Spanish Institute for Global EducationSevilla, Spain

Course Description
The experience of learning Spanish alongside another activity is not just effective – it’s also a lot of fun! Through Spanish Institute’s Experience Programme, they are dedicated to organising activities that you’re interested in to help you quickly and easily pick up the Spanish language! If you decide to take the programme as part of your vacation plan, they guarantee that you will have lots of time to rest from your normal daily routine. You will return home not only with an improved level of Spanish – but also with the acquisition of another skill in activities such as photography, cooking, dancing, or your favorite sport.

Culture Programme
Seville is without a doubt the best place to immerse yourself in a cultural and language programme. Learn flamenco Latin dance styles, try your hand at Spanish cuisine with the tapas cooking class, or take the chance to photograph spectacular renowned sites in Seville while learning about this world heritage city.

The cultural experiences the school offers include:

• Latin Dance
  
• Flamenco Dance
  
• Photography
  
• Cooking

Course Content

• Conversation: Helping learners develop the key communication skills of listening and speaking is a central task of the school. These skills are not acquired by studying, but by practicing. With this in mind, the classroom is an environment that promotes each student’s development through linguistic immersion, deliberate practice, and the implementation of different techniques ranging from memorization and initial repetition to free use of the language. Students work in pairs and in teams to promote interaction through such activities as small conversations, routines, role plays, songs, dramatizations, reading aloud, creation of short stories, simulations, mock arguments, and learning by playing. The objective is to achieve fluency, so that students learn to converse correctly and with the confidence to be able to use the Spanish language right from the start.
  
  
• Reading and writing: Written communication skills are central for establishing that lessons have been learned correctly. In the reading and writing elements of the courses, they focus on communication - with students writing to communicate, and reading to understand. These skills can also be practiced outside the classroom, with students encouraged from the start to write short texts that communicate ideas that are of interest to them. Throughout the process, students begin to note their own improvement in the Spanish language.
  
  
• Grammar: The grammar taught at Spanish Institute consists of providing students with a solid grammatical foundation to build upon. Teachers do not build language from grammar, but from language itself. The analysis and structure of grammar provides clarity, norms, and meaning to deepen our students’ understanding of its use in relation to communication. This facilitates the learning of grammar in a context of immediate understanding and use, relating it to daily life rather than leaving it simply as a theoretical and remote metalanguage.
  
  
• Culture, history and society: The ELE courses offer the perfect opportunity to learn Spanish surrounded by authentic Spanish culture. Students learn the history of Spain, and gain a deeper understanding of Spanish life, including its traditions, cuisine, and belief system. Through this uniquely immersive experience, students will soon discover a vast range of new vocabulary and expressions to learn. The immersion programs also offer students wonderful opportunities to visit renowned local monuments and attractions, and to participate in frequent activities where they can experiment with and practice what they have learned.

Course Content

• Conversation: Helping learners develop the key communication skills of listening and speaking is a central task of the school. These skills are not acquired by studying, but by practicing. With this in mind, the classroom is an environment that promotes each student’s development through linguistic immersion, deliberate practice, and the implementation of different techniques ranging from memorisation and initial repetition to free use of the language. Students work in pairs and in teams to promote interaction through activities such as small group conversations, routines, role plays, songs, dramatisations, reading aloud, creation of short stories, simulations, mock arguments, and learning by playing. The objective is to achieve fluency, so that students learn to converse correctly and with the confidence to be able to use the Spanish language right from the start.
  
  
• Reading and writing: Written communication skills are central for establishing that lessons have been learned correctly. In the reading and writing elements of the courses, they focus on communication - with students writing to communicate, and reading to understand. These skills can also be practiced outside the classroom, with students encouraged from the start to write short texts that communicate ideas that are of interest to them. Throughout the process, students begin to note their own improvement in the Spanish language.
  
  
• Grammar: The grammar taught at Spanish Institute consists of providing students with a solid grammatical foundation to build upon. Teachers do not build language from grammar, but from language itself. The analysis and structure of grammar provides clarity, norms, and meaning to deepen our students’ understanding of its use in relation to communication. This facilitates the learning of grammar in a context of immediate understanding and use, relating it to daily life rather than making it something theoretical.

Course Description
The experience of learning Spanish alongside another activity can not only be effective – it’s also a lot of fun! Through Spanish Institute’s Experience Program, they are dedicated to organising activities that you’re interested in to help you quickly and easily pick up the Spanish language! If you decide to take the programme as part of your vacation plan, they guarantee that you will have lots of time to rest from your normal daily routine. You will return home not only with an improved level of Spanish – but also with the acquisition of another skill in activities such as photography, cooking, dancing, or your favorite sport.

Sports Programme
Spanish Institute offers the opportunity to learn Spanish in a truly unique way. Travel to Seville to play your favorite sport and learn Spanish amid the backdrop of this one-of-a-kind city!

The sports experiences the school offers include:

• Rugby
  
• Volleyball
  
• Soccer
  
• Rowing/Canoeing
  
• Water Polo
  
• Basketball
  
• Bootcamp
  
• Horseback Riding
  
• Yoga

Objectives
This course aims to offer an experience of inspiration, renewal, and reflection for ELE teachers who seek to deepen their learning of Spanish as a Foreign Language. It’s about addressing pedagogical proposals based on new neuroscience studies, and on methodological views that facilitate effective language acquisition. In this way, teachers will be able to bring stimulating lessons to the classroom, promoting profound and effective learning.

Methodology
The course enhances the idea of active learning, consistent with the methodological principles that it tries to promote. Together with theoretical approaches, teacher-participants will live out the pedagogical experience of “learning by doing.” They will use the cooperative method, create a final task, develop assessment instruments, and handle many materials that they will use in their classes. Additionally, they will address complex grammatical questions, become familiar with both the vocabulary and way of life of Spain, and practice techniques to get their students speaking Spanish fluently.

Course Content
The course content responds to a natural approach to learning a second language, to include:

• Learning with the ears, the strength of oral input.
  
• Making language visible.
  
• Fluency as a linguistic goal from the beginning.
  
• Cooperative learning, promoting participation by creating a stimulating environment.
  
• Questions that promote critical thinking.
  
• Implicit grammar, consistent support for language structure.
  
• Task-based learning, a space for growth that is supported by the “real” use of language.
  
• Evaluation of competences, abilities and skills, beyond examination.
  
  Following these principles, lessons provide ELE teachers with a multitude of resources and tools they can take directly to their classes. The course methodology is practical, based on a scientific and up-to-date approach to language acquisition.