teaching - Centro de Enseñanza Para Extranjeros

CENTRO de
SCHEDULE
Call for submissions: September 29th, 2008
Pre-registration application: 29th September
to 22nd October
Registration deadline: October 22nd, 2008
Entrance exams dates: 27th October- 2nd
November, 2008
Publication of results: November 14th, 2008
Submission of access codes: December 11th,
2008
Tutorial course: 12th January – 23rd January,
2009
Registration: 19th to 23rd February 2009
Starting date: February 3rd, 2009
ENSEÑANZA para
EXTRANJEROS
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COSTS
Entrance exam: US $40
Spanish proficiency test: US $50*
US $500 each semester
CAPACITY
Enrollment in each group is limited to a minimum
of 10 students and maximum 25 students.
INFORMATION
COORDINATOR
Mtro. Ricardo Ancira
ACADEMIC CONTACT
Mtra. Sabine Pfleger
contacto@correo.cele.unam.mx
http://especializacion.cepe.unam.mx
Centro de Enseñanza para Extranjeros, UNAM
Av. Universidad 3002, Ciudad Universitaria,
Delegación Coyoacán, 04510 México D.F.
Phone: (52)(55) 56 22 24 70, 66 and 80,
Fax: (52)(55) 56 16 26 72
Correo-e:cepe@servidor.unam.mx
http://www.cepe.unam.mx
* Only applicable if the mother tongue of the
applicant is not Spanish.
virtual
SPECIALIZATION
IN
TEACHING
SPANISH AS A
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Diseño Gráfico: Lic. Erandi Hernández Serra
Actualizado: 01/09
www.cepe.unam.mx
OVERVIEW
The international expansion of Spanish, its value as an
economic resource and the demographic importance of
Latin America – where nine out of every ten Spanish
speakers live – are the key factors for the spreading of
Spanish in the modern knowledge community.
Mexico, through Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México (UNAM), Centro de Enseñanza para Extranjeros
(CEPE) and Centro de Enseñanza de Lenguas Extranjeras
(CELE), plays a fundamental role within the globalized
framework. Mexico, for its privileged position of being the
country with the maximum number of Spanish speakers;
UNAM for being the most important educational institution
in the country; CEPE for an 85 years’ tradition and
experience in spreading the Spanish language and Mexican
culture and CELE for its vast experience in the field of
applied linguistics research and the formation and updating
of linguistics’ professors.
Over the last few years, the demand for professional experts
for teaching Spanish as a foreign language has increased
considerably in our continent, firstly because of the
importance that Spanish has acquired in North America due
to the demographic expansion of Spanish speakers in this
region and secondly for the decision made by Brazil and
Quebec when they declared Spanish as a compulsory
second language in middle and higher education.
This is the reason why universities and government
institutions of USA, Canada and Brazil have requested
UNAM to help them train professors of Spanish as a