As part of these programs, brief homestays and weekly conversation group leaders are provided for the students. The 2001 Summer Study in Latin America Program focuses on direct learning experience in Ecuador. It is designed to provide a total immersion in the Spanish language and culture at intermediate and advanced levels. Courses are offered in conversation, grammar, vocabulary, history, culture, literature, and teaching English as a second language. Air transportation included.
Enrollment is limited.
Pre-enrollment is strongly recommended. This course sharpens students' attention to and understanding of masculine and feminine ways of communicating in and about the world. Theories and skills presented in this course introduce participants to communication choices and provide participants with useful knowledge about outcomes for choices they make. The course uses a theoretical approach to communication emphasizing the rhetorical construction of gender. Participants investigate differences and similarities between the sexes with regard to uses of argument, manners of talk, interpretations of sexual harassment, uses of conflict strategies, demonstrations of leadership styles, communication patterns in families and work places, standards in education, and presentations in the media.