• Class meets once per week for 2.5 hours
• Small class size (max. 9 students)
• Four 10-week terms per year
• Experienced, native-speaking teachers
• Affordable tuition
• Conveniently located at Dupont Circle
• $340 for 1 level
• Sign-up early and save

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

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Program Details

Schedule:

Tuition:

$340 for one level per student, $680 for the accelerated class per student. Early sign-up discount: less $20 for one level or less $40 for the accelerated class. Please click here to apply on-line.

Duration:

Classes meet once weekly (or twice for the accelerated class) in the evening or on Saturday mornings for 10 weeks. Each session is 2.5 hours.

Textbooks:

May be purchased at the time of registration or at the Institute before or on the first day of class. Prices are subject to change at any time. Once received by the student, books and other materials are the property of the student and are non-refundable. Tax exempt organizations or individuals need to provide proof of sales tax exemption before being charged. No retro-active refunds of sales tax.

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.

Refund:

No refunds are issued once classes have started.

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. 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:

All classes are held at 1337 Connecticut Ave NW, 3rd and 4th floor, Washington, DC 20036. We are within walking distance from the Metro's Dupont Circle South exit. Parking garages are close by and parking on the street is available after 6:30 pm.

Questions?

Please contact our Foreign Language Coordinator, Francisco Todd, at (202) 686-5610 ext. 105 or at ftodd@transemantics.com.