ITZEL and DIANA's
Travels in Canada

Spanish in Mexico Study Tours

The Study Tour Program begins with Pre-Tour Spanish instruction for a special purpose. The program participants will be provided with the vocabulary, definitions, history and culture of the locations, events and activities. The pre-tour Spanish instruction will prepare tour participants to understand and communicate in Spanish during the Mexico events and tours.

This Study Tour group program (for 10 to 250 participants) consists of interchangeable tours, study programs and events. This allows the study tour participants maximum flexibility for price, time or location considerations.

• Example Study Tour Options:
• Pre-Tour Spanish instruction (from one month to six months)
• Arrival in Mexico
• Event attendance (from 1 day to 6 week programs)
• Tour program (from 3 day to 45 day programs)
• Study program (from 3 day seminars to 9 month credit courses)
• Departure to home

Example Study Tour Programs:
1. One month pre-tour Spanish, arrive - 1 week event, 1 week tour - depart
2. Two month pre-tour Spanish, arrive - 2 weeks events, 21 day tour - depart
3. One month pre-tour Spanish, arrive - 1 week event, one month study - depart
4. No pre-tour Spanish, arrive - 1 week event, 1 week tour - depart

Mexico Business Spanish Study Programs

Programs 1, 2, 3 or 4 weeks in length

Average Study Day Schedules:
Breakfast
9:00 to 12 Spanish Classes
Lunch
1 to 5 PM Tour or Activity
Supper
7 to 9:30 PM Evening program

Spanish Skills

Writing introduces the purpose of the work, expresses main ideas and gives details, conveys essential information to the reader, uses format and content appropriate for intended audience, demonstrates adequate vocabulary for the topic. Student can reduce information to main points with accurate supporting details and no major omissions of important points or details, can also demonstrate good use and control of complex grammatical structures, vocabulary, spelling and punctuation.

Speaking effectively in most daily practical and social situations, and in familiar routine work situations; participate in conversations with confidence; speak on familiar topics at both concrete and abstract levels; can provide descriptions, opinions and explanations.

Reading identifies main ideas, factual details and inferred meanings in text, identifies organization of text, topic sentences and logical relationship including links between paragraphs; follows the sequence of narration or process even when events are out of sequence; distinguishes facts from opinions; infers meaning of words from context clues; hypothesizes how something works; evaluates ideas in text, draws conclusions and expresses own opinion; interprets key information in a diagram or graph as verbal text; transfers key ideas from a chart or diagram. The student can follow an extended set of multi-step instructions for established process or directions.

Listening can comprehend main points, details, speaker's purpose, levels of formality and styles in oral discourse in moderately demanding contexts; follow most formal and informal conversations, and some technical work-related discourse in own field at a normal rate of speech; follow discourse about abstract and complex ideas on a familiar topic; comprehend an expanded range of concrete, abstract and conceptual language; determine mood, attitudes and feelings; understand sufficient vocabulary, idioms and colloquial expressions to follow detailed stories of general popular interest; follow instructional texts and directions; follow clear and coherent phone messages on unfamiliar and non-routine matters; identifies the component parts of the presentation: introduction, topic development, topic shift and conclusion; identify and respond to formal welcomes, farewells, toasts, congratulations on achievements, awards, sympathy, condolences and questions. Student can follow an extended set of multi-step instructions on technical and non-technical tasks for familiar processes or procedures, and identify stated and unspecified meanings in extended suggestions and recommendations.

Meeting Announcement

Hello Everyone,

Social Club Meeting is Thursday, March 9th, 2006 from 6 to 8 PM at LSI located at 1055 Yonge Street, third floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This meeting is free to ESL students, language exchange participants and the ESL in Canada volunteers.

Introductory Talks

1. Mexico City Tours by Itzel and Diana
2. How to Study ESL with a tutor by Ric

Language Exchanges

English: Spanish and English: Mandarin and English and others

Free tours of the LSI English school and CELTA teacher training program are available.

For subway users the closest stop on the Yonge Line is Rosedale. When exiting the subway walk to Yonge Street and walk North on the East side of the street for about 300 meters.

To call LSI for additional information 416 928 6888