Tenth Annual
Spanish Language
Faculty Development Program in SPAIN
Teaching Spanish for Business: A Global Approach

June 5-11, 2009

Spanish Language Faculty Development Program - Teaching Spanish for Business: A Global Approach is designed for Spanish college and university faculty, Spanish high school teachers and advanced graduate students. The program celebrates its 10th anniversary with a joint congress at the beginning of the seminar with the Spanish Association of Languages for Special Purposes, the European Association of Spanish for Special Purposes and the University of Salamanca in Avila.

The program will begin on Friday June 5 in Avila. Participants will be housed in a small boutique hotel in Avila the nights of June 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and in Madrid the night of June 10. Participants will attend the Languages for Special Purposes Congress the first two days at no extra cost and meet and exchange ideas about Teaching Spanish for Business with professionals from all over Spain and Europe. The program will end on Thursday June 11 giving participants the chance to travel at their own expense through Spain after the seminar.

Program Fee: $2000 (not including airfare to Spain)
Program fee will cover single occupancy lodging in an air-conditioned hotel room with private bath, breakfast, ground transportation during the program and some meals. Graduate credits or re-certification credits are available upon request from the Department of Modern Languages at FIU in the area of Foreign Languages for an additional fee.

Travel Grants: $500 Travel Grants are available for eligible canditates. To apply, please submit a 1-page proposal by to ciber@fiu.edu.

You may also contact a nearest CIBER center (in your state or surrounding states) for the availablity of travel grants to participate in this program. Please visit http://ciberweb.msu.edu/cibers.asp for the list of 31 CIBER's.

Required documents for registration:
Please fax clear copies of below documents to 305-348-1789.

• Passport
• Half page biography (by email)
• Release and Assumption of Risk
• Tourist Visa (If required)

VISA Information:
For travel to Spain, citizens of Canada, the US and most Western European countries will not need visas; participants from Colombia and a few other Latin American countries will need visas. Participants should contact the Spanish consulate nearest their home.

Weather and Dress code:
Program participants will be traveling to Spain during the beginning of summer; nevertheless weather can be unexpectedly cold or hot. Participants should pack light sweaters and long pants as well as clothes for warmer weather, since temperatures will fluctuate from day to day.

Travel Insurance:
Participants are encouraged to purchase international travel insurance that covers emergency medical evacuation and repatriation of remains. Participants may contact STA TRAVEL at 1-800-387-2427 or purchase online at www.statravel.com or any other International travel insurance company.

Miscellaneous Expenses:
Participants will be responsible for any personal expenses, including (but not exclusive to) faxes, local and international calls, room service, tips, airport taxes, visas, transportation and meals (beyond that offered in the program), additional tours, etc.

How to Register:
Please complete the Registration Form online and fax to 305-348-1789 or mail along with other equired documents to:

FIU-CIBER
11200 SW 8th St. #MARC 240
Miami, FL 33199

For More Information Contact:

2008 Program co-sponsors: