News about FEDELE
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 and a...
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...
25th International House – Difusión Conference for Teachers of Spanish as a Foreign Language.
Once again we are pleased to inform our readers about the practical conference organised by International House Barcelona and the publishers Difusión. This conference, which will take place on the 18th and 19th December, will give ELE (Spanish as a Foreign Language)...
1st Conference of Spanish as a Foreign Language in the Magrheb (CELEB)
The Instituto Cervantes of Rabat, the University of Mohamed V and the International University of Andalusia with the collaboration of the Education Department of the Spanish Embassy in Morocco are organising the 1st Conference of Spanish as a Foreign Language in the...
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
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 Madrid.ç The...
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...
International promotion of the Spanish language
A few days ago, the Real Instituto Elcano published a document written by Maria Dolores Romero Lesmes with the title The international promotion of the Spanish language: a comparison with German, Chinese and French. The research is based on an analysis of the money...
The new CCSE tests for obtaining Spanish nationality
As has been reported in the press, from October there will be specific requirements for acquiring Spanish nationality. Firstly, it will be necessary to pass a test demonstrating a basic knowledge of the Spanish language: the DELE Spanish diploma, level A2 or higher. ...