MATC Professionals Abroad!
Mexico Study Tour
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Summer
July 24 - August 2, 2008
July 24 - August 9, 2008
July 24 - August 16, 2008
July 24 - August 23, 2008
Winter
December 26 - January 6, 2009
December 26 - January 10, 2009
December 26 - January 24, 2009
Professionals Abroad!
Extremely successful since its 1998 debut, Professionals Abroad! Is especially
designed for professionals and students interested in acquiring functional
fluency in Spanish and learning about Mexican culture. The study tour,
sponsored by Milwaukee Area Technical College, will take you to Cuernavaca,
Mexico, Located 50 miles south of Mexico City. Known as the “Land of Eternal
Spring,” it has been one of the
principal vacation centers of Central Mexico since prehistoric times due to its
temperate year-round climate, prevailing sunshine,
and abundance of flowering trees and bushes. In Cuernavaca, you will be
immersed in the Mexican culture and language, attend the
Cuauhnáhuac Language
Institute, live with a carefully selected middle-class Mexican family, and
participate in optional afternoon excursions to cultural sites.
Whatever your range of Spanish abilities, from beginning to advanced levels, you will have a program specifically tailored to your needs and abilities. Intensive Spanish classes, cultural seminars, special interest classes, homestay and optional excursions, all work together to give you practical knowledge that you can take immediately into the classroom and workplace. You will have the opportunity to experience some of the most interesting sites in Mexico and will delight in learning the most Spanish in the shortest time possible.
A variety of credit options exist for those interested. Contact Debbie Esparza at 414-297-7346.
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Pre-Trip required orientation will provide information about the program including necessary documentation, packing list, background and excursion information, and expectations for the trip.
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Limited Scholarship funds will be made available for individuals who meet the criteria. For more information, contact Debbie Esparza at 414-297-7346.
Cost:
Summer Study Tour Costs
*Cost: 10 day trip - $1,689
17 day trip - $2,039
24 day trip - $2,389
31 day trip - $2,769
*Subject to change
Winter Study
Tour Costs
*Cost: 12 day trip - $1,819
16 day trip - $2,089
30 day trip - $2,819
*Subject to change
Fee includes the following:
-Round-trip airfare
from Chicago to Mexico City
-Pre-trip orientation
-All ground transportation & gratuities from Mexico City to Cuernavaca
-Cuauhnahuac Registration Fee
-Cuauhnahuac School Tuition Fee
-Room & board - shared room and three meals per day
-Cultural Seminars
-Special events - school fiestas, evening movies & athletic activities at
school, etc.
-Tour of Cuernavaca
-Noche de Artesanias
-Group dinner and awards ceremony
*Participants must be at least 18 years of age.
*College credit is extra fee
How to register
Complete the registration form and submit it along with a check or money order for $250 payable to MATC Mexico Study Tour 2008. This check will hold your spot and will be applied toward the total trip cost. Visa/MC also accepted. Financial Aid can be used as well. Nonrefundable after these dates:
May 1, 2008 for summer trip
October 1, 2008 for winter trip
Read what previous participants have said
Studying Abroad 
-All instructors are native-born speakers with special training in teaching Spanish intensively.
-Spanish is the exclusive language of instruction.
-Language classes are taught at all levels, novice to advanced.
-Student/teacher ratio of 4 to 1.
-Classes, seminars,
organized activities, and a Mexican homestay all contribute to the integration
of the language within its cultural context.
-Studying in Cuernavaca provides an opportunity to practice or simply listen to conversations at any hour of the day or night.
-A special program is available for “latino” students that have little or no formal background in the language
Special classes and on-site
professional experiences for:
-police
-firefighters
-culinary arts
-health care professionals
-Dental hygiene
-child care
-teachers
The Excursions
Affordable Day tours to places of
historical, cultural and recreational interest are available:
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City Tour of Cuernavaca
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Las Estacas (an exotic spring-fed
crystalline river)
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Taxco (The silver capital of the
world)
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Tlayacapan (town with ceramic
market)
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Tepotzlan (P
icturesque
Indian village with monastery and mountain
climbing.)
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Teotihuacan (pyramids of the sun
& moon north of Mexico City)
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Mexico City Tour (Museum of
Anthropology & Main Square)
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Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe
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Lake Tequesquitengo
(Resort where
you can water ski & rent jet skis)
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