TEACHER TRAINING COURSES

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHING TECHNIQUES FOR SPANISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR NON NATIVE TEACHERS

Description:
Course addressed to non-native Spanish teachers who work in adult education or secondary schools and with a minimum Spanish level equivalent to the intermediate (B1) of European Common Marco. Maximum number of participants on the course 15. The predominance of single country will be avoided as much as possible. Students will receive the program one month before the beginning of the course, as well as a description of the different social activities that will be developed besides the course.

Course Aims:
- Improving the Spanish language competence of the teachers.
- Using the new educational skills for teaching Spanish as a foreign language with the main aim to be used later in their respective groups of students

Course Programme:
Language improvement:
This component will emphasize on the development of the listening and speaking skills. There will be also plenty of opportunities to widen the range of your vocabulary and improve your pronunciation.

Teaching techniques:
This course will offer many opportunities to increase and enrich the Spanish vocabulary and to learn useful Spanish colloquialism. We will emphasize in improving the pronunciation and the fluency of the participants to gain more confidence for expressing themselves in this language. We will intensify specific language subjects that can be difficult in teaching and learning Spanish as a foreign language. All will be done with an active method based on the communicative approach. Teachers will experience in first person different methods that will help their students to improve their knowledge of Spanish. Sessions will include:
- teaching vocabulary
- encouraging your students to speak
- making grammar fun
- using games in the class
- using computers

DATES:
Option A: from 06/07/2008 till 19/07/2008
Option B: from 19/10/2008 till 01/11/2008

LOCATION: Jaca (Pyrenees, Huesca)

PRICE:
Course fee: 675 €
Cancellation fee: 150 €
Accommodation (single room + breakfast): 715 €
TOTAL: 1390 €
* The accommodation's price can be reduced if you stay in a double room.

REGISTRATION:
Aula Hispánica
Avda. Regimiento Galicia Nº15
Jaca – Spain
Tel: +34 / 974355390
E-mail: admin@aulahispanica.com