Medical Spanish Group Class

Class once per week for 2.5 hours

Small class size (max. 9 students)

Experienced, native-speaking teacher

Affordable tuition

Conveniently located at Dupont Circle

$340, $20 early-sign up discount through Sept. 1, 2010

Description

Medical Spanish: This class focuses on the most commonly encountered situations in the medical field at a beginner's basic level. These include the family clinic, the emergency room, family planning, hospital admissions, asking and answering questions about symptoms, and handling typical basic documentation procedures. These situations are presented and practiced in a systematic and entertaining fashion with dialogues, interviews, and social chats. Vocabulary and grammar relative to these common situations are presented and practiced throughout the program. Each lesson ends with a bilingual practice interview which integrates all learned vocabulary and grammar on that day.

Textbook: Manual for Painless Medical Spanish by Ana Malinow Rajkovic, M.D., $21.95
Curriculum: Lessons 1-12, complete handbook

Medical Spanish: Saturdays: 10 am - 12:30 pm

Program Details

2010 Schedule:

Winter Term	Jan. 11 - Mar. 20, 2010	Deadline: Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Spring Term	Apr. 5 - June 12, 2010	Deadline: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Summer Term	June 28 - Sept. 4, 2010	Deadline: Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Fall Term	Sept. 20 - Dec. 4, 2010	Deadline: Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Tuition: $340 per class. Early sign-up discount through Sept. 1, 2010: $20. Please click here to apply on-line.

Duration: Class meets once weekly on Saturday mornings for 10 weeks. Sessions are 2.5 hours long.

Refunds: No refunds are issued once classes have started.

Textbook: May be purchased at the time of registration or at the Institute before or on the first day of class.

Attendance & Tardiness Policy: It is important for students to attend every class meeting. It is also important that they arrive on time for class. We cover a lot of material in each class. The instructor cannot repeat material for students who are absent or come late. Students will be marked absent when they do not come to class. Students who arrive 15 minutes after the advertised starting time will be marked late. For every 3 times that the student is marked as late, it will count as a missed hour. If we notice that a student’s attendance is in danger of falling below 70%, we will issue an attendance report to the student.

Performance Measurements: Our program requires each student to participate in weekly quizzes, which will be graded, based on a “Pass” or “Fail” system. There will be a final quiz that will measure the sum of the instructional objectives for the course. Grades are verbally communicated to students at the end of each class/course, and are marked on the attendance/performance sheet. Students must have completed and passed at least 70% of the quizzes to move to the next level.

ACCET Certification: ILI’s foreign language group programs are now accredited by ACCET (Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training), and we also offer 2.5 Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) per every successfully completed course, 5.0 for the accelerated courses. Upon request, our Certificates of Completion can include the CEU’s earned per semester.

Certificates of Completion: We issue certificates at the end of the semester and they can be ordered at the front desk. In order to be eligible to receive a certificate or pass to the next level, you are required to attend a minimum of 70% of the classes and have a “Passing” grade. We will need a couple of days in order to verify your attendance and passing grade before issuing the certificate.

Inclement Weather: Classes are cancelled in accordance with federal government closings (not school closings!) due to inclement weather. Please check public announcements on radio, TV and the Web; or call ILI at (202) 362-2505.

Cancellation/Substitution: The International Language Institute reserves the right to cancel any class if deemed necessary. Prior to commencement of class, students will be given a full refund. In the event of cancellation after the commencement of class, the pro-rata portion of the unexpended tuition will be refunded within $5. The prorated amount of refundable monies will be determined by the ratio of classes completed to the total number of classes in the scheduled program. The International Language Institute reserves the right to assign substitute instructors whenever necessary.

Location: See address below.

Questions? Please call Francisco Todd, Foreign Language Coordinator of ILI, at 202-686-5610 extension 105.