Internships & Service Learning

Internship courses give students hands-on work experience while they earn course credit. Community service learning is an approach to teaching and learning in which university students engage in meaningful community service complimented by instruction and reflection. Through community service learning, students enrich their learning experience, practice civic responsibility, and strengthen the communities surrounding them.

We have several internship and service learning courses. Here are a few!

ENG 4410: Internship Cooperative Education (EMLxCPELI)

ENG 4410 is both an internship and a 3-unit course designed to provide hands-on experience and mentoring to CPP students interested in working with English language learners. In the internship portion, CPP students will work as Language Liaisons (LLs) with Mentors at CPP’s English Language Institute (CPELI). LLs will also work in individual and group settings to provide assistance to CPELI students. In the course portion, students will learn best practices for working with English language learners. They will develop academic knowledge and professional skills through mentorship with a faculty advisor. 

SPN 4230S: Spanish Applied Linguistics

In this course, students learn basic principles of language teaching and learning and put them into practice using a hands-on approach by visiting language courses and creating language learning materials. For the service-learning component of the course, students interview high school teachers about the teaching profession and their teaching practices and they talk with AP students about CPP and the Spanish major. This is a PolyX course.

SPN 4410: Spanish Professional Internship

This course explores the use of the Spanish language in a variety of professional settings. Interns to put into practice the knowledge and skills attained in Spanish coursework. Students choose from an array of assignments to fit their career goals and personal interests, such as observing high school Spanish courses, interviewing teachers, creating Spanish lessons with educational technology tools, or doing interpretation and translations for the community in the legal sector. Students collaborate to disseminate their findings to students and faculty at CPP in order to guide and inspire them in their career paths. This is a PolyX course.

SPN 4440: Spanish Language Assistantship

Advanced Spanish majors in this course lead weekly small group Conversation Circles for Spanish language learners in lower division language courses. Mentored actively by faculty, students learn the basics of communicative language teaching for beginning language learners. They plan exercises, structure group time, lead the group in the planned activities, communicate professionally with group members, and practice the interpersonal and linguistic skills they will need as future Spanish teachers. The course allows students to develop a portfolio of exercises, activities, and lesson plans; more importantly, perhaps, it allows students test these out in practice, learning the basics of communicative language teaching in a hands-on, experiential way. This experience has been invaluable for future educators as they apply for single-subject teaching credential programs in Spanish. This is a Poly X course.