LANGUAGE SCHOOL > Programs
Basic
and Advanced English Programs for Adults and Adolescents
How Can I Know my Level of English?
Playful
Learning Program for children ages 5 through 12
The
Spanish Program
Customized
Language Teaching Services (Tutorials)
Extension
Programs
The objective of the Language School (LS) is to develop the student’s communicative competence in English and in Spanish as foreign languages. The skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in the target language are equally stressed in all the programs. The student must acquire communicative competence in his/her second language in different settings: work, school, and daily living.
The language programs at the Institute are organized in academic cycles, with classes available all year round. This organization gives the student short-term objectives that can be evaluated immediately. It also offers him a wide variety of professors, and the opportunity to continuously use his creative skill with the new language.
The Language School offers the following programs:
1.The Basic and Advanced
English Program for Adults and Juniors
The Junior program is offered for adolescents from 13 to 16 years of age.
Levels:
10 basic levels
4 advanced levels
2 enrichment levels
The adult program is offered for students who are 17 years old or above.
Levels:
9 basic levels
5 advanced levels
2 enrichment levels
New Course: Adult English Pronunciation, for students from the intermediate level on.
These programs provide instruction in English from a beginner’s level to an advanced and/or conversational level. Both students who have never studied English and those who have a certain knowledge of the language can find a level of instruction that is appropriate to their needs.
Completion of the program offers the student a functional knowledge of the four basic skills, that is to say, speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. It also develops in the student a solid foundation for the subsidiary skills of pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. At the same time, the student acquires an understanding of how American and Dominican cultures are alike and how they differ, as well as an appreciation of the value and the uniqueness of each.
How can I know my level
of English?
In order to be placed in a level that is appropriate to what they already know, prospective students who have some knowledge of English must take a level exam. This exam is absolutely free, and it is offered every cycle during the period just before registration, that is to say, in March, June, August, and November. The dates of these level exams are advertised in the newspaper.
Level exams begin every hour on the hour beginning at 12 noon. The last exam begins at 7pm. Latecomers are not allowed to enter the exam room.
2)
Playful Learning Program for children between ages 5 and
12
The Playful Learning Program was designed for children between 5 and 12 years of age, and is based on the academic calendar for elementary school. Playful Ready for Juniors (PRJ) is a course for new students, children 10 through 12 years old. It is taught to prepare these children for the Juniors program.
All the Playful Learning courses are divided into three cycles of three months each. The objective of this program is to understand the uses of language, as well as the
written and oral forms used in communication.
This program, which was created in 1993, has as its purpose the teaching of English in a fun manner, through games and activities. Students are grouped by age, and the methodology and teaching techniques are adapted to their chronological age. Playful Learning offers three regular cycles a year. During the summer recess, we offer a course for new students.
The levels offered are for:
• Children of preschool age
• Children of primary school age
• Pre-teens (Middle School age)
3)
The Spanish as a Second Language Program
The Language School offers a program of Spanish to speakers of other tongues in order to provide instruction in Spanish to persons who are visiting, living, or working in Santo Domingo. The Spanish Department of the Language School offers six levels of Spanish as a Second Language, as follows:
Basic courses: 2 levels, 80 hours per level
Intermediate courses: 2 levels, 80 hours per level
Advanced courses: 2 levels, 80 hours per level
Most classes are two hours long, from Monday through Thursday, and there are three schedules:
Morning schedule:
Mondays and Wednesdays, 9 am – 12 m and Fridays, 9 – 11 am
Afternoon schedule:
3-5 pm, Monday through Thursday
Evening schedule:
6-8 pm, Monday through Thursday
The schedule for tutorials is from 8 am through 8 pm
If there is quorum and there is time enough to organize a course, courses in Spanish for Specific Purposes can also be taught, for example, Spanish for Doctors, Spanish for Engineers, etc.
Our Spanish as a Second Language courses are accredited by the Secretaría de Estado de Educación Superior, Ciencia, y Tecnología (Department of Higher Education, Science and Technology – formerly the CONES). Our Spanish program includes knowledge of Dominican culture and of Hispanic culture in general.
Requirements
- I.D. or passport number
- Registration form
- Full payment for the quarter
-The following methods of payment are accepted: Cash, major credit card , (Sorry, no American Express) or certified check payable to Instituto Cultural Dominico Americano) or ICDA.
For more information call telephone 809-535-0665, ext. 265 & 281
4)
Customized
Language Teaching Services (Tutorials)
The Language School accepts requests for customized services for individuals or for groups who need customized English or Spanish courses designed to meet their needs. Our tutorials are offered to individuals who prefer to receive class at their homes or workplaces and to those who need special attention in specific areas to strengthen their knowledge of another language. Students are required to take a level exam before beginning a tutorial course. These tutorials are offered for groups or for individual learners. For details about the cost and length of a tutorial, please contact the Language School. Our e-mail address is: idiomas@icda.edu.do, and our telephone number is 809-535-0665, extensions 265 and 281
5) Extensions Program
Zona Oriental:
The Language School offers the Playful Learning programs, the Adult program, and the Juniors program at its extension at the Zona Oriental. This extension is at the Colegio San Martín de Porres, Calle Leovilda Del Villar #84 (formerly Mayaguez) corner of José Cabrera, Ensanche Ozama
Telephone: (809)592-5835 / 5838 Fax (809) 593-0353.
Recinto Colegio Gregorio Hernández (Zona Oriental)
Location: Calle Las Praderas # 35, Bello Campo. Santo Domingo Este.
Tel.809-245-7412
At this extension, the Language School offers the Playful Learning and Junior Programs from Monday through Friday, from 3 a 6 p.m. and Saturdays from from 9 to 12m. as well as the Adults program from 6 to 10p.m. and Saturdays from 2 to 6 p.m.
Colegio Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia ( CONSA)
The Language School offers the Playful Learning program and the Juniors program at its extension. This extension is at the Colegio Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia:
Amelia Francasi #6
Los Prados
Telephone: 809-548-8629
Extensión in San Pedro de Macorís
Colegio Cristo Rey, Calle Independencia 120
Telephone: 526-7434, Fax 526-7220
Administrative Coordinator: Jeannette Alvarez
Academic Coordinataor: Cristiana Castillo
Extension in San Francisco de Macorís
The Language School offers the Playful Learning program, the Adult program, and the Juniors program at its extension at the
Colegio INFI – Instituto de Formación Integral.
Telephone: (809) 724-1865 Fax (809) 725-2653
