OSEA developed the SELT Project in 1997 as a 3 year community action project. In 2010 OSEA inaugurated a renewed and updated Teaching English Service Learning Program.
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2015 Teaching English Calendar of Activities
June 21, Sunday |
Arrival by 1pm on-site in OSEA
Orientation Meeting and Group Dinner |
Shopping for Hammocks, Swimming at Dzitnup |
Week 1 |
Maya Language, Ethnographic Methods, Teaching English
Promotion of Classes Begin
Announcement of dates for Registration or Inscripciones for Classes |
Weekend Field Trip to Chichén Itzá, Cenote Swimming, Meeting Community Teachers |
Week 2 |
Maya Language, Ethnographic Methods, Teaching English
Continued Promotion of Classes
eRegistration of Children & Adults in class (3 days) Define Teaching Schedule |
Weekend Field Trip to Yaxunah, Cenote Swimming, Meeting Community Teachers |
Week 3 |
English CLASSES Start Week Three
Teaching English, Ethnography of Classroom, Visual Documentation & Learning Assessment Lab work to prepare research materials |
Collaborative Transcultural Ethnography & Community Action Research |
Week 4 |
Teaching English, Ethnography of Classroom, Visual Documentation & Learning
Assessment Lab work to prepare research materials |
Collaborative Transcultural Ethnography & Community Action Research
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Week 5 |
Teaching English, Ethnography of Classroom, Visual Documentation & Assessment of Learning
Lab work to prepare audio and visual research materials and begin writing up of final projects |
Collaborative Transcultural Ethnography & Community Action Research |
Week 6 |
Teaching English, Ethnography of Classroom, Visual Documentation & Learning
Assessment
Lab work to prepare audio and visual research materials
Write Up Final Project
CLAUSURA Ceremony of End of Teaching English Classes |
Collaborative Transcultural Ethnography & Community Action Research |
Aug 1
Saturday
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Final Meeting in the Morning, Turn In Final Projects by Noon
Field Season Ends / Departures after 1pm |
Writing Up Research Project Independent Ethnography Fieldwork |
NOTE: Specific locations and dates for Program Field Excursions are subject to change and modification.
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