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ABD "all but degree" or "all but dissertation"	Not a formal degree; applies to someone who has completed all the requirements for a Ph.D. except the dissertation.
ABE - Adult Basic Education	A
academic advisement
academic advisor
Academic Advisor	The officer (a member of the faculty or another professional) who provides academic advice and guidance to students.
academic standards
Acceleration
Acceleration	Completion of a college program of study in fewer than the usual number of years, most often by attending summer sessions and carrying extra courses during regular academic terms.
accents
accountability
Accreditation (see also "regional accreditation" and "professional accreditation")	A process of granting recognition to academic institutions and professional programs offered by those institutions for meeting established standards of performance, integrity and quality and which entitles them to the confidence of the educational community and the public.
achievement tests
Achievement Tests (ACH)	Subject examinations, administered by the College Board, used to measure academic achievement and for student placement.
ACT
ACT	A standardized external battery of tests administered by the American College Testing Program and covering English, mathematics, reading and science reasoning. The tests are designed to assess the student's educational development and readiness for college-level study and may used by institutions in lieu of the SAT.
ACT - American College Test
Adjunct Faculty	Faculty members who teach part-time without appointments in the regular faculty.
admission
Admissions Office	The office responsible for admitting students to the institution.
adoption
adult student services
Advanced Standing	The practice of placing a student in a course based on previous achievement levels, e.g., study at an another institution, by challenge examination, AP or CLEP examination results.
aphasia
affective filters
age in language learning
all-included
answers
antonyms
AP - Advanced Placement
AP (Advanced Placement Program)	A program offered by the College Board that allows students to take college-level courses while in high school and then take standardized tests to demonstrate whether they have attained college-level achievement. Universities and colleges grant students credit on the basis of AP test results.
application
Application Deadline	The last date on which a college will accept applications for admission to the coming term.
approach
aptitude test
articulate words
assessing
assessing performance
assessment
assistantship
Assistant Professor	A junior member of the faculty who has not yet received tenure.
Assistantship	Award granted to graduate students and which consists of tuition remission and a stipend for part-time teaching or research. (see also graduate assistant; research assistant; teaching assistant)
associate degree
Associate Degree	Degree granted upon the completion of a two-year academic program mostly offered at two-year institutions.
Associate Professor	A tenured member of the faculty.
attendance
audio-visual aids
Auditing	Taking a class to acquire knowledge but not for credit or grades. Audited courses do not count toward degree requirements.
average
average class size
average performance
Spanish cuisine as a tool to teach language
baccalaureate
Baccalaureate	Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's Degree	The first university degree awarded upon the completion of an undergraduate curriculum. The degrees are usually known as 'bachelor of arts'; 'bachelor of science'.
Basque
Becas Fulbright
behavioral aspects
benchmark
best accents
bilingual education
bilingual skills
biological factors
BMOC - Big Man On Campus
books and supplies
breaks
Bulletin	An institution's catalog of programs, curricula and courses.
bursar
Bursar	The university official responsible for collecting student fees.
C
calendar system
Cambridge
campus
campus map university of Costa Rica
Carnegie Unit	Time-based, quantitative measure assigned to high school courses. One unit generally consists of one subject studied one 50-minute period per day, 5 times per week, for one 36-week academic year (180 periods).
Carnegie units
Castellano
CAT California Achievement Test
Catalog	see bulletin
CE - Continuing Education
CELTA
CELU, certificación internacional de Español como Lengua Extranjera
Centro Cultural Costarricense Norte Americano
certification
Cervantes instituto
Chair/Chairperson	The head of an academic department.
Challenge Examination	Examination created by an institution as the equivalent to a course. Students who pass challenge tests are commonly exempted from, or given credit for, the course counterpart of the examination.
class bulletin
Class participation
Class rank
Class Rank	The relative position of a student in his or her graduating class, determined by grade average.
class schedule
class size
class size reduction
classes
classroom equipment
classrooms
CLEP (College Level Examination Program)	A program offered by the College Board designed to offer students the opportunity to earn college credit by examination.
Closed Course	Fully-subscribed course which is no longer enrolling students
Cociente de Inteligencia
code of ethics
coed
College	A general term for post-secondary education. It often refers to institutions which offer undergraduate programs or to the undergraduate divisions of large universities.
college campus
college course
Command of English
command of Spanish
Commencement	Graduation ceremony, usually held in May or June at the end of the academic year.
