{"id":2371,"date":"2019-09-03T05:11:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T05:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spup.edu.ph\/?page_id=2371"},"modified":"2019-09-03T06:36:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T06:36:58","slug":"cultural-exchange-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spup.edu.ph\/cultural-exchange-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Exchange Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Cultural Exchange Program (CEP) is a comprehensive program for foreign students who would like to have a taste of Paulinian Education and experience a new culture, make friends with some Filipino students and improve their English skills in a friendly and family-oriented campus. It is designed to give the cultural exchange student the opportunity:

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  1. to appreciate Paulinian Education through immersion in actual classes and other activities of the university;<\/li>\n
  2. to explore the tourists spots and take an adventure in the caves, mountains, rivers, hot springs, beaches in Cagayan Valley and other places in Northern Philippines;<\/li>\n
  3. to learn the unique Filipino culture of smiles, fun and laughter;<\/li>\n
  4. to improve their English language skills through he guidance of qualified and experienced tutors;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Components of CEP<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    The following aspects are the components of the comprehensive CEP:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Classes for English language learning are conducted at the \nIntercultural Institute for Languages, where the exchange student will \nbe given tutorial classes with friendly and highly qualified ESL Tutors.\n Initially, a pretest will be given to the student to find out their \nlevel and a customized plan for the fast learning of the student will be\n programmed.<\/p>\n\nCLASS IMMERSION<\/b>\n\n

    When the student is able to communicate in English already and can be \nmore independent in transacting with other students, he\/ she will be \nassigned to actual classes in the grade\/ year level the student is \nqualified to stay. This would allow the student to get to know more \nfriends, practice his skills in the four macro skills and be in touch \nwith the culture of the Filipino students.<\/p>\n\nSELF-DIRECTED LEARNING<\/b>\n\n

    The students are also given time to stay in the library and learn other\n things and interest in the library and internet facilities of the \nuniversity. Here, they are given time to be at their own pacing and \nexplore their other interests and also communicate with their friends \nand family members.<\/p>\n\nON CAMPUS ACTIVITIES<\/b>\n\n

    ¸£ÀûÉ© has other facilities where the students could avail. It has a \nchapel , which is the center of all the religious activities. This is a \nplace where the students could commune with God and communicate with Him\n every day. There is also an Olympic \u2013sized swimming pool, football \narea, basketball court, gymnasium, spa, beauty salon, boutique and other\n facilities which they could go after their classes for relaxation and \nphysical fitness.<\/p>\n\nHOMESTAY<\/b>\n\n

    This component brings the students to experience real Filipino \nhospitality by sharing the weekends with the Filipino hosts. It aims to \nget in touch with the Filipino culture and traditions and experience how\n it is to be immersed with a Filipino family.<\/p>\n\nOFF-CAMPUS ACTIVITIES<\/b>\n\n

    During the celebration of the fiesta of the City of Tuguegarao and the \nprovince of Cagayan, there are lined up activities such as parade, \nstreet dancing, bull-fighting, horse racing and the famous pancit  \n(noodle) \u2013eating contest and other fun fare activities that could thrill\n a  visiting tourist.  Students could also experience trekking\n the Callao Caves, the hot springs of Baggao, the white sand beaches of \nSta. Ana and the black sand beaches of Gonzaga. They could also visit \nthe miraculous Lady of Piat,the Calvary Hills of Iguig or visit several \nhundred year-old churches in Cagayan. Nearby are Baguio City, Ilocos \nNorte and Ilocos Sur , where you could have long drives and adventure in\n the curvaceous roads leading these areas. Several caves of interest \ncould also be discovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    CONTACT INFORMATION<\/b><\/div>\n
    DR. CONCEPCION DOYUGAN<\/b>
    \nHead, Intercultural Institute for Languages
    \n¸£ÀûÉ©
    \nMabini Street, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan 3500, Philippines
    \nTelephone Number: (078) 396-1987 to 1997 loc. 503
    \nE-mail: cdoyugan@spup.edu.ph\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Cultural Exchange Program (CEP) is a comprehensive program for foreign students who would like to have a taste of Paulinian Education and experience a new culture, make friends with some Filipino students and improve their English skills in a friendly and family-oriented campus. It is designed to give the cultural exchange student the opportunity: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spup.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spup.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spup.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spup.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spup.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2371"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/spup.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382,"href":"https:\/\/spup.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2371\/revisions\/2382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spup.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spup.edu.ph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}