WILL FOR FORM

 

The geography of Mexico is abrupt. Two powerful parallel cordilleras, the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre Oriental run the length of its territory. To the north these mountains penetrate the western United States, while to the south they join together to form a knot of mountains on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The two ranges divide the country into lowlands and highlands arranged in successive terraces that end on a vast plateau. It is impossible not to think of the truncated pyramid, the emblematic form of the Mesoamerican Civilization. This complicated geography is responsible for the multiplicity of extensive valleys -each enclosed within mountains, like a fortress- and for the variety of Mexico’s climates and landscapes.

 

 

In the lowlands the air is warm and humid; on the high tableland it is dry and, by night, quite cool. Contrasts and oppositions, but also sudden combinations and unusual conjunctions.

 

The history of Mexico is not less intricate than its geography. Two civilizations have lived and fought not only across its territory but in the soul of every Mexican.

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Two civilizations and within each of them, distinct societies frequently divided by differences of culture and concerns.

 

Violent leaps from one historical period to another, from polytheism to Christianity, from absolute monarchy to republic, from traditional to modern society.

Nevertheless, through all these upheavals one can perceive a will that tends, again and again, toward synthesis. Again the figure of the pyramid appears: a convergence of different cultures and societies the superposition of centuries and eras. The pyramid conciliates oppositions but does not annul them. The process (rupture- reintegration -rupture- reintegration) can be taken as a leitmotif of the history of Mexico the true name of this process is the will for life.

 

 

A will sometimes plain, sometimes lucid, but always secretly astir, even when it adopts the passive form of traditionalism.

 

 

Will for life is will for form.

 

 

Every sculpture, every painting, every poem, every song is a form animated by the will to survive time and its erosions. The now wants to be saved, to be converted into stone or drawing, into color, sound, or word.

 

 

 

 

 

Octavio Paz


 

 


Universidad Internacional is located in the boasting industrial city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Founded in 1975 as a language school and becoming a University in 1991 now provides at an International level academic programs for B.A., B.S., M.A., and, classes and translation services in up to 17 different languages; most of the courses are taught in English.

 

B.A.: International Business, Foreign Languages, English Teaching, Accounting, Theology, Management.

 

B.S.: Engineering in Urban Development and Ecology, Industrial Maintenance and Safety, Computer Systems and T.Q.C., Industrial Management.

 

M.A.: Administration, TESOL, International Business, International Relations.

 

The main building is a historical site dating back to 1862.

 

Our address

Universidad Internacional

5 de Mayo 212 Pte., Monterrey, N.L.

Phones (5283) 40-7755,  Phone/Fax(5283)  58-0790.


 

 

PERSONALIZED SPANISH PROGRAM

 


We would like to present to you detailed information concerning our courses.

Orientation: The newcomer receives academic, cross-cultural, program specific, logistics and health orientation from academic and administrative personnel during his/her first week of program immersion.

 

Academic Setting: The nature of the Spanish program is communicative by which the student acquires more so than learns the language. He/She will be able to apply his acquired skills from day one. Emphasis is made on oral production without hindering the importance in acquisition of the listening, reading, and writing components.

 

Methodology: There are basically two types of courses: a regular one and a survival skills course. For the regular course, the first academic encounter with the student is to place him into one of our seven levels of language mastery (See table below); thereafter the number of hours for his/her program completion are estimated. The total number of programmed hours for a regular course are 350 hours. This takes a person from little to no knowledge to a significant mastery of the language. In order for the student to be exposed to different intonations we monitor the various teacher rotations which are generally every 50 hours. The courses are dynamic and the Teacher-Student, Student-Student (when this applies) and Student-Teacher relations are observed and cared for since they form the basis for a good social climate essential for good performance.

 

For the survival skills course the program is scheduled to last 125 hours, bringing the students from zero to a contact knowledge of the language in specific every-day situations such as hotel reservations, plane ticket buying, car rental, traffic sign reading, restaurant ordering and so forth.

 

Program Advantages:

·        The student chooses his/her schedule which may be one to two hours per day, or take as many as four to eight hours per day in a total immersion design.

·        The classes may be held at a company site or at either of our two locations.

·        Classes begin one week after the signing of the agreement.

·        Up to 10% of the number of hours convened may be canceled.

·        There is continual academic observation and curriculum monitoring.

·        The course in its final level may be very specifically tailored to the student or group needs, i.e. international business terminology, management themes, or other technical language needs.

 

Agreements: Once the number of hours to complete a Spanish program are determined, an agreement of at least 100 hours is signed; and in just one week after this, the course begins. It is the general policy that upon the signing of the agreement, the first 50 hours (at $40. us dlls per hour) are paid for and once these are given, the cost of the remaining 50 hours is covered. We are flexible in understanding individualized needs, so we do not hesitate to convene on reasonable modifications.

 

Lodging: The person coming to study to Universidad Internacional has the option to benefit from a home stay, that is, living with people in their homes to have the opportunity to perceive every-day culture and enhance the language acquisition. There is also the possibility of a more quiet setting through an apartment rental. However you decide you will receive help in finding accommodation.

 

Culture: The person coming to Monterrey will naturally have the advantages to enjoy the vast range in cultural appreciation that Mexico has to offer. For that too you will receive guidance.

 

Visa-Status: For those prospective students from foreign countries, policy states that you must send:

1.      Two-passport size recently taken photographs.

2.      Apostil certified copy of birth certificate.

3.      Two letters of recommendation.

4.      A letter of financial statement preferably from a bank.

5.      Certified copy of your passport.

6.      A two hundred dollar ($200.00) US DLLs. pre payment for registration.

7.      Apostil copy of highest ranking academic degree previously obtained e.g. high school diploma, higher education diploma.

As soon as we receive the above we will extend your letter of acceptance.

 

 

 

PROGRAM STAGES

1st    BEGINNER STAGE:                                            levels 1 and 2, 50 hours each.

2nd  INTERMEDIATE STAGE:                                levels 3 and 4, 50 hours each.

3rd   ADVANCED STAGE:                                         levels 5 and 6, 50 hours each.

4th   SPECIFIC PURPOSES STAGE:                                                levels    7 and 8 , 50 hours each.