{"id":3704,"date":"2007-11-01T11:42:06","date_gmt":"2007-11-01T15:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=3704"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:01:55","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:01:55","slug":"college-reaches-out-to-community-of-k-12-language-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2007\/11\/college-reaches-out-to-community-of-k-12-language-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"College reaches out to community of K-12 language teachers."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nMaria Amparo Yuste<\/em><\/strong>, deputy director Spain\u2013U.S. Chamber of Commerce, speaks to participants. <\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thirty K-12 teachers, mostly from Miami-Dade, Broward, and West Palm Beach counties, recently got expert advice about an important task: how to incorporate aspects of Spanish for international business into the standard high school Spanish curricula. Organized for the second time by the College of Business Administration\u2019s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), the conference exemplifies the commitment of the 31 CIBERs nationwide to developing community outreach programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S. Department of Education funds CIBERs and, in our last proposal, we described this workshop under the category of programs \u2018Using Languages and Technology Wisely in International Business: Improving K-12, College, and Organizational Absorption,\u2019\u201d said Sonia Verdu<\/strong>, program coordinator, who has organized the conference for two years. \u201cWe wanted to help K-12 Spanish teachers see ways they can train their students in the specialized vocabulary of Spanish for business\u2014in the terminology of banking, accounting, human resources, import-export, real estate, office management, and sales.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outreach goes far beyond region.<\/em><\/p>\n

Unlike most of the participants, who had a short drive to attend the event, which took place on September 29, 2007, at Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Theresa Glowacki<\/strong> traveled from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She teaches Spanish to 120 students in Greendale High School there and found out about the workshop through one of its sponsors\u2014the University of Wisconsin\u2019s CIBER\u2014which funded her flight and hotel.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI feel that I can take what the speakers presented and incorporate it in ways that make sense for my needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Theresa Glowacki<\/strong>, teacher, Greendale High School, Milwaukee, WI<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe program has given me ideas about how a business focus could help my students,\u201d she said. \u201cI feel that I can take what the speakers presented and incorporate it in ways that make sense for my needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nCecilia Montes Alcal\u00e1<\/em><\/strong>, professor, Georgia Tech, addresses fellow teachers. <\/em><\/span> <\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Though language study is not mandatory at Greendale, Glowacki said it is highly encouraged, particularly since most of the high school\u2019s \u00a0students go on to college, where language courses are required for admission.<\/p>\n

Camille Villafa\u00f1e Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, University of Puerto Rico; Maria Amparo Yuste<\/strong>, deputy director, Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Cecilia Montes-Alcal\u00e1<\/strong>, Georgia Tech; and Maida Watson<\/strong>, a member of Florida International University\u2019s \u00a0modern languages department, spoke. Texas A&M University’s CIBER, Centro de Recursos Espa\u00f1oles-Consulate of Spain, and Spain\u2013U.S Chamber of Commerce also sponsored the free event.<\/p>\n

Learn more.<\/em><\/p>\n

FIU-CIBER: http:\/\/business.fiu.edu\/centers\/ciber.cfm<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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