Crash Course in Spanish Teacher Training
[CLM-JS]
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This is a fully personalised teacher training course. You and your tutor will work together, side by side, to get the best out of you. The course for Spanish teachers in Malaga is adapted to you specifically. If you are one of those who think that this type of system can be too intense, let us point out that the best way to improve and strengthen your weak points is precisely to concentrate your efforts on them in order to turn them into advantages.
FOR WHO IS THIS COURSE:
This course is of significant benefit to:
– Teachers, native or non-native speakers of Spanish, as well as those planning to start teaching Spanish.
– Educational staff needing to work on projects / exchange programmes / committees with an international dimension.
– Other school educational staff needing to develop their knowledge to study relevant literature or publications about methodology, culture and civilization in Spanish.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
– To deepen awareness of participants about recent pedagogical and classroom developments in ELE.
– To enhance language teaching practice through innovative techniques and methodological approaches to teaching ELE.
– To provide opportunities for reflection about culture and civilization.
– To improve participants’ confidence in their intercultural competence.
– To explore and apply sustainable and interactive methods in Spanish language teaching, promoting environmentally conscious practices in the classroom.
– To develop and consolidate participants’ Spanish language skills.
– To promote awareness of contemporary publications about methodology, culture and civilization.
– To establish connections between educational staff from a variety of European backgrounds which facilitate future networking and partnership potential.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
Participants will gain:
– Increased competence in using innovative techniques to teach Spanish as a foreign and a second language.
– Knowledge of Spanish culture and civilization for teaching.
– Further knowledge of the Common European Framework of Reference.
– Better understanding of students’ needs and behaviour in the classroom.
– Ability to integrate sustainable practices and environmental awareness into Spanish language teaching.
– Improved Spanish language skills: reading, writing, speaking, listening, and mediation.
– Acquisition of techniques to develop students’ motivation and autonomy in language learning.
– Deeper sensitivity to cultural diversity.
– Teamwork and interpersonal abilities.
– Shared knowledge and experience with other professionals of a pan-European background.
– Better knowledge of Erasmus+ potential for professional development.
SAMPLE SCHEDULE (From Monday to Friday):
– Spanish language course observation
– Classroom management and discussion with course tutor
