Spanish Evaluation of osea Applicant

Spanish Evaluation of osea Applicant

This form is used to evaluate the Spanish proficiencies and competencies of applicants to OSEA Summer Exchange Programs in Yucatan, Mexico.
Dear Referee: We thank you for your support of the applicant to OSEA Ethnography Field School and Maya Immersion Programs. We ask that you complete this form and follow instructions to submit it automatically online or alternatively save and send to us as an attachment to quetzil@osea-cite.org If you have any troubles with this form, please contact me at 812 327 5845. We welcome your feedback! Thank you again for contributing to the OSEA educational process. Dr. Quetzil Castañeda, Director OSEA, Bloomington, IN and Pisté, Yucatán, México
Name of OSEA Applicant whose Spanish is evaluated in this form

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Can you identity the OSEA Program in which the person is enrolling?

Ethnography Field SchoolIntensive Maya ImmersionMaya Language & Culture Field Course (4 week)OSEA Intensive SpanishOther
Your Name (name of language evaluator)

First NameLast Name
What is your Title/Position ?
What is the name of the organization (business, non-profit) or institution (school, college, university).
Please add other information such as department, program, or institute if relevant.
Please check the box that most closely describe the basis of you being able to evaluate the applicant's Spanish proficiencies.

I am a supervisor or manager in an organization that uses Spanish as the primary language of communicationI teach Spanish language, mostly conversation, but also reading and writingYes, I teach Spanish literature (or history & culture courses), not language learning coursesOther
I have known the applicant in the capacity described above forblanks number of years andblank months.

Page 3: Open Ended Assessment of Aptitude for Spanish Language and Cultural Immersion

This is an open-ended question that you maybe able to address: How do you assess the OSEA applicant's aptitude toward cultural and linguistic immersion, generally, and continual learning of Spanish in cultural immersion context, specifically. For example: To what degree do you think the applicant will choose to "hang out" and socialize with other US-English speaking participants versus choose to pursue and foment relationships with locals?
Please describe intangible aspects of the OSEA applicant's aptitude toward cultural and Spanish language immersion: Please comment on for example: their level of comfort and confidence in speaking Spanish; their enthusiasm and desire to communicate in Spanish; their dedication to increasing their vocabulary; their ability or inhibition to fully engage learning through immersion; their preference for speaking and engaging in dialogue as method of learning; their concern for learning grammar; their proficiency and ability to listen to conversations in Spanish that they do not control or participate in as a secondary listener versus primary interlocutor); their level of aversion or engagement with situations in which they may not understand all communication and interaction.
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