Practicum at Grupo Boston

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PRACTICUM

• The Colegio Boston is an institution of 55 years of experience in the instruction

and the actualization of professionals.

• It has a wide academic offer in technical levels of instruction, such as : business,

secretarial and Englis, call center, technology, design and decoration,

cosmetology and “open education” as well.

• More than half of a century, it has achieved outcomes that have marked the

lidership in the market.

• The institution has the objective to maintain the permanent search of excellency

through the twelve venues among the Costa Rican territory.

• It is located in downtown Heredia add text

Historical account

• In 1955, the Boston Group arose as the first institution recognized bythe Consejo Superior de Educación, that has provided training opportunities for those persons whohave not obtained a diploma in a faster way in order to get a jobiimmediately.

LOCATIONS• Contact information:•

• You can call free to the phone number 8000-BOSTON (8000-267866) or to call to the following locations:

• San José• 2248-9192Liberia• 2665-4629• Cartago• 2551-1515• Puntarenas• 2661-5656

LOCATIONS• Alajuela• 2440-1212• Guápiles• 2711-3885• Orotina• 2428-2629• Turrialba• 2556-8017• Desamparados• 2259-0662• San Ramón• 2445-2187• Heredia• 2560-2251• Belén• 2293-0745

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF STUDENTS

• Total number of students: 5

• Approximate ages: between 21 and 27 years old.

• Level : Basic II and II (Best Intensive)

DESCRIPTION• Group weaknessess:

– People work and do not have enough time to practice

– They are not involved in a biligunal setting

– Pronunciation issueS

• Group strengths:

– Motivation

– Interest

– Perseverance

GROUP´S CHARACTERISTICS

• General aspects found during observations:

– Pronunciation issues– Grammar is learned by rules and in context– Reading and writing are practiced using the exercises– They learn a lot of vocabulary every day

• Official teacher´s name:

Marta Castro.•

• Contact info: martha2castro@hotmail.com

DESCRIPTION OF CLASSROOM

• Description of classroom and equipment available:

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• The classroom has enough chairs to have a large class. It is very modest however; it has an acrylic board with its corresponding white board markers and the eraser. The institution provides teacher with laptops, video beams and a recorder to play the compact disc they use for pronunciation exercises.

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• Description of bibliographical resources in use:

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• They use a textbook called Stand Out II.

DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS

• Welcome to class: feelings, classroom instructions using simple present, possessives, adjectives, questions with can combining it with pronunciation exercises /m/

• Every life• Let´s go shopping• Food and Nutrition• Housing• Our community• Health• Work• Goals and lifelong learning• Getting to know• Balancing your life

GOALS

• To improve pronunciation and fluency by having them talk as much as they can.

• To enhance fluency by asking them questions, presentations, writing a paragraph and read texts aloud from the text.

THE CLASSROOM

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THE PROFESSOR

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THE STUDENTS

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