Mexico
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Participating
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Universidad
De Las America, Puebla (UDLAP) |
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The Universidad de las America, Puebla (UDLAP) is a private university dedicated to teaching and research. The total enrollment is slightly over 8,000 students. The university has gymnasiums, a heated swimming pool, an international film series, and a broad variety of cultural events such as music, dance, and theatre. Classes begin the second week of August, and continue through the first week of December, followed by an examination period that runs to December 17. There is a short recess at the beginning of November to celebrate the Day of the Dead. |
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Cholula, Puebla The provincial town of Cholula is home to sacred archeological ruins built to worship Quetzalcoatl. Surrounded by three of Mexico's highest volcanoes, Cholula welcomes weekend tourists who come to visit the ruins, and then sit in the town square to enjoy a meal and the view. The Spanish colonial city of Puebla is only 12 miles away. The fourth largest city in Mexico, Puebla is a modern city, offering posh shopping malls in contrast to the Mexican markets so popular in Cholula. |
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| Faculty |
| Christopher J. Hall |
Vocabulary development, psycholinguistics |
| Amanda S. Holzrichter |
Sign linguistics, language acquisition, psycholinguistics |
| Roberto Herrera |
Syntax, language acquisition |
| Connie Johnson |
Individual learning differences, teacher training |
| Vanessa Marchand | Discourse analysis, pragmatics |
| Patrick H. Smith | Literacy, bilingualism, bilingual education |
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| Living in
Cholula, Puebla Residential college rooms are approximately 15,000 pesos per semester and homestays are approximately 24,000 pesos. For information about college rooms, go to http://www.udlap.mx/internacionales.html. For information about off campus housing you will need to check bulletin boards located at the university Social Center. Public transportation in Cholula and Mexico is generally safe, efficient, and inexpensive. |
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| Opportunities
for Supplementing Grant Stipend Students
who have completed 18 graduate semester hours are eligible to be Graduate
Teaching Assistants in undergraduate language classes. However, beacuse
foreign students cannot legally work in Mexico, the pay for GTAs will most
likely be applied to university lodging. Pay scales vary according to the
year in which the undergraduate and other graduate degrees were earned. |
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further information, contact the Graduate Coordinator:
Dr. Roberto Herrera
Also, visit our website: http://www.udlap.mx/academica/edah/dle |