Summer in Madrid, Spain June 29 - July 25, 2020 (classes begin on campus June 22, 2020) with El Camino College ACCENT International Consortium for Academic Programs Abroad Immerse yourself in experiential learning... Spend the summer in Madrid with El Camino College and ACCENT. Madrid becomes an extension of your classroom as you explore Spanish parks, monuments, churches and museums while attending classes taught by El Camino College faculty. Participants live in student apartments located throughout the city and have the opportunity to explore Spain with day excursions to Toledo and El Escorial and a three-day/two-night excursion to Andalucia. The ACCENT Madrid Study Center provides support and guidance to students on each of its programs. Once you have enrolled, you will receive more detailed application and enrollment forms as well as a student handbook. If you have questions about this program, please feel free to contact the program faculty, Xocoyotzin Herrera at 310.660.3593 Ext. 3411/[email protected] and Dr. Argelia Andrade at 310.660.3593 Ext. 5335/ [email protected] or ACCENT at 800.869.9291. Madrid, Spain June 29 - July 25, 2020 (classes begin on campus June 22, 2020) Student Services: The ACCENT Centers ACCENT is an independent study abroad program provider with a multinational team of staff members who all have personal knowledge in study abroad. With more than 25 years of experience coordinating high-quality overseas study programs, ACCENT works in partnership with U.S. colleges and universities to develop academically challenging and culturally enriching overseas study experiences in Paris, Florence, London, Madrid and Rome. Each city is home to a fully staffed ACCENT Study Center that serves as a home base for program participants. The ACCENT San Francisco Center coordinates program enrollment and pre-departure preparation for students, helping to make their transition to living overseas as smooth as possible. The ACCENT Madrid Study Center is located in the Castilian neighborhood of Chamberi, near the city’s financial district on Paseo General Martinez Campos. The Study Center is just a short walk from shops, cinemas, restaurants, museums and libraries. The ACCENT Study Center provides classrooms, computer lab, student common area, and student study area, as well as wifi throughout. The ACCENT Study Center provides a welcoming space for students to use the computers, resource and lending library, to ask questions and to collect their mail. Program Timetable Application due: with first payment Departure from U.S.: June 28 Classes begin: July 1 Final payment due: April 20 Arrival in Madrid: June 29 Return to U.S.: July 25 Classes begin at El Camino: June 22 Overseas orientation: June 30 Application and Enrollment Program Faculty The Summer in Madrid program is open to anyone who is over 18 at the Dr. Argelia Andrade is an associate professor of Spanish time of application, is a high school graduate and has a minimum 2.0 G.P.A. at El Camino College and is one of the co-leaders of the El Program space is limited. Students should send in the enclosed application Camino College Madrid, Spain, Study Abroad Program. with the $250 non-refundable deposit as soon as they have been interviewed She is excited to be teaching two classes: Elementary and accepted into the program by the El Camino Faculty. Upon receipt of Spanish (Spanish 2) and Beginning Spanish for Native your application and first payment, ACCENT and El Camino College will Speakers (Spanish 52A). Argelia Andrade has been send you additional application and enrollment forms. Applications must be teaching language (UCLA, Los Angeles Valley College, received by April 20, 2020. Beyond April 20, limited enrollment is allowed El Camino College), linguistics (UCLA, LAVC), and dance (Nuestras Raíces when space permits. Cultural Arts Center, Santa Monica College) for twenty-one years. Argelia Andrade attended UCLA, where she earned a B.A. in Linguistics and Spanish, Transferable Academic Credit an M.A. in Linguistics, and Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literature. The Summer in Madrid program is offered for transferable college credit Dr. Andrade loves the performing arts (especially music and dance), traveling, through El Camino College, part of El Camino Community College District. good food, and spending quality time with her loved-ones. When she is not El Camino College will provide a transcript upon request for the coursework in the classroom, she is in the dance studio. She is the founder and director of completed overseas. Please verify the transferability of courses with your Nuestras Raíces, a cultural arts center that provides Mexican music and dance counselor or advisor before you apply. classes to over 250 children and youth. Argelia Andrade performs with Rina Orellana Flamenco Dance Academy and Xipe Totec Danzantes Aztecas. The Academic Curriculum Dr. Andrade believes that traveling abroad is transformative and is excited to Spanish 2: Elementary Spanish 2 4 units share her love of world arts and cultures with her students. Dr. Andrade has This