Malmö International Language Tournament

Malmö International Language Tournament

The Instituto Cervantes and FEDELE are once again collaborating on the promotion of FEDELE member schools and the teaching of Spanish in Spain. This time they are sponsoring the prizes in the Spanish category of the modern language tournament for schools in Sweden,...
The teaching of Spanish in sub-Saharan Africa

The teaching of Spanish in sub-Saharan Africa

The Instituto Cervantes has recently published an interesting study into the teaching of Spanish in sub-Saharan Africa. Edited by Javier Serrano, who also wrote the first chapter, it gathers together important studies on the position of Spanish in the education...
2016 Spanish Olympics in Poznán

2016 Spanish Olympics in Poznán

We are pleased to let our readers know that FEDELE is again collaborating with the Spanish Olympics in Poznán, Poland. The Olympics, in Polish Olimpiada Języka Hiszpańskiego, is an event organised with the support of the Polish Ministry of Education. The structure of...
FLECOS 2016 is nearly here

FLECOS 2016 is nearly here

In just a few weeks the second FLECOS, el Festival Internacional de la Lengua, la Cultura y el Ocio, will take place in Granada. The event is organised by the Asociación de Escuelas de Español of Granada and its main objective is to promote interest in the learning of...
DELE diplomas are for everyone

DELE diplomas are for everyone

A few months ago it became officially possible for anyone of any nationality to try for any level of the DELE diploma, anywhere in the world with a recognized DELE exam centre. Last November the subjective scope of the DELE which is regulated in the Real Decreto...
Spanish as a Foreign Language teacher training by the Baltic 2016

Spanish as a Foreign Language teacher training by the Baltic 2016

Following the success of the teacher training days organized last year in Tallin, Estonia by the Hispaania Maja school, the event is to be held again this year on the 2nd and 3rd of April. The aim of the event is, in the words of the organisers, “to acquire new energy...
The 2016 FEDELE Annual Meeting to be held in Alicante

The 2016 FEDELE Annual Meeting to be held in Alicante

It was confirmed at the recent FITUR fair that Alicante will host the 2016 FEDELE Annual Meeting, the great professional event for Spanish as a Foreign Language which brings together agents from all over the world and the people in charge of schools of Spanish in...
Supplementary date for level A2 DELE exam

Supplementary date for level A2 DELE exam

Changes in the process for obtaining  Spanish citizenship have meant that the institutions involved have had to make changes to their procedures.  The Instituto Cervantes has, therefore, added the 19th February 2016 as an extra date for the DELE exams. The exam will...
1st Conference of Spanish as a Foreign Language in the Magreb (CELEM)

1st Conference of Spanish as a Foreign Language in the Magreb (CELEM)

The 1st Conference of Spanish as a Foreign Language in the Magreb (CELEM) was held on the 11th and 12th of December at the Instituto Cervantes in Rabat.  Various Spanish and Moroccan organisations took part with the aim of learning about and developing strategies for...
ECELE 2015 – a great success in Madrid

ECELE 2015 – a great success in Madrid

As our readers will know, ECELE is an encounter, first held in 2010, between schools teaching Spanish abroad and schools of Spanish as a Foreign Language in Spain.   The way in which it has grown and developed has made it an important event not only for the schools...