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Training course for non-native teachers of Spanish designed for active Spanish teachers, foreign post-graduate students of Modern Languages, Spanish Degree, Spanish Philology, Hispanic Studies, and to non-native Spanish Graduates who wish to teach Spanish. Also to those who teach ELE (Spanish as a Foreign Language) and ESL (Spanish as a Second or Third Language).
The essential points of the Spanish Teacher Training courses are: improvement of oral fluency, differentiation of registers, pronunciation and intonation, conversational and colloquial Spanish, contrastive grammar and updating of grammatical, lexical and methodological knowledge.
With this 2 weeklong Spanish course, in addition to the 20 lessons per week of the General Spanish course of Advanced or Proficiency Level of Spanish in groups of a maximum of 7 students, you have 10 Spanish lessons per week for specific teachers' training.
The first week is designed to update you on linguistic and literary knowledge as well as general Spanish culture. The second week covers subjects related to didactics and methodology, with an especially practical approach focused on the techniques and strategies of the teaching of Spanish, in addition to the analysis and production of teaching materials.
This second week of the course is articulated around 5 seminars, with their corresponding workshops or debate groups:
- The teaching of Grammar in the Spanish class
- The teaching of vocabulary. The teaching of Phonetics, pronunciation and intonation
- The cultural aspects of the Spanish class
- The evaluation and control of learning
To attend the Spanish course for teachers, you must complete the specific application form for teachers that we will send you after your enrolment.
| Spanish Levels |
Advanced and Superior levels of Spanish. |
| Duration |
2 weeks |
| Lessons per day |
6 Spanish lessons per day: 4 lessons in a group learning Proficiency Spanish and 2 tuition lessons per day specifically for Spanish teachers. |
| Timetable |
General Spanish classes are generally held in the morning. Nonetheless, depending on your Spanish level, you may have morning or afternoon shift classes (The school assigns the class timetable).
9:30-11:30 / Break / 12:00-14:00 or
15:00-17:00 / Break / 17:30-19:30
The first day of class you must arrive 15 minutes ahead of the regular schedule. Teacher training are held in the afternoon. |
| Students per group |
Maximum of 7 and minimum of 3 students per group. |
| Minimum age |
21 years old |
| Notes |
A minimum of 3 students of the same Spanish level is necessary to form a group. If no group is available in the requested Spanish course, the student will receive an individual Spanish course lasting fewer hours, plus additional tasks guided by the teacher at the resources center, until the total hours of the chosen Spanish course have been reached. |
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In addition to the Spanish language classes, you will participate in many cultural and social events organized by the school. We know that for a Spanish language course to be successful, it is not enough to offer excellent teaching. Other factors, such as socio-cultural aspects, also play an important part in its success.
