BRIDGE PROGRAM Welcome to the Spanish Bridge Program
BRIDGE PROGRAM Welcome to the Spanish Bridge Program and to the path to University! Keri Gonzalez y Maribel Luengo Utah Spanish Bridge Program Coordinators
5 OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM Help students improve their proficiency in the Spanish language until they reach the advanced level. Deepen your knowledge and understanding about the different cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. Facilitate the application of knowledge, language and Hispanic culture of the students to real and authentic contexts. Reflect, analyze and discuss complex issues in order to expand the horizons of students. Prepare students for the challenges of our globalized society in the 21 st century, cultivating skills so that they become future leaders.
¿Do you want to go to college? With the Bridge Program you can do it in High School! A Spanish Upper Level University course.
ADVENTURES IN THE SPANISH BRIDGE PROGRAM Spanish Bridge 3116 -- Spanish Por Culture • Students will create a poster to present their own pop culture • They will receive the visit of the Argentinian musician and music Professor María Correa. • They will have the opportunity to practice their leadership skills in their visit to the University of Utah. • And will create and video record a commercial to promote a pop culture element!
ADVENTURES IN THE SPANISH BRIDGE PROGRAM • Spanish Bridge 3117 -- Breaking Down Walls, Building Identities • Students will write a mini theater play based on the novel they read, The Circuit, by Francisco Jiménez • They will become journalists and interview a Spanish speaking member of their community. • and will prepare a youth activism project to benefit their local communities.
AVENTURAS DEL PROGRAMA BRIDGE DE ESPAÑOL Spanish Bridge 3118 -- Literatura y cine • Students will create a short movie from start to finish and present it in the Film Festival Puentes. • They will also explore Spanish literary texts.
¿How much money can I save taking a Spanish Bridge course? • Average price of tuition in a Utah University = $6, 069, = $233 per credit In the High school Spanish Bridge Program: $5. 00 per credit! Each Bridge course gives 3 university credits for $15!
• What does it mean to obtain Spanish Upper Division credits? If you complete 3 Bridge courses in grades 10, 11 y 12, you will only need 2 or 3 extra Spanish courses to obtain a University minor in Spanish! You will not need to take Spanish courses of first and second year in College!
THANK YOU! Spanish Bridge Program coordinators: Ggg Keri Gonzalez keri. gonzalez@utah. edu y Maribel Luengo maribel. luengo@utah. edu
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