course, taught within the context of Spanish and Latin-American cul- traveled extensively and has lived abroad in Mexico and Spain. Dr. Andrade tures, is a continuation of the study of elementary Spanish with an emphasis has taken students to study abroad in Puebla, Mexico, Granada and Madrid, on listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students improve their pronun- Spain, numerous times. ciation and speaking skills along with their understanding of spoken Spanish. Xocoyotzin Herrera is a native of Oxnard, CA. and Recommended Preparation: eligibility for English 1A. Transfer CSU, UC received his B.A. in Latin American Studies from UCLA and M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies (Chicano Spanish 52A: Spanish for Native Speakers 4 units Studies/Spanish) from CSUN. He has been an adjunct This course is designed for students with a native-speaking knowledge of professor in the Department of Chicana/o Studies at Spanish and who have little or no formal instruction in the Spanish language. CSUN for several years and has taught Chicano Studies Students develop the cultural and linguistic ability to use correct spoken and at numerous community colleges in the greater Los written Spanish free from regionalisms and Anglicisms. Students learn to Angeles and Ventura County areas as well as other local CSU campuses. In correct faulty Spanish speech habits, improve vocabulary, and acquire skills Fall 2013, Professor Herrera was hired as a full-time History and Ethnic in writing. Students also become familiar with the similarities and differenc- Studies instructor at El Camino College. Professor Herrera has also been es existing within and between cultures of Spain, as well as the Caribbean heavily involved in traditional Mexican music performance since childhood. and North and Central American Spanish-speaking countries. Prerequisite: He is a multi-instrumentalist and has played with his family group, Conjunto Spanish 2 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent. Transfer CSU, UC Hueyapan, which specializes in folk music of Veracruz, Mexico (son jarocho) for over thirty years. Ethnic Studies 5: Chicano Culture 3 units This course is an interdisciplinary study of Chicano culture in the United Professor Herrera’s broad familiarity with Spain, a country he has travelled States. Emphasis is placed on the historical roots and development of the to on several occasions as an avid tourist and as an invited performer at the cultural contributions of Chicanos to American society in the arts, literature, United States Embassy in Madrid, as well as his knowledge of the country’s language, music and other expressions of contemporary popular culture. language, history and culture will also serve to generate a better learning Analysis of the central components of Chicano cultural values, norms and experience for students enrolled in his courses as they explore the connections customs will also be assessed. Recommended Preparation: eligibility for existing between this country and people of Mexican heritage living north and English 1A. Transfer CSU, UC south of the U.S/Mexico border. In the past, Professor Herrera has lead trips for high school and college students History 154: A History of Mexico 3 units from the U.S. forming part of the Encuentro Internacional de Juventud (the This course surveys the political, social, cultural and economic history of International Youth Conference) held in central Mexico and sponsored by the Mexico from Pre-Columbian times to the present. Discussion of major Mexican government. Summer of 2020 will mark the third year he participates epochs of Mexican history will focus on the influence of various cultural as faculty for a study abroad program in Europe. groups in shaping modern Mexico. Recommended Preparation: eligibility for English 1A. Transfer CSU, UC For Summer 2020, Professor Herrera will teach History 154 (History of Mexico) and Ethnic Studies 5 (Chicano Culture). History 154 will touch upon important historical content corresponding to Mexican indigenous roots, Cultural Program but in addition, there will be extensive coverage of Spanish influences and Cultural learning is an integral part of the Summer in Madrid Program. contributions to the history of Mexico and its cultural foundations. Ethnic Participants attend on-site lectures at museums and historical sites within Studies 5 will focus on various aspects of Mexican-American traditions in the and outside of Madrid. Also included in the program are the following United States and the cultural syncretism rooted in native Mexican, Spanish excursions: two one-day excursions to Toledo and El Escorial as well as a three- and American elements that define them. Exposing students to important day, two-night excursion to Andalucia (Granada/Seville/Cordoba) including museums and other sites of historical relevance located throughout Spain will transportation, hotel stay, entries and guided visits. Participation in excursions allow them to acquire a more insightful understanding of the Spanish colonial is a required part of the program.