Eighth Annual
Spanish Language Immersion Program in PERU
Spanish Language and Cultural Immersion
July 2008

The Eighth Annual Spanish Language Immersion Program in Peru designed for faculty from Business Administration and others interested in learning “Business Spanish”. In this two weeks program, CIBER cooperates with the Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados (ESAN), a non-profit private Peruvian institution in Lima, Peru the first academic institution to offer post-graduate business programs in Latin America. ESAN was established on July 23, 1963 as a result of an agreement between the Peruvian and the US government and set forward by the Stanford University Graduate Business School. ESAN tailors Spanish Business classes to specific faculty needs for beginners-intermediate levels. The Program seeks to improve the business language through post-graduate lectures and discussions, visits to local companies and seminars on Latin American economic and political history.

The purpose of the program is to immerse the participants in the Latin American business culture, teaching them to properly communicate in professional, academic and business situations. The program has specific objectives such as developing a broad business vocabulary base, learning grammatical and linguistic functions and acquiring communication skills to express themselves in different environments. To reach these goals the program offers special components such as tutorials, academic readings, classes to improve business language proficiency, lectures by subject area experts and oral presentations related to specific business themes. The program is a 2-week intensive immersion course with 50 tuition hours. There is an average of three 1 ½ -hour sessions from Monday to Thursday, and one or two days of an additional session in the afternoon. In addition, tutorial sessions will be programmed in the afternoons and company and cultural visits will be held on Fridays and some afternoons. For more information, click here.

Program Fee: $ (not including air-fare)
Program fee costs will cover single occupancy lodging in an air-conditioned/heated hotel room with private bath and breakfast plus ESAN registration fees that includes: sessions, materials, lunch, company visits plus two culture visits and ground transportation from/to Hotel to Airport/School. Participants should arrive in Peru on Sunday July 9. Please make your travel arrangements accordingly and fax a copy of your travel itinerary to 305-348-1789.

Required documents for program:
Please fax clear copies of below documents to 305- 348-1789.

• Passport
• Driver's License
• Release and Assumption of Risk
• Tourist Visa (If required)

VISA Information:
For travel to Peru, citizens of Canada, the US and most Western European countries will not need visas; participants from Colombia and a few other Latin American countries will need visas. Participants should contact the Peruvian consulate nearest their home.

Weather and Dress code:
Program participants will be traveling to Peru during the winter. Participants should pack sweaters and long pants as well as a coat to keep warm. Participants will be doing some walking, we suggest to bring comfortable shoes.

Travel Insurance:
Participants are encouraged to purchase international travel insurance that covers emergency medical evacuation and repatriation of remains. Participants may contact STA TRAVEL at 1-800-387-2427 or purchase online at www.statravel.com or any other International travel insurance company.

Miscellaneous Expenses:
Participants will be responsible for any personal expenses, including (but not exclusive to) faxes, local and international calls, room service, tips, airport taxes, visas, transportation and meals (beyond that offered in the program), additional tours, etc.

How to Register:
Please complete the Registration Form online and fax to 305-348-1789 or mail to: FIU-CIBER, University Park, MARC 240, Miami, FL 33199, along with the required documents and your biography.

For More Information Contact:

Mary Ann Von Glinow
CIBER Director,
Florida International University,
College of Business Administration,
University Park, MARC 240
Tel: 305-348-1740 Fax: 305-348-1789
Email: ciber@fiu.edu