SACIC: Instituto Cervantes’ school accreditation system

SACIC: Instituto Cervantes’ school accreditation system

Do you know about the Instituto Cervantes’ school accreditation system?  SACIC is an accreditation process which leads to a signed agreement between the Instituto Cervantes and Spanish language schools promising a commitment to quality, international recognition...
Flipboard as a tool for teaching and learning Spanish

Flipboard as a tool for teaching and learning Spanish

Flipboard is one of the apps with social network characteristics whose use has increased most in the last few months. Flipboard is known as a news aggregator or newsreader, in this case in the format of a digital magazine.  These magazines give us access to all sorts...
Cádiz Latin  American Theatre Festival (FIT)

Cádiz Latin American Theatre Festival (FIT)

The Cádiz Latin  American Theatre Festival (FIT) has taken place in Cádiz every October since 1985.  From 1986 – 1992 it was directed by Juan Margallo.  There are both street performances and performances in various venues – the Gran Teatro Falla, the Sala Central...
Madrid Student Welcome Day

Madrid Student Welcome Day

On Saturday 10th October, the first Madrid Student Welcome Day will take place at the Ayuntamiento de Madrid’s Galería de Cristal (Cibeles).  This is a festive and recreational event intended specifically for foreign students who have recently arrived in...

14th GERES International Meeting in Poitiers

GERES, the Grupo de Estudio e Investigación en Español de Especialidad, has announced that its 14th International Meeting will take place in Poitiers from the 16th to the 18th June 2016,  with the support of the Maison des Langues at Poitiers university. Business...

ALTO Survey 2015

Readers of this blog will already know that FEDELE forms part of ALTO, the Association of Language Travel Organisations.  ALTO is open to businesses, associations and any organisation related to language teaching and language study abroad. The main objective of ALTO...

It´s here! The FEDELE Annual Meeting 2015

The sixteenth FEDELE Annual Meeting will take place shortly in Cadiz, from the 27th to the 30th September.  This event is organised by the Federation of Schools of Spanish (FEDELE) together with Cadiz council, Turismo Andaluz (Junta de Andalucía), Cadiz Tourist Board...

Language school associations endorse the London Statement

GAELA , the  Global Alliance of Education and Language Associations, comprises nineteen language school associations and other related organisations from around the world.  Their representatives met in London on the 4th of September to discuss matters of common...