The federated centres will hold different training sessions and pills. You can check the complete list of pills from 15 October 2023.

Professional meetings between schools and international ELE teachers.

Space to meet the sponsors and have a coffee

Professional meetings between schools and international ELE teachers.

Professional meetings between schools and international ELE teachers.

Space to meet the sponsors and have a coffee

Professional meetings between schools and international ELE teachers.

Session offered by Editorial Difusión

Location: Sala Menor

Speaker: Javier Loiro

We use texts (written or oral) as one of the main tools for teaching foreign and second languages. All of us teachers are particularly concerned about the type of texts we bring to class (what lexical or grammatical aspects they contain, what cultural image they project, etc…), but we also put a lot of effort into the way we exploit them. Our goal is to use its full potential without forgetting to respect the cognitive effort students make when working with it. In this session we will address the novel teaching resources developed for this purpose: mapped texts. We conclude the training with a series of proposals for practical applications to work in the classroom with the aforementioned texts.

Biodata

Javier Loiro has a degree in History and is a specialist in teaching Spanish as a foreign language (ELE). He holds a Master’s degree in Linguistics Applied to the teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language from the Antonio Nebrija University. He has developed his work as an ELE teacher since 2010 in Spain and France, he has also been a tutor for trainee teachers, he has taught ELE teacher training courses, as well as performing management tasks in the teacher training department of a language center in Madrid. Within ELE, his fields of interest are cognitive linguistics, conceptual metaphor and the expression of emotions.

For several years he has been working in the Training and Communication Department of Difusión and has given trainings in Germany, United Kingdom, Czech Republic or Algeria among other places. Within the department he also assumes pedagogical consulting tasks.

Session offered by SGEL publishing house

Location: Rehearsal room

Speaker: Estefanía Velasco

Playing is a fantastic learning technique and tool to use in our classrooms. In fact, numerous studies in foreign language teaching show the effectiveness of including games in the classroom to achieve greater success in the teaching-learning process, where we will achieve an interactive, productive and fun environment. In this workshop we will see some games and techniques that we can use with students, which can be adapted according to the objectives, ages and levels. Do you want to play?

Biodata

Estefanía Velasco has a degree in Modern Languages and their Literatures and in Primary Education from the Complutense University of Madrid. Due to her passion for language teaching, she has completed a Master’s degree in Spanish as a Second/Foreign Language at the Universidade do Minho. For several years she has worked as a teacher of Spanish as a foreign language in several schools, mainly with young people and adults at different levels and courses. She currently works as a pedagogical advisor at SGEL publishing house, and also provides training to teachers in countries all over the world at congresses, conferences, centers, universities and Instituto Cervantes headquarters.

Session offered by Habla con EÑE

Location: Sala Menor

Speaker: Clara de la Flor

In “Punto y Coma” magazine we have created a USER’S GUIDE FOR ELE TEACHERS that will teach you a methodology to make your classes more dynamic and fun; we give you creative ideas for each text according to its typology and length. In this workshop we give you many tools to make your classes more dynamic: tips to encourage active listening, gamification, self-assessment activities, mediation activities and activities to reinforce new vocabulary. In addition, we will show you a range and hundreds of topics that connect with any age group at intermediate and advanced levels.

What teachers and students who use “Punto y Coma” in class highlight the most is its richness, its pan-Hispanic vision and its variety of topics. Dare to bring our culture and current affairs magazine to your Spanish classes and surprise your students with something new and fresh.

All attendees will receive a complimentary Teachers’ Guide and premium online access to “Punto y Coma”.

Session offered by Edinumen Publishing House

Location: Rehearsal room

Speaker: Gabriel Neila

In the words of Kumaravadivelu (1994), in recent years of language teaching/learning we are facing a scenario in which it is impossible to consider one method or approach as totally effective for any context and learner profile. The author calls this the “post-method era”. Accordingly, teachers must have the ability to know the different methodologies available to us and use what we need for each context, learner or learning situation. Something on which all experts agree is the importance of experiential and active learning on the part of the student. For this learning to be effective, it has to be based on a series of pillars that we consider necessary, regardless of the type of methodology to be used. These 5 pillars are the following: – Inductive learning – Real use of the language – Development of learning strategies – Affective and emotional component – Intercultural speakers in the classroom With this active and experiential workshop we seek reflection, on the part of the participants, on each of the pillars and their importance during the language teaching/learning process. At the same time, different examples will be shown that allow the development of each of the pillars in the ELE classroom connected to different contexts and student profiles.

Biodata

Gabriel Neila González holds a degree in English Philology from the University of Alcalá, an Official Master’s Degree in Linguistics Applied to ELE Teaching from the University of Jaén, a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Modern Languages from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle (UK) and a Diploma of Advanced Studies within the PhD program in Modern Languages at the University of Alcalá. He is currently working on his doctoral thesis at the International University of La Rioja. He has been teaching Spanish as a foreign language since 2005. He has worked as a lecturer at the University of Thammasat (Thailand) within the MAEC-AECID program. He is currently a teacher of Spanish as a foreign language at Alcalingua-University of Alcalá, associate professor at Nebrija University and trainer at Edinumen publishing house.

Extensive agenda of visits to get to know the city and to network.

Session offered by Edelsa/Anaya publishing house

Location: Sala Menor

Speaker: Mónica Colás

Nowadays it is essential for students to feel that they are the protagonists of their own learning processes and experiences, so one of the main challenges for teachers is to present dynamics and materials that show that they are really an active part of it all. This will allow them to internalize the L2 and develop their communicative skills.

In this workshop, classroom experiences related to different elements linked to meaningful language learning, such as affectivity or metacognition, will be presented and analyzed.

Biodata

She has a degree in English Studies from the University of Granada and a master’s degree in Hispanic Language and Literature from Seoul National University. She has worked as a teacher at the Seoul National University and at the Hankuk Cyber University of Foreign Studies (Seoul). She has also collaborated with the Instituto Cervantes as an examiner for the Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera (DELE). She currently works as a didactic advisor in the Training Department of the Edelsa and Anaya ELE publishing houses.

Session offered by ProfedeELE.es

Location: Rehearsal Room

Speakers: Aitor Pisos and Enara Villán

Cinema is a tool that can be used in an infinite number of ways in the ELE classroom. In this presentation, we will go through all the phases of the creation of a didactic unit around a film (selection, leveling, exploitation), emphasizing the typology and sequencing of the activities. To do so, we will use one of the last UDs of ProfedeELE: the movie “Barbie”.

Biodata

Enara Villán is a member of the ProfedeELE editorial team. She began her training in the world of ELE in the master’s program at the University of Salamanca (Musal-e) and has since expanded her experience to bring the best of herself to the ProfedeELE platform. Enara is in charge of the contents of the website: any entry or downloadable material has probably passed through her hands before being published.

Aitor Pisos is a member of the ProfedeELE editorial team. He began his training in the world of ELE in the master’s program at the University of Salamanca (Musal-e) and has since expanded his experience to bring the best of himself to the ProfedeELE platform. Aitor manages the YouTube channel and is responsible for the content to work on listening comprehension, especially the songs and podcasts.

The aim of this gala is to reward the best projects of the ELE schools in our country in different categories: best methodological project, ELE teacher of the year, best social responsibility activity, etc.

This activity will include live performances, including theatre, dance and singing. It is a space for meeting and showcasing the sector: it is the Festival to celebrate Spanish as a foreign language in our country.