Open for all MSU Denver Students
如果你有兴趣学习一门目前在密歇根州立大学丹佛分校没有教授的语言(西班牙语), Japanese, French, German, Italian, or Chinese), this program is for you.
The Directed Independent Language Studies (DILS) 该项目适合那些想要学习一门不太常用的语言的自我激励的密歇根州立大学丹佛分校学生, not currently offered at MSU Denver, with partners who speak the language in independent study sessions. The goals for learning the target language are personalized, 辅导课程主要围绕积极的对话交流来组织.
如果你有兴趣学习一门目前在密歇根州立大学丹佛分校没有教授的语言(西班牙语), Japanese, French, German, Italian, or Chinese), this program is for you.
What does that mean? 在最基本的形式下,这个项目不授予学分,因此是免费的.
虽然通常不含学分,但学生可以获得独立学习学分. Contact the DILS Coordinator to learn more.
MSU Denver Department of World Languages 提供可借阅的教材和校园语言实验室使用的材料.
Interaction should be conducted in the target language. 在第一阶段,教练可以为学习者提供一些表达如何提出简单问题的基本指示的话语, in order to avoid the use of English. 如果学生用英语提问,教练会用目标语言回答. 从一开始,学生就应该养成使用目标语言的习惯.
Grammatical or linguistic explanations will be limited to a minimum. Students are responsible for studying grammar on their own. Practice sessions are for language use, not for language explanation. If it is absolutely necessary, coaches can give explanations during the last 10 minutes of the session.
教练在准备每节课时都要充分熟悉学生使用的材料。, 并将主要关注文本的特征,包括词汇和结构的互动使用.
A session is intended for intensive practice. The use of props, role-play, 此外,还可以结合其他活动,让学生有机会将他们正在学习的语言特征融入到语境中.
Faulty pronunciation will be corrected.
Language partners do not read from a text, but rather speak in a conversational manner, at their normal rate. 在每节课中,学生应该尽量贡献至少60%到70%的发言.
一旦学生掌握了所需的材料,可以在基本的文本/音频/多媒体基础上增加额外的资源.
Absences are not allowed. 如果学生需要缺席某一节课,他们只有在得到特别许可的情况下才能缺席. 如果学生一周旷课超过一次,教练必须立即通知DILS主任. 学生有责任跟上教材的进度.
Deadlines
Interview: 学生将在申请截止日期后的两到四周内被告知他们的申请状态, and may at that time be invited for an interview.
Acceptance: DILS项目工作人员将研究最强应用程序的语言,以确定适当的教学材料的可用性, language partner and examiner. 学生的最终接受将取决于这些组件的可用性.
学生将在迎新活动中与母语为母语的语言伙伴见面,以确定课程时间表/时间