The dean has asked me to design a Spanish course for American students who are going to spend an entire semester in Guadalajara, Mexico. This course has to be an accelerated one where the students can learn and practice the basic sentences and expressions to be on their own in Guadalajara. The dean asked to introduce some cultural rules in order for the students to not be rude to Mexican people.
The group is a homogeneous one. They are 16 sophmore American students who have been in this college for at least one semester. They are between the ages of 18 and 23. There are eleven females and five males.
This is their second semester studying Spanish so they are still in a beginning Spanish level. They have never been in Mexico and only four of them have been practicing their Spanish with a native person.
As college students they are familiarized with computers, the Internet, word processors, Power Point, podcasts, and blogs.
This group of students is motivated because they already paid for the trip. They are a little afraid of Mexico and they want to be able to communicate. Yet, they are motivated because they know that if they do well, they are going to complete 9 credits in Spanish writing, speaking and culture.
Their learning styles basically are VARK: Visual, Auditory, Read/write and Kinesthetic.
The group is a homogeneous one. They are 16 sophmore American students who have been in this college for at least one semester. They are between the ages of 18 and 23. There are eleven females and five males.
This is their second semester studying Spanish so they are still in a beginning Spanish level. They have never been in Mexico and only four of them have been practicing their Spanish with a native person.
As college students they are familiarized with computers, the Internet, word processors, Power Point, podcasts, and blogs.
This group of students is motivated because they already paid for the trip. They are a little afraid of Mexico and they want to be able to communicate. Yet, they are motivated because they know that if they do well, they are going to complete 9 credits in Spanish writing, speaking and culture.
Their learning styles basically are VARK: Visual, Auditory, Read/write and Kinesthetic.
Well done on this audience analysis! It sounds like such a fun way to learn! I wish I were going along. As I said incorrectly below in your introduction, (I read this first, then your intro and posted too much there) your careful analysis will make for a useful project! Alison
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