983. Today, CLIC is one of the most
important language centers in Spain, where over 2,000 Spaniards study Japanese, Arabic, French
and English, among other languages every year, and around 2,300 students a year come from all
over the world to learn Spanish.
International House (IH)
CLIC belongs to the International House World Organisation network,
founded in 1953, and includes more than 140 languages schools in 50
countries worldwide. The mission of IH is to develop and implement high
standards in language teaching and services offered by its members. International House is also
one of the most prestigious language teacher training bodies and offers teacher development and
on-line training around the world. IH helped to create the standards for Teacher Training in
Language Education and continues to innovate in training teachers of all languages.
EAQUALS
EAQUALS is a selective group that unites the best European languages
schools. The EAQUALS international association promotes and guarantees
quality in language teaching institutions. Accredited members are
committed to the continuous development of academic excellence. EAQUALS verifies this
commitment in regular inspections focusing not only on the maintenance of high standards but also
on the rationale and ethos of the approach to curriculum, the quality of teaching, teacher
management,
services
to
students
and
quality
management. THE LEARNING CENTER
Physically our facility is located in two buildings in the heart of the downtown district in Seville,
directly behind the Plaza Nueva and Town Hall. We are a perfect size, neither overwhelmingly
large nor too small, with 35 classrooms, large common careas, roof-top terraces and central offices
allowing us to service around over 2,000 students enrolled yearly in our Spanish department.
Amenities and Resources
LIBRARY
At present we have over 1000 volumes in Spanish, both graded and original text with over 80
Spanish films available for students to view.
MULTI-MEDIA ROOM
Students can send and receive email, surf the web and use CD-ROMs in Spanish and other
foreign languages, as well as do class research and prepare assignments. Additionally, WIFI is
available throughout the school, including the terraces, for student use.
SPECIALIZED BOOK SHOP
CLIC IH has its own bookshop specialized for teachers and learners of foreign languages.
INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS
These unique boards help energize presentations and motivate learners. Combining the simplicity
of a whiteboard with the power of a computer, the SMART Board interactive whiteboard keeps
students engaged.
STUDENT LIFE: Seville, Spain
Seville is the artistic, cultural and financial capital of Southern Spain. The city
is renowned for its warm climate and friendly culture, making it an ideal setting
for language learning, cultural integration and professional development. A
stroll through the city's winding cobblestone streets reveals a wide array of
bustling sidewalk cafes and tapas bars, spontaneous flamenco performances
and an active nightlife. Internationally known for the grandeur of its Easter
Week processions and April Fair, Seville offers a variety of rich cultural
experiences set against historical Roman, Muslim, and Jewish influence.
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Students can participate in a variety of weekly afternoon activities designed to enhance your
appreciation of the city’s history and local cultural, and to provide opportunities to access an active
community of international students.
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Cooking Classes
Tapas Tours
Flamenco Classes
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Soccer Games
Local Festivals
Movie Night
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Flamenco Shows
Arab Tea Houses
Museum Visits
EXCURSIONS
We partner with local excursion providers to offer students a variety of destinations with flexible
dates and a travel stipend which can be applied to one or more destinations. The excursion
destinations and dates are subject to change. Below are examples of popular excursions.
Spend the weekend in Granada, an evoking city where multiple civilizations
that once lived on Andalusia soil left a cultural legacy that is a marvel of the
world. The Alhambra is the joy that crowns this beautiful city at the foot of
the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Join other international students on this three day trip where you will spend two
nights at a beach front hotel with a swimming pool, great food and excellent service;
tour two northern Moroccan cities: Chefchaouen and Tetuan; take a panoramic bus
view of Tangiers, visit the Caves of Hercules and ride on camels near the beach in
Tangiers.
Spend a day in Cordoba and explore its treasures starting with the majestic
Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos. Walk through and enjoy the beauty of
Córdoba’s famous Mezquita, spectacular testimony to the Califalian age.
Explore the Jewish quarter, full of life and great shops. Walk through
Córdoba’s streets including the “Callejón de las Flores” and “Plaza de los
Gran Maimonides”, stopping off at the Sinagogue.
Visit one of the most beautiful beaches in southern Portugal! Located in the
Algarve region, Lagos is a very popular destination for all travellers and
beach lovers. The area offers a wide range of activities and excursions from
sailboat cruises to surf lessons.
HOUSING
We consider housing accommodations to be a key element to the success of any study or work
abroad experience. For this reason, we place considerable importance on understanding each
student’s lifestyle and interests and by carefully selecting each placement taking into consideration
proximity, experience, amenities and past program evaluations. All placements typically have WIFI
access and include reasonable use of utilities. Housing assignments are communicated prior to
arrival in the form of a housing sheet and are designed to match the needs and expectations of
each program participant. The detailed information in our housing sheets describe the housing
accommodation, amenities, occupants, location, description of the neighborhood and a distance
chart to local points of interest.
Family Living
Students will live with a local family and receive a full
meal plan for an additional fee (See Optional Services
section). Living with a local family is a wonderful
opportunity to improve your language skills and to expose
oneself to local foods and customs. Most of GlobalEd’s
families have received international students in the past
and enjoy the daily interaction. You will be placed in a
single or double room and have the option to request a
roommate preference if traveling with a friend.
What's Included:
• 3 Meals A Day
• Weekly Laundry Service
• Normal Utilities Usage
Most housing placements will be located in the areas of Triana and Los Remedios, both of which
are excellent residential neighborhoods and walking distance from class.
LANGUAGE PLACEMENT LEVELS: ACTFL & European Framework
CLIC IH determines student level placement by the Common European Framework of Reference
for Languages, which is similar to the American Council of Teacher´s of Foreign Languages´
(ACTFL) progress indicators in the United States. These are similar in that their goals are to create
a standardization of levels applicable to any foreign language. They are also similar in the
perspective they take on language learning progression not as stages of achievement, but rather
as stages of proficiency. As such, both scales examine each level within the lens of what the
learner can and can’t do at that phase. Also, these are similar in that their overarching goal is to be
a global assessment, in that the standards can apply to a learner regardless of where or how the
language was acquired or learned. One notable difference is that the ACTFL standards separate
the four larger areas of proficiency: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, and Superior, into three subareas per level: Novice-low, Novice-Mid, and Novice-High, for example. The European Framework
operates with three larger areas instead of 4 which are: Basic, Independent and Proficient.
PEDAGOGICAL WORKING PLAN
The syllabi for this program have been designed to meet the standards and learning objectives for
regionally accredited universities in the U.S. while respecting the guidelines proposed by the
Instituto Cervantes and the recent reforms in the Common European Framework of Reference for
Languages: Learning, Teaching and Assessment.
The location of our centers not only compliment the learning objectives of our courses and
students, but also form an integral part of our strategy to design communicative and pragmatic
programs adapted to the needs of our students. The small class size, plentiful local resources,
high technology classrooms, tutor program and high level of interaction between professors and
students facilitate learning and allow professors to focus on techniques and individual learning
strategies, encouraging a student-centered approach to learning both in and outside the
classroom.
In order to ensure the highest quality academic delivery, we closely monitor and have regular
evaluations which include general interest questionnaires, student and faculty evaluations, level
tests, teacher observations, and self-evaluations.
COURSE PLANNING FRAMEWORK
Course content
> General Spanish
courses: the objective is to
enable the student to interact
and orally express
himself/herself in basic
Spanish terms in different
every-day situations and to
write texts describing
experience and impressions.
Timeframe
>Spanish Language:
20 lessons per week, during
each three week session are
held from Monday to Friday.
Evaluation tools:
- Students research topic
related texts on the Internet,
in local publications and from
our centers resources and
present them in class in
addition to the supplied
teacher’s material
- Students write
compositions on the topics
dealt with in class –
summarizing the information
and expressing their opinion
on concrete aspects.
- Students attend,
participate and show
interest in class
- In the General Spanish
Course students take an
exam in the 2nd week (midterm) after 30 hours of
instruction and the final exam
at the end of the 3rd week.
Solutions to possible
problems
- In the case that students
have different Spanish levels:
Solution:
1. Student Groups
Classes hold a maximum of
eight students and are
grouped by similar levels
upon taking a placement
exam.
2. Tutorials
(1 or 2 per week) to help and
explain the lessons and
topics dealt with, fill in
knowledge gaps, revise
homework or practice a
specific skill of Spanish
language.
On their first day, students
receive the name and emailaddress of their tutor and the
time table for the tutorials.
3. Homework
Students have to study and
work at home as well and
show their progress to their
tutor.
THE EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK
Proficient User
(ACTFL Advanced
– Superior)
Mastery
Effective
Operational
Proficiency
Independent User
Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can summarise
information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments
C2 and accounts in a coherent presentation. Can express him/herself
spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of
meaning even in more complex situations.
Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognize implicit
meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much
obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for
C1
social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured,
detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational
patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.
Vantage
(ACTFL
Intermediate)
B2
Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract
topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Can
interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction
with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Can produce
clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a
topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
B1
Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters
regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations
likely to arise whilst traveling in an area where the language is spoken. Can
produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal
interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and
briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
A2
Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of
most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information,
shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and
routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar
and routine matters. Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her
background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.
A1
Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases
aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Can introduce him/herself
and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as
where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has. Can interact in
a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared
to help.
Threshold
Basic User
Waystage
(ACTFL Novice)
Breakthrough