INITIAL TRAINING COURSE FOR TEACHERS OF SPANISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (13 edition)
(Zaragoza, 3 February - 19 March 2012)

The course is organised jointly by the Cervantes Institute and the Courses in Spanish as a Foreign Language of the University of Zaragoza

• 50 class hours • Enrolment fee for the course: € 385

• This course includes classes in problem areas in Spanish grammar, and in the methodology of teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE).

• The course will take place at weekends (Friday afternoons from 4.30 pm to 9 pm and Saturday mornings from 9 am to 1.30 pm).

• Aims. To provide the necessary grounding enabling students on the course to focus their own education to teaching Spanish as a foreign language. To study in depth the basic aspects of methodology in the teaching of Spanish to foreign students. To analyse resources and strategies for teaching Spanish in the foreign language classroom.

• Aimed at: Spanish and foreign teachers of Spanish as a foreign language. Philology graduates (preferably in Spanish) or final year Philology students (preferably in Spanish) who wish to focus their training on teaching Spanish to foreign students. Given the initial training nature of this course, it is not recommended that people who have attended other similar courses should enrol on the course.

• Students who consistently attend and make full use of the classes will be awarded an approved diploma which can be validated by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports of the Government of Aragon, carrying 5 credits for Permanent Teacher Training qualifications, provided that the students fulfil the requirements established by the competent official bodies.

• The course may be validated as 5 free-choice credits by the University of Zaragoza and by the G9 Group of Universities under the terms and conditions set out by these institutions.

• Attendance is compulsory and absences, regardless of the reason, may not exceed 15% of the total duration of the course (7’5 hours).

• The number of places is limited.

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SEQUENCE COURSE: CONTENT AND TUTORS (2012)

• The curriculum for Spanish as a foreign language (4 hours). Susana Llorián, external collaborator of the Instituto Cervantes.
• The teaching of pronunciation and phonetic correction(4 hours). Alicia Mellado, University of Castilla-La Mancha.
• Errors in ELE learning (6 hours). Alicia Clavel, author of teaching materials and teacher trainer.
• Teaching Spanish prepositions (2 hours). David Serrano-Dolader, University of Zaragoza.
• Culture and intercultural aspects in the ELE classroom (4 hours). Marisa González, Instituto Cervantes.
• Language communication activities: oral and written expression and comprehension (4 hours). Claudia Fernández, University of Antonio de Nebrija, Madrid.
• Information and communication technologies in the ELE classroom (4 hours). Olga Juan, Instituto Cervantes.
• Fun activities in the Spanish language classroom (4 hours). Margarita Cundín, University of the Basque Country.

• A practical grammar workshop applied to ELE teaching. Past perfect, indefinite and imperfect in the ELE classroom (2 hours). Blanca Palacio Alegre, University of Malta.

• A practical grammar workshop applied to ELE teaching. Word-Formation in the ELE classroom (2 hours). José Francisco Val Álvaro, University of Zaragoza.

• Lexicon in the ELE classroom (4 hours). Alicia Clavel, author of teaching materials and teacher trainer.

• Models and types of assessment (6 hours). José Antonio Matilla, Official School of Languages in Barcelona.

• A practical grammar workshop applied to ELE teaching. Problems of agreement in Spanish (2 hours). José Luis Mendívil, University of Zaragoza.

• A practical grammar workshop applied to ELE teaching. Integration of the varieties of Spanish in the ELE classroom (2 hours). Vicente Lagüéns, University of Zaragoza.