Professors

Luz Marina Otálora

Master in Literature of Universidad Javeriana; Specialist in College Teaching of Universidad del

Rosario; Spanish Degree of Universidad Pedagógica Nacional; Professor of Language Workshop at
Universidad Autónoma de Colombia.

Martha Segunda Cortés Páez

PhD in Educational Sciences of Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas “Enrique José Varona”, La

Habana (Cuba); Master in Education of Universidad Santo Tomás; Master in Latin American
Literature of Instituto Caro y Cuervo; Specialist in Computer Science Training of Universidad
Autónoma de Colombia; Professional in Literature Studies of Universidad Nacional de Colombia;
Spanish and Foreign Languages Degree of Universidad Pedagógica Nacional; Professor of Language
Workshop and French Literature at Universidad Autónoma de Colombia and Universidad
Pedagógica Nacional.

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Type of Course: Full Immersion
Duration: 40 hours
Cost: COP$ 1.200.000
Payment: two installments
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Timetables of Modules:

Group 1: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Group 2: Thursday 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. and Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - 12 m.

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Information:

Facultad de Ciencias Humanas

Oficina de Extensión y Proyección Social

Pre-registration:

October 8 to November 14
 Links:

facultad.cienciashumanas@fuac.edu.co
extuniv@fuac.edu.co

Phones:

3 34 36 96 Ext. 196
3 52 99 90 Ext. 285
Direct: 3 42 27 36 // 3 34 05 93

Emails:

facultad.cienciashumanas@fuac.edu.co
extuniv@fuac.edu.co

Course:

LEARNING SPANISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Universidad Autónoma de Colombia
Fundación

Organized By:

UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE COLOMBIA

FACULTY OF HUMAN SCIENCES – UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS DIVISION

Dates: Aimed to:

Group 1 : November 16 All the foreign people who want to learn Spanish
Group 2 : November 17 Type: Full Immersion
Duration: 40 hours

Presentation

The Faculty of Human Sciences, together with University Affairs Division of the Universidad
Autónoma de Colombia, offers the course LEARNING SPANISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, aimed
to foreign people who want to learn Spanish.

THIS COURSE

1. Offers theoretical and pedagogical tools to make easy teaching of Spanish as a foreign
language.
2. Reviews specific, grammar, didactics and cross-cultural issues to perform classes with
foreign people.
3. Answers to the explosive growth that world has experienced in the use of Spanish as a
second language of global communication. Spanish is a part of the official languages of the
United Nations and the European Union and also the programs of almost all the most
prominent universities in the world; countries, such as the United States, Japan, Korea and
Brazil are more and more interested in Spanish as a language of communication.
4. Provides an exciting, dignified and enriching experience of daily activities that allow a
closer contact with our culture; visits to the recognized museums; contact with natural
parks; tours in the city; events and sports practices. These social and learning excursions
are ideal to practice Spanish and have a better knowledge of the culture that surrounds us.
5. Offers the possibility to enjoy a completely free activity plan that includes: two (2)
ecological walks, three (3) dance classes, one (1) cooking class, two (2) solidarity workdays,
two (2) sports afternoons, two (2) cultural visits.

Objectives

1. Provide basic tools that allow participants to learn Spanish as a foreign language or second
language through knowledge and practice of basic linguistic, pragmatic and didactic issues.
2. Provide didactic approaches typical of teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language (SFL) that
allow participants to practice in context the language studied.
3. Develop new learning opportunities in the classroom and outside for analysis and
application of educational activities in Spanish according to the requirements of the
educational context.

Methodology

This course is composed of four (4) modules: Grammar, Pedagogy and Didactics, Culture, and
Evaluation. These are not separated but related to each other. Each day, participants will have
theoretical and practical sessions (games, outings, visits, dance sessions, cooking), that is, the
methodology combines theoretical classes, extra class group activities, and presentations. The
curricular organization is oriented taking into account the guidelines established by the
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Program of the Course

Contents

- Grammar of Spanish as a Foreign Language.

- Times and verbal modes.
- Curricula plan of the Cervantes Institute.
- Design of classes and materials involving the cultural component.
- Methods of teaching foreign languages.
- Strategies and learning styles.
- Teaching communication skills.

Module 1: greetings, going shopping, check in hotel and airport (nouns, verbs and adjectives
of the module).
Module 2: eating, traveling, going downtown, home day, talking by phone (nouns, verbs and
adjectives of the module).
Module 3: visit the doctor; go to college, making friends, talking about dressing, accidents,
talking about public transport (nouns, verbs and adjectives of the module).
Module 4: family, waiting a baby, making friends, education; visiting museums, love
declaration, party night (nouns, verbs and adjectives of the module).