News about FEDELE
Dates for the DELE examinations in 2016
As our readers will already know, FEDELE has been committed to the official evaluation and certification of proficiency in Spanish from the very beginning, especially with regard to the DELE diploma programme of the Instituto Cervantes. For this reason we would like...
Do you know MarcoELE?
Here at the FEDELE blog, we are interested in all proposals relating to the teaching of Spanish, including of course, proposals concerning the training of teachers of Spanish as a Foreign Language. We would, therefore, like to present one of the most interesting...
The FEDELE Annual Meeting in Cádiz is getting closer
As we´ve already announced on this blog, the next FEDELE Annual Meeting will take place in just a few weeks time in Cádiz. This is the most long-standing Spanish as a Foreign Language event in Spain. It brings together agencies offering Study Abroad programmes and...
Agreement between FEDELE and the University of Castilla La Mancha
We are pleased to tell the readers of our blog that FEDELE has recently signed an agreement with the University of Castilla La Mancha (UCLM) with the aim of creating a framework to facilitate the participation of FEDELE schools in the AUNA programme (Aula...
Framework agreement signed by FEDELE and SEA
FEDELE and SEA, the Argentinian Association of Language Schools, last week signed a framework agreement for the development of Language Tourism in both countries. SEA is a non-profit organisation founded in 1993 which has 120 schools across Argentina, mainly in...
DELE Exams
The Instituto Cervantes, organisers of the DELE exams, have issued an official notice stating that in the first half of this year more than 35,000 people have taken the official test of proficiency in Spanish. The figures show a considerable increase over last year...
SIELE is born
Information has already appeared in the press about a new test of proficiency in Spanish. The new exam, which will be called SIELE (Servicio Internacional de Evaluación de la Lengua Española), will be organised by the Instituto Cervantes, the Autonomous University of...
Interview with FEDELE at LdeLengua Podcast
This week, our President, Mari Carmen Timor and our manager, Ana Cózar, have been interviewed by Francisco Herrera at LdeLengua, a podcast for Spanish teachers which has been going for more than eight years, during which time nearly a hundred episodes have been...
Spanish: a living language – 2015 Report
The Instituto Cervantes has published its annual report “Spanish: a living language”. This year the publication coincides with the celebration of E Day. In order to calculate the number of Spanish speaking people, the Instituto Cervantes uses the official census...
E Day is getting closer
The network of Instituto Cervantes schools will be holding their usual E Day, the big Spanish language fiesta, on the 20th June. Although there will be events in most of the schools, the main programme will take place at the Instituto Cervantes in Alcalá Street in...
First Latin American Conference for the teaching of Spanish and Chinese
The First Latin American Conference for the teaching of Spanish and Chinese has been announced and will take place on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of September in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The conference is aimed at researchers, academics, representatives of international...
ISIC-FEDELE Spanish student card
As part of their plan for improving what member schools offer their students, FEDELE has just launched a new initiative: an ISIC-FEDELE international student card for students of Spanish. This project, which has already begun, is organised with ISIC whose...