This is a description of the work I am doing at Grupo Boston for the Practicum course. This work is part of the work a student has to perform in order to graduate at the Universiversidad Latinoamericana en Ciencia y Tecnología.

1. Practicum at Grupo Boston
Best Intensive English

2. Description of the Institution
 The Colegio Boston is an institution of 55 years of experience in the instruction and
the actualization of professionals.
 It has a wide academic offer in technical levels of instruction, such as : business,
secretarial and Englis, call center, technology, design and decoration, cosmetology
and “open education” as well.
 More than half of a century, it has achieved outcomes that have marked the lidership
in the market.
 The institution has the objective to maintain the permanent search of excellency
through the twelve venues among the Costa Rican territory.
 It is located in downtown Heredia.

3. Brief historical account
 In 1955, the Boston Group arose as the first institution recognized by the
Consejo Superior de Educación, that has provided training opportunities for
those persons who have not obtained a diploma in a faster way in order to
get a job iimmediately.

4. Contac Information
 Contact information:
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 You can call free to the phone number 8000-BOSTON (8000-267866) or to
call to the following venues:
 San José
 2248-9192Liberia
 2665-4629
 Cartago
 2551-1515
 Puntarenas
 2661-5656

5. Contact Information
 Alajuela
 2440-1212
 Guápiles
 2711-3885
 Orotina
 2428-2629
 Turrialba
 2556-8017
 Desamparados
 2259-0662
 San Ramón
 2445-2187
 Heredia
 2560-2251
 Belén
 2293-0745

6. Detailed description of students
 Total number of students: 5
 Approximate ages: between 21 and 27 years
old.
 Level : Basic II and II (Best Intensive)

7. Group´s characteristics
 Group weaknessess:
◦ People work and do not have enough time to practice
◦ They are not involved in a biligunal setting
◦ Pronunciation issues
◦ Grammar is learned by infering it.
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 Group strengths:
◦ Motivation
◦ Interest
◦ Perseverance

8. Group´s characteristics
 General aspects found during observations:
◦ Pronunciation issues
◦ Grammar is learned by rules and in context
◦ Reading and writing are practiced using the exercises
◦ They learn a lot of vocabulary every day
 Official teacher´s name:
Marta Castro.
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 Contact info: martha2castro@hotmail.com

9. Description of classroom and equipment
Textbook
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 Description of classroom and equipment available:
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 The classroom has enough chairs to have a large class. It is very
modest however; it has an acrylic board with its corresponding
white board markers and the eraser. The institution provides
teacher with laptops, video beams and a recorder to play the
compact disc they use for pronunciation exercises.
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 Description of bibliographical resources in use:
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 They use a textbook called Stand Out II.

10. Topics
 Description of contents to be covered during practicum:
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 Welcome to class: feelings, classroom instructions using simple present,
possessives, adjectives, questions with can combining it with pronunciation
exercises /m/
 Every life
 Let´s go shopping
 Food and Nutrition
 Housing
 Our community
 Health
 Work
 Goals and lifelong learning
 Getting to know
 Balancing your life

11. Goals
 Consumer smarts
 Getting hired
 On the job
 Citizens and community
 Description of at least two goals concerning student´s
learning during the practicum (what you expect to achieve at
the end of the teaching practice):
 To improve pronunciation and fluency by having them talk as
much as they can.
 To enhance fluency by asking them questions, presentations,
writing a paragraph and read texts aloud from the text.

12. THE CLASSROOM
 PICTURES

13. THE PROFESSOR

14. THE PROFESSOR

15. THE STUDENTS

16. THE STUDENTS