UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA

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1 UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGES INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM (PININ)

2 México, Jalisco, Guadalajara. The University of Guadalajara (UdeG) is the second largest university of Mexico and is a decentralized organ of the State of Jalisco. It is well known internationally for events like Feria Internacional del Libro and Feria International del Cine (International Book Fair and International Movie Fair).

3 Jalisco, México Jalisco is the home of Mexican traditions like mariachi and tequila. Its is located in the west pacific side of Mexico three hours driving distance from the beach (Puerto Vallarta), six hours driving distance from Mexico City. Its population is around 5 million people.

4 University of Guadalajara The University of Guadalajara has been organized into a university network consisting of six separate campuses in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, each specializing in a different area of study. UdeG also contains eight regional campuses outside of the metropolitan area within the State of Jalisco. The Guadalajara Metropolitan Area is composed of 5 municipalities: Guadalajara, Zapopan, Tlaquepaque and Tonala. CUCEA is the University Center of Economic and Managerial Sciences.

5 CUCEA The University Center CUCEA is a campus located in Zapopan, it offers undergraduate and graduate programs for a community of 16,000 students. 15,000 students of undergraduate programs as: Economics, Governmental Administration and Public Policy, Environment Economy and Management, Management, Marketing, International Business, Tourism, Human Resources, Information Systems, Financial Administration, Accounting. 1,000 students are enrolled in our of master s degrees and PhD programs.

6 PININ The PININ (Program for Foreign Languages for International Business) is an academic program that seeks to improve communication abilities in foreign languages; mainly English and German (and others). This program is for students of the undergraduate program for international business and other economic and business undergraduate programs.

7 PININ The goal of PININ is to develop CUCEA s communication Skills in a multicultural context with professors of different origins. It is our desire to take advantage from the cooperation programs and agreements that the University of Guadalajara as well as the State of Jalisco have already established with other foreign universities.

8 PININ We are seeking to cooperate specifically with university programs that offer a specialization in teaching foreign languages. The expertise from these universities could help us in our own design, development and evaluation of learning strategies in different cultural contexts.

9 German International Practitioners in PININ The program called German International Practitioners of PININ, consists on the teaching support of different levels: basic, intermediate and advance English as well as German. Each level is composed of four modules and each module of four weeks of intensive courses (two hours a day, five days a week). The complete program consists of 12 modules.

10 German International Practitioners International Practitioners will participate during a six month period (or one yearif it is authorized) of regularteaching. 20 hrs a week witharound60 students in total. International Practitioners will be supervised by an Academic Council composed by the Academic Secretary, the Coordinator of Academic Services, the Coordinator of the International Business Program, and the Director of Self Access Center for Languages in CUCEA who will be their academic tutor.

11 Support International Practitioners will be supported by the Self Access Center for Languages in terms of office facilities, method of teaching, materials for teaching, etc.

12 Support There is no payment for the practices, but the program is offering: Weekends and official days off as well as official university vacation periods so that the international practitioner can participate in Jalisco s culture. Housing for the six month period in a shared bedroom. Free Spanish lessons. Free registration in the arts and sports CUCEA workshops program,(ie, salsa, football, music, etc).

13 Support Books (teacher s guide) and didactic materials. Shared office space for the preparation of teaching. Classrooms with facilities (internet, computers, audio equipment, blackboard) Certificate of the courses taught.

14 Calendars Periods August January (B Calendar) February July (A Calendar)

15 Selection Process. B Calendar: March 15 th 2012 Beginning of Applications April 31 th End of applications May 1 st to 15 th Selection process Selected international practitioners should be arriving to Guadalajara between 13 th ad 15 th August.

16 REQUIREMENTS Application form CV Motivation Letter For more information:

17 THANK YOU! WENDY DIAZ PEREZ JOSE ANTONIO AGUILAR ZARATE