Communicative Approach
Community College	Public two-year institution supported by the local community. Community colleges offer two types of curricula: transfer (which consists of the first two years of work for the bachelor's degree) and terminal (vocational training for employment in a wide variety of semi-professional and technical areas).
community-based learning
comprehension
comprehensive
comprehensive examinations
Comprehensive Examinations	Broad examinations covering material in several courses, typically taken at the end of master's degree programs or after the end of doctoral course work before writing the dissertation.
computer assisted lessons
computers
concentration
Concentration	see major
configuration  classroom setting
conjugation verbs
content standards
Continuing Education	Educational programs offered by colleges and universities to adults in the community during the evening and on weekends. It usually refers to non-credit course work.
continuous basis
conversation
Cooperative Education	Educational program requiring students to alternate periods of full-time study and full-time work in their major.
cooperative learning
Core curriculum	General education requirements set as a defined series of interdisciplinary courses that must be taken by all undergraduates enrolled in degree programs at an institution.
correctness
Costa Rica Department of State
Costa Rica Educational Framework
Costa Rica Health Standards
Costa Rican Trade Schools
Costa Rican Universities
counseling
Course	A discrete subject studied during one semester or quarter.
Credit	Time-based quantitative measure assigned to courses or course-equivalent learning. One credit is usually defined as 50 minutes of instruction over a semester (semester credit) or a quarter (quarter credit). 'Unit' is another term for credit.
credit course
credit hours
credit transfer
credit-by-exam
Credit-by-Examination	The practice of awarding students college credit for satisfactory performance on an examination.
cross cultural language and development
cross cultural language aspects
cross cultural language assessments
cross-registration Costa Rica
CSAP - Colorado Student Assessment Program
cultural
Cultural aspects
culture
Cumulative Grade Point Average	The numerical average of all the student's grades achieved during the period of study at an institution.
CUNA
curriculum
Curriculum	The body of courses and other formally established learning experiences which constitute a program of study.
Curve Grading	A system of relative grading based on the performance of all members of a class on an examination. It is also called norm-referenced grading.
curve-grading
D
deadline enrolling
dean
Dean	Middle-level academic or administrative officer in charge of an administrative unit.
Dean's list
Dean's List	A published list of students who have earned a specified high grade-point average in a term.
deferred admission
degree
Degree-seeking student
DELE
delivery
Department	The formal faculty group, together with its support staff, responsible for instruction in a general subject area.
department of education
Dialects
Dialog
diploma
Discipline	An area of academic study.
dissertation
Dissertation	The formal writing requirement -- often an original contribution to knowledge -- for a doctoral degree.
Distribution Requirement	The part of general education designed to ensure that each student takes a minimum number of courses or credits in specified, varying academic areas.
Don Quixote
dorms
double major
double major
Double Major	Program of study in which a student completed the requirements of two majors at the same time.
drill
Drop	To withdraw from a course.
Drop-Add	A period at the beginning of each term when students are allowed to change their class schedules by dropping or adding courses.
Drop-out	A person who has withdrawn from all courses. One who leaves school entirely is known as a 'dropout'.
dropout
drugs in classrooms
Dual Degree	Program of study in which a student receives two degrees from the same institution.
E
Early Admission	A program allowing well-qualified high school students to enter college full time before completing secondary school.
ecological studies
education
educational
educational benchmark
educational budget
educational environment
educational gadgets
educational index
educational research
educational standards
Educational Standards Costa Rica
Elective	A course chosen freely by the student from the institution's offerings. Also called 'free elective'.
Elementary School	Primary school (grades 1-6 or 1-8)
elementary schools
encourage
encouragement
endeavor to learn
English
Enrollment	(1) The process of registering for classes. (2) the total number of students at an institution.
enrollment Spanish Classes
Enrollment
entrance exams
Environment conducive to learning
EOC - End-of-Course
EOG - End-of-Grade
Esperanto
essay writing
Exchange Scholar or Student	see visiting scholar or student
exchange student
Exemption	The practice of exempting a student from a requirement. For example, if a college required all students to take freshman English, but on the basis of evidence of outstanding prior achievement (such as high scores on an examination) waived the requirement, this would constitute exemption.
