Academic and Cultural

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Academic and Cultural Exchange Program
Educación sin fronteras Junta de Castilla y
León y Sweetwater Union High School District



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Objective and Collaborating Institutions

• The goal is to establish a program that begins
  with primary
• students up to the university level. We wish to
  create a
• consciousness in the student body that makes them
  aware of
• the advantages of becoming biliterate, bilingual,
  and
• bicultural, and to further emphasize the
  importance of higher
• education as a tool for success. Having this
  mindset at an
• early age will give students the opportunity to
  establish a clear
• vision toward academic and life-long objectives.
• Collaborating institutions
• Middle School Rancho del Rey
• High School Otay Ranch and Olympian High School
• IES Federico García Bernalt and Tierra de
  Ciudad Rodrigo
• University UCSD Dr. Christine Hunefeldt
• University USAL Dr. Manuel Alcántara, Vice
  Chancellor of International Relations

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Reasons to Support the Exchange Program

• a. The understanding of a language that is
  distinct from the individuals primary language
  contributes to the overall development of
  adolescence. Therefore, the study and practice of
  English and Spanish is indispensable in this day
  and age as society becomes increasingly aware of
  globalization.
• b. The importance of bilingualism
  (English/Spanish) is essential based on the
  following facts English being the official
  language for international relations and Spanish
  being a language that is largely spoken by more
  than 400 million people.

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c. The ability to acquire a new language develops
an essential characteristic that creates
Tolerance towards other cultures and further
develops a students social and cultural
experiences when collaborating with other
individuals that do not share the same cultural
background. d. Each group of students will have
the opportunity to practice the language being
studied and apply the skills to become fluent in
the language through actual cultural experiences
abroad.
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Content Objectives, Curriculum Areas of Focus and
Activities

• Conceptual Objectives
• a. Carry out oral and written discussions
• scientific, historical, political, cultural,
  technical, etc.
• b. Awareness of the major periods in Literature
  such as plays and authors that have represented a
  major artistic and cultural transcendence.
• d. Capable of transferring language skills into
  
• both languages of the subject being
  instructed.

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• Procedural Objectives
• Express through oral or written from the diverse
  methods of communication.
• b. Analyze linguistic situations by observing
  the diversity in language.
• c. Utilize language, either orally or in written
  form.
• d. Interpret literary plays, identifying the
  components that form it artistic content, and
  understanding the figurative language of the time
  period.
• e. Critically analyze the different uses of
  language in social settings.

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• Behavior Objectives
• Develop individual style of expression and a
• positive and conscious attitude toward the
  richness of bilingualism and biculturalism.
• b. Value the use of language, oral or written.
• c. Enjoy literary anthologies as a way to acquire
• new learning and experiences to encourage the
  love for reading.
• e. Interpret literary works as a form of artistic
  expression and be able to differentiate between
  attitudes that perpetuate discriminatory beliefs.

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"Educación sin fronteras"Academic Cultural
Exchange Program Outline

• First phase
• Students will be engaged in a technology project
  
• entitled Global Pals that will involve students
  to
• communicate regularly.
• Second phase
• USA students will go on an academic trip to
  Spain.
• Third phase
• Spanish students come to California (Chula Vista)
  for a
• period of three weeks. They will be leaving with
  the
• family of their American exchange student, will
  be
• attending a school at the SHUSD, and go on
  cultural
• excursions. They will also visit UCSD to learn
  about the
• American university system.

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Fourth phase Spanish students come to
California (Chula Vista) for a period of three
weeks. They will be leaving with the family of
their American exchange student, will be
attending a school at the SHUSD, and go on
cultural excursions. They will also visit UCSD to
learn about the American university system. Last
phase Students will be present a Memoría of
what they learn during this exchange program,
they will share experiences and perspectives to
a panel of educators, parents, and school
administrators in their perspective institutes
or districts.
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Benefits to the District

• It will promote the Sweetwater Union High School
  Districts vision, beliefs, mission, objectives,
  and strategies.
• It will support the District and Site Strategic
  and Action Plans.
• It will reinforce our commitment to the students
  we serve and whose future we have been entrusted
  to shape with an invincible sense of promise.

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Benefits to Our Students

• Allow students to have a clearer vision of the
  opportunities that are given when one acquires
  another language besides its own.
• Encourage students to develop the skills
  necessary to succeed in higher education and the
  world of work and to be integral citizens of not
  only their own society, but also the global
  society.
• Provide students the opportunity to develop
  cultural appreciation and tolerance through their
  first-hand experiences of studying abroad.

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La Coordinadora del Proyecto, Dña. Lilia Canedo Meza, en Chula Vista, nos remite el calendario lectivo de su distrito escolar. Resulta muy curioso de conocer.        El Coordinador del Proyecto, Dn. Joan M. Salas Sivera, en Salamanca, nos mantiene actualizados en la Web.
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Collaboration Team Manuel Alcántara and Antonio
Tapia, University of Salamanca, Spain Joan
Miguel Salas Sivera, IES Federico García
Bernalt, Coordinator in Spain and Alicia Avilos.
English teacher Teresa Hernández, Maria Angeles y
Patricia Gonzales English and Spanish teachers
from IES Tierra de Ciudad Rodrigo,
Spain Christine Hunefeldt, University of
California, San Diego Lilia Meza, Rancho del Rey
Middle School, Director and Coordinador in Chula
Vista, California