For Students
For students, Spanish and Illinois provides an opportunity
to combine university studies of Spanish language and Hispanic
cultures with real-world experiences. Students apply their knowledge
through work experiences with Spanish speakers in the local community,
internships throughout the state, and study abroad experiences.
To schedule your SPAN 232 or 332 CBL work:
- Click here and read about the community partners.
- Click here and view the community partner schedules.
- Click here and fill in a partner choice form. (If you are applying for the Christie Clinic positions, fill in one for Christie Clinic and one for another organization.)
- Turn in your partner choice form(s) to your professor/TA in class on the first day of class.
- You will receive an e-mail at your UIUC account notifying you about a document at docs.google.com.
- Follow the links in that message or go to docs.google.com and fill in your name on the schedule.
- It goes without saying that you cannot sign up for a time that someone else has already signed up for and that you cannot erase anyone else's name. The "track changes" feature of the document will allow me to see if any such changes have been made.
- Follow the course calendar (in Compass) carefully to see what day orientations are scheduled. No one will go to class that day.
- If you signed up for ECIRMAC, BTW (during school, not the after-school program), or Leal School, you will go to those sites for your required orientation during the time you normally have your class.
- For students working at all other organizations, you do not go to class that day, and you do not need to go to an orientation. Your community partner will organize an orientation for you or simply guide you the first day of your work.
- Remember, you need to turn in your "orientation form" to your TA.
- Find a bus
route to
your community partner.
- Have fun and learn a lot!
James Scholar Learning Agreements. I welcome the creativity and hard work that students bring to their honors projects. Click to see a list of projects you can work on for an honors project in your Spanish course or suggest your own project related to Spanish & Illinois activities. Make arrangements through the Spanish advisor. If you are working in the community, click here for instructions about your diarios escritos. If you are unsure about whether or not to do community-based learning, read this student's diario to see how it can greatly enhance your learning.
Internship in Costa Rica. Read about this program
and contact Prof. Stacy Harwood if you have any questions.
Sample resumes. Look at sample resumes that highlight community service learning.
Barcelona, Spain. “Spanish & Entrepreneurship: Languages,
Cultures & Communities” (SPAN 202), Summer
I, 2006. For one month, a group of U of I students
studied entrepreneurship with Prof. Ann Abbott and worked in organizations
within Barcelona. They had a unqiue opportunity to immerse themselves
in the cultures of Barcelona, to be of service to those communities,
and to experience international entrepreneurship. This course
was sponsored by LAS
Courses Abroad.
San Joaquín de Flores,
Costa Rica. Students
who study on the Costa Rica program can enroll in special
CBL sections of Oral Spanish (SPAN 208) and Intensive Spoken
Spanish (SPAN 232). The community service focuses on education
and places our students directly within local classrooms. Ideal
for education and BAT majors, this experience will broaden
students’ concepts of education and multiculturalism. Learn
more about the Costa
Rica program and apply through the Study
Abroad Office.
Spanish & Illinois Internship
Program. Partnering
with Illinois Extension and with the support of the Academy for
Entrepreneurial Leadership, students enrolled in SPAN 202 can
compete for eight paid summer internships, helping non-profit
organizations throughout Illinois reach their Spanish-speaking
constituents. Interns work 40 hours a week for eight weeks
and are paid $10 an hour. For more information, see internships.
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