Experiential Learning	Learning which takes place outside of the classroom through formal courses or other life activities.
external degree program
F
Faculty	(1) The body of teaching personnel in a department, division, or an entire institution. (2) An academic administrative unit, e.g., The Faculty of Engineering.
fall semester
FCAT - Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test
Fellow	A student (graduate or undergraduate) granted a 'fellowship' on the basis of academic achievement.
Final Examination	A course-based examination taken at the end of the term.
Financial Aid	Scholarships, grants and loans provided for students by academic institutions from government and private sources to help defray educational costs.
first term
first year
flash cards
Foreign Student Advisor	Official employed by the institution to assist foreign students, scholars and faculty with immigration, visas, orientation, insurance, and other such matters.
French
Freshman	First-year student (applies to both college undergraduates and high school students).
Freshman
Full-time	Student taking 12 or more credits during any given term.
Fulbright Scholarships
fully equipped classrooms
G
Gallego
GED - General Education Diploma
General Education	A component of the undergraduate curriculum designed to provide breadth to the curriculum and a common undergraduate experience for all students. It is usually defined on an institution-wide basis and involves study in several subject area.
gifted children
glossary of educational terms
GMAT - Graduate Management Admission Test
GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)	A standardized external examination of verbal and quantitative skills usually required by graduate schools of business and used to assess the qualifications of applicants for MBA programs.
GPA - Grade Point Average
Grade	An evaluation (normally by letter on a scale of A-F) of a student's performance on an examination, a paper or in a course.
Grade Point Average GPA
Grade-point average (GPA)	The average of grades earned in all courses taken during a term divided by the number of credits.
grading system
Graduate	(1) A person who has successfully completed a program of study and earned the final award (2) as an adjective, refers to post-baccalaureate status.
Graduate Advisor	The faculty member who serves as advisor to all graduate students in a department.
Graduate Assistant	see 'research assistant'
graduate school
Graduate School	The academic unit within an institution which administers graduate education.
grammar
grammatical structures
GRE
GRE - Graduate Record Examination
GRE (Graduate Record Examination)	A two-part standardized external examination designed to measure general verbal, quantitative and analytical skills (General Aptitude Test) and knowledge and understanding of subject matter basic to graduate study in specific fields (Advanced Tests). The GRE is generally required by graduate schools and is used to assess the qualifications of applicants to master's and Ph.D. programs.
guru in language learning theory
gymnasium
Gymnasium	The building which houses the sports facilities on a campus.
H
Health Services
hearing impairment
High School
high school diploma
high schools\
highly trained
Hispanic
History of the Spanish Language
holistic teaching
home stay
homework
honors
HS - High School
IELTS (pronounced /ˈaı.ɛlts/), or 'International English Language Testing System
IEP - Individualized Educational Plan
IHS - I Hate School
imitate
imitation
importance of learning Spanish
independent studies
index of words
induction
Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica Cartago
international business
international degree
international exams
international house
internship
IQ Intelligence Quotient
instructions
Italian
Ivy League
junior
junior college
JV - Junior Varsity
K-12
Kaplan
LA - Language Arts
language roots
language acquisition
language consortium
language environment
language exchange
language fairs
language institute
language lab
language laboratory
Language learning
Language reference
language requirements
language school
language skills
Language teachers
language training
Latin
Latin American Culture
Latin Dialect
learn Spanish
learned to learn
learners
learning  strategies
learning environment
learning handicap
learning terminology
legal services
Less than 1 academic year
lessons
letter of recommendation
liberal arts
liberal arts college
listening
listening comprehension
literacy
Literature
load
Lower-division
LSAT
LSAT - Law School Admission Test
MA
Madrid
major
Major Professor
make-up examination
Maslow theory
Matricula
MBA
MEAP - Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program
Medical Spanish
memorizing
memorizing
memory
memory
Methodology
Midterm exam
Miguel de Cervantes
mind
ministry of education
minority international student
MIT
motivation
NCLB - No Child Left Behind
NEA - National Education Association
non-credit course
nonresident
Old Spanish
online learning
Open-book-exam
oral production
oral test
OT - Occupational Therapy
other expenses
oxford
part-time
pass-fail
perfect Spanish
performance
performance
performance standards
PhD
pictures
Portuguese
private Non-profit institution
Private Universities
professionally trained
proficiency skills
programs
pronunciation
Props
provost	University
PTA - Parent-Teacher Association
Public School System
quarter systems
questions
quiz
quizzes
racial handicap
readers
reading
reading and writing
reading comprehension
Realia
recitation
recruiting
Regional differences
registration fee
religious affiliation
religious counseling
repetition
research
residence halls
Romance languages
roots
safety instructions
SAT - Scholastic Assessment Test
schedule
scholar
scholarship
scholarships
scholastic aptitude test SAT
scholastic interest
school auditing
schools
Scientific Research
Scientist
seating arrangement
secretary of education
seminars
senior
setup
Shakespeare
silent period
silent way
SIT School for International Training
skills
slow learning
Social Intelligence
sophomore
Sophomore program
source language
Spain
Spain History
Spanish
Spanish and Costa Rican Food
Spanish Armada
Spanish Caverns
Spanish Caverns
Spanish cities
Spanish classes
Spanish consonants
Spanish conversation
Spanish language acquisition
Spanish learning
Spanish Literature
Spanish morphology
Spanish online
Spanish Professors
Spanish teacher
Spanish versus English
Spanish vowels
Spanish words
specialty
spelling
Spring break
standard English
Standard Spanish
standard tests
state of the art
strategy
student
student apartments
student center
student counseling
student funds
student safety
student security
student to teacher ratio
Suggestopedia
Summa Cum Laudem
supportive
syllables
semantics
synonyms
TA - Teacher's Aide
talking
Task Based Approach for Spanish learning
teacher traits
teachers
teaching
team teaching
Technology
technological standards
tenure
testing
testing centers Cervantes
tests
text
textbooks
thematic units Spanish language teaching
toefl
toeic
TPR
TPRS
tracking
train
trained
translation method methodology approach
travel and learn Costa Rica
tuition
universal language
universal standards
Universidad de Salamanca
Universidad Internacional de las Americas UIA
Universidad Latina
Universidad Nacional
Universidades Privadas
universities
university
university group
university of Costa Rica
University of Michigan
University of San Francisco
Vasco
VBS - Vacation Bible School
visiting scholars
visual aids
volunteering
volunteers
whole language
words of Spanish origin
workshops
writing
writing compositions
year-round education Costa Rica
Costa Rican Provinces: San Jose, Guanacaste, Limon, Heredia, Cartago, Puntarenas. Alajuela
	EXÁMENES OFICIALES DE ESPAÑOL INSTITUTO CERVANTES
Instituto Cervantes España Spain
Blended Learning
Bottom-Up Language Learning
Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Concordances
Descriptive Grammar
Diachronic
EAP
EFL
ESL
ESOL
Gist
Mnemonics
Philology
Plagiarism
Prescriptive Grammars
Scanning
Semantics
Skimming
Synchronic
Syntax
TEFL
TESL
TESOL
ESL teachers
European Frame of Reference
Marco Europeo
language learning tips
learning ties
program evaluation
in-service training
student centered
teacher centered
evaluation procedures
educational criteria
language lessons
enthusiastic Spanish teachers
origin of the Spanish Language
number of people who speak Spanish
Spanish speaking  countries
Costa Rican main cities Heredia, San Jose, Cartago, Ciudad Quesada, Alajuela, Limon, Liberia, Puntarenas, Jaco Beach, Quepos, Desamparados, Escazu, Santa Ana, Ciudad Neily, San Carlos.
monitor theory
affective domain
approach
Audio-lingualism
Automaticity
Behaviorism
Applied Linguistics Spanish
Compound Bilingualism
eclectic learning
bottom-up education
CELTA
Code-Mixing	Code switching
communicative Approach
collocation
colloquialism
communicative language teaching
Spanish Comprehension Based Approach
Critical Period Language Learning
Corpus Linguistics Applied to Spanish
content based education
deductive
inductive
DELTA
Diglot Weave
Digraph
Counseling Learning
Error correction
Diphthong
Data-driven learning
Generative Grammar
Chomsky
interlanguage
affective filter hypothesis
Bodily Kinesthetic
consciousness learning
constructivism
Creole
Data-driven learning applied to Spanish
descriptive grammar
escuela
false cognates
false friends
Fossilization linguistics
frases idiomåticas
Gardner's Categories of Intelligence
generative grammar Spanish
grammar translation method
grapheme Spanish
homonym
humanism
idiom, idiomatic expression
idioma
illocutionary
illocutionary force
inner language
inner language
input flooding
interlanguage
international language fair
Interpersonal intelligence
Interpersonal intelligence
language transfer
lexical approach Spanish
lexis
licenciatura
lingua franca
linguistic competence Spanish
Logical Mathematical intelligence
mistake
Monitor Hypothesis
Mother tongue Spanish Costa Rica
multiple intelligence	applied in language learning
multiple intelligence
Musical intelligence
native speaker
Natural Order Hypothesis applied to Spanish
Naturalistic intelligence
non-native speaker
omniglot
organizational competence
Other intelligences
pedagogic grammar
pidgin
prescriptive grammar
Product-oriented education
semantics Spanish
Skinner behaviorism
slang
source language
study
surface structure
target language Spanish
transformational grammar
universal grammar
Verbal-linguistic intelligence
Visual-Spatial intelligence
vocabulary
world language fair
pedagogical considerations in language teaching
volunteer language teaching
Learning Centers
Portfolios
PreK/Early Childhood	Spanish teaching extras
power of reading Spanish
Universidad Iberoamericana
Spanish theme Units
Languages teaching Spanish as a Second Language
Middle School/Junior High
Think Green, Teach Green
Clip art for teaching languages
Educational Links
Research and reports teaching Spanish
Shapebooks
Fun activities teaching languages
Holidays, Months, and Seasons
colege language subjects
Latin American Studies
Spanish language proficiency development
Spanish literature survey
Spanish Golden Age Prose
Early and Modern Spanish Literature
20th and 21 century Spanish Literature
Spanish literature genres
Approach to Hispanic Literature
spanglish
L1: First language, mother tongue
L2: Second language (or any additional language)
CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning
TELL: Technology-enhanced language learning
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
language learning tips
Spanish songs
Reflective teaching
comprehensible input
affective-humanistic factors in language learning
Language Education in Costa Rica
Costa Rican Language Schools
Costa Rican Educational System
Costa Rican Literature
Oscar Arias Peace Nobel Prize
Why students don't really learn languages in high school?
accents and grammatical differences Latin America
Advanced language studies
affective filter hypothesis defined
altitudinal factors language learning
Castilian
Costa Rican Spanish literature periods
cultural factors in language learning
drama in learning Spanish
ESP English for specific purposes
iberia
iberoamerica
Interpreting and translating English-Spanish
LAD Language Acquisition Device
Medical Spanish
Noam Chomsky
Partnership among universities
pronunciations and accents Latin American countries and regions
Service learning Costa Rica
Spanish authors literature
Spanish cultural heritage
Spanish for Health Professionals
Spanish for specific purposes
Spanish language journals
Spanish workshops and seminars
Special tools for Spanish linguistics
Special topics Spanish Literature
Stephen Krashen
Study abroad Spanish speaking countries.
theater in a Spanish classroom
volunteering Latin America
vos y tu how it affects verb conjugation
Spanish fly
Spanish eyes Costa Rica
words with Spanish origin
Lexical Functional Grammar
combined model of Spanish Acquisition
term papers
strategies for success in language learning
principles in Spanish language teaching and learning
self-esteem in language learning
inhibition
ANXIETY
extroversion
Esteem
Inhibition
personality type
empathy
Risk-taking an important element to learn Spanish
comprehensible input
low anxiety lowering the affective filters for better Spanish
anxiety level
i+1 Krashen and Learning Spanish
Departamento de Español Universidad de Costa Rica
Spanish Genre Literature
Spanish courses accreditation Costa Rica
enrolling in Spanish courses Costa Rica
costa Rica ethnicity
curriculo
aprendizaje español
enseñanza del espa
free Spanish lessons online
Spanish online
Language translation Spanish
translations
Spanish Language translation
Spanish Language translator
language translator	Añadir
language translation
translators
universal translator	Añadir
online translation
learn Spanish Classes
learning to speak Spanish	Añadir
learn Spanish phrases
online translator
translators
learn Spanish words	Añadir
Spanish dictionary
English Spanish dictionary
online dictionary
free translation Spanish
Korean Spanish
Spanish conjugations
Learn to speak Spanish online
Spanish language lessons
free translation
English translation
Spanish French Translation
learning to speak Spanish
learn spoken Spanish
DRAE Diccionario de la Real Academia Española
RAE Real Academia Española
Asociaciones de la Real Academia Española
Spaans leren Costa Rica
Lernen Sie Spanisch