Webinars for teachers


Spanish Proverb: meaning and syntax. Its use in Spanish classes
- Introduction: What is a proverb? Origin of proverbs.
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Semantic analysis and comparison in other languages of 10 of the most known and used Spanish proverbs.
- Analysis of the syntactic structure of proverbs.
- Proposals for the use of proverbs in the ELE class.
Andalusian culture, customs and festivities
General vision of Andalusia from the cultural and folkloric point of view. Seminar given in a very practical way where teachers will be able to learn about the most extensive and diverse Autonomous Community of Spain. Its privileged geographical location, its customs, culture, gastronomy and popular festivals.
- Geographical location. Capitals, towns of Andalusia.
- Andalusian character. Customs.
- Gastronomy. Typical dishes in the main Andalusian cities.
- Festivities and folklore.
Literary texts by Andalusian authors in the ELE class
Many of the most important authors in the history of Spanish literature are Andalusian: Vicente Aleixandre, Federico García Lorca, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, the Machado brothers, Juan Ramón Jiménez… In this seminar we’ll approach some of the literary texts of these classic authors, in which you can get a lot of benefit in the ELE classes.
- Introduction to the history of Andalusian literature. Main authors.
- Text 1: Platero and I. Juan Ramón Jiménez.
- Text 2: The Rhymes. Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.
- Text 3: Romance of the moon: Federico García Lorca.
- Other texts.
Conversation: discussion and opinion
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Introduction to journalism.
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Text 1: Current political situation in Spain.
- Text 2: Current international situation.
- Text 3: Culture.
Intensive Grammar: Dialectal peculiarities of Spanish
- Spanish or Castilian Spanish?
- Languages of Spain.
- Dialectal varieties of Spanish. Phonetic-phonological features.
- Leísmo – laísmo and loísmo.
Intensive grammar: the uses of the subjunctive
- The subjunctive.
- Subjunctive tenses.
- Uses of the subjunctive.
- ELE proposal to practice the subjunctive.