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Intermediate Spanish & Conversations & The Two Spains (three separate courses)
Students interested in the language and culture of Spain will spend three weeks abroad enrolled in one of three J-term courses offered in this foreign country. The program, offered at the University of Alicante, one of Spain's newest and most modern universities, combines classroom instruction, a homestay with Spanish families, and opportunities to visit many points of cultural and historical interest. Easton Davis and Diana Ray are enrolled in “Intermediate Spanish,” and they will review the essentials of Spanish and will be exposed to new structures, vocabulary and cultural topics. Nicole Benitez is taking “Conversation,” a course that aims to reinforce the structures and vocabulary needed to participate in class discussions, and also introduce students to a variety of dialects and degrees of speech formality. Also, Kaitlin Long is enrolled in “The Two Spains,” which familiarizes students with the history of the conflict in Spain between the traditional or conservative forces and the progressive forces who wish to introduce new ideas and modernization to the country.
Name: Kaitlin Long
Major: Math
Class: Junior |
2/1/2007
| | Adios España |
| So I just finished my exam and I will soon be packing up and leaving Spain. I have had such a great time and will miss several things about this trip.
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1/27/2007
| | Wine Tasting |
 | Today as a group we went to a Cata de Vino, or a wine tasting, of typical Spanish wines. It was in this little school where they teach classes about tasting wine, making wine, and becoming an expert in the art of wine.
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1/24/2007
| | ham...Ham...HAM!!! |
| Today I am going to write about the Spanish diet. They eat cured ham, smoked ham, baked ham, pork chops, ham steak, fried ham, ham sandwiches, ham empanadas.
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Name: Easton Davis
Class: Sophomore |
1/25/2007
| | ¨and Beauty is her name¨... |
| Last weekend we visited the Alhambra.
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1/18/2007
| | ¨My spanish mom is such a good mom¨ |
| Everyday after luch and dinner. My spanish mother, Irene, talks to Will Russel (my roomate) and I about school, work, parties, Gonzalo( her child) the world, society, relationships, etc.
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1/16/2007
| | The University of Alicante |
| We just finished our first week at the Universidad de Alicante (The University of Alicante).
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Name: Nicole Benitez
Class: Sophomore |
1/26/2007
| | i love that people can see my "wardrobe" from the street |
| So much to catch up on!
We've had such a fun couple of weeks since I last wrote (:
Last weekend we traveled to Granada.
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1/16/2007
| | life is always an adventure (: |
| I'm sure from looking at Easton, Kaitlin, and Diana's blog you can see that we finally made it to Alicante (:
It was an adventurous first week here to say the least but it has definitely been fun.
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1/6/2007
| | Museums & Parks |
| Well we finally got the internet working downstairs & we are blogging f u r i o s l y.
Ive been sick with some kind of a cold for the past couple of days but I've still been trying to enjoy myself as much as a I can (:
Yesterday I missed our morning tour because I was trying to catch up on the sleep I missed the night before from not feeling well but I went out later on with everybody for a long walk through Madrid.
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Name: Diana Ray
Class: Senior |
1/28/2007
| | O MY GOSH... |
| Well, first let me apologize for my lengthy absence. The last week has been crazy busy! It's so weird to think that this time next week we will be back home.
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1/18/2007
| | WOW WHERE HAS ALL THE TIME GONE? |
| 1 DAY UNTIL GRENADA!
Wow! It's amazing how fast this week has flown.
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1/9/2007
| | EN ALICANTE FINALMENTE! |
| Sorry I have not written in a couple of days but there is much to tell. We finished up our stay in Madrid over the weekend and proceeded to Alicante, which is south of Madrid where will be staying for the remainder of our trip.
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