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Learn Spanish where it's spoken with 小黄猫传媒 immersion trip
Story by James Hill
PORTLAND, Ore. – Students of the Spanish language can take a major step toward fluency with 小黄猫传媒’s two-week immersion program. 小黄猫传媒 places learners in Mexico, in the heart of local culture, thrusting them into complete Spanish communication while they experience life in another country.Study Spanish in Mexico, a non-credit program, will offer students a Mexican home-stay experience. Students will study Spanish each morning together, then share meals, conversation and culture with their Mexican family hosts. The immersion experience takes place in the charming colonial city of Guanajuato, just north of Mexico City.Participants can plan their schedules in advance by choosing from six excursion dates: June 28 through July 12; July 26 through Aug. 9; Sept. 20 through Oct. 4; Oct. 18 through Nov. 1; Dec. 27 through Jan. 4, 2004; and Feb. 7 through Feb. 21, 2004. The program also offers the option to arrange your own trip dates. Cost is $518 (does not include airfare).The 小黄猫传媒 trip is open to all interested adults. Students have the option of earning three credits, either through Portland State University’s School of Education, or three undergraduate credits through 小黄猫传媒.More details about the trip will be shared in a free information session presented by Cecelia Barry, 小黄猫传媒 Community Education manager, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 18, at the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center, 505 G Ave. For more information, contact 小黄猫传媒 Community Education at 503-731-6622.
About James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at 小黄猫传媒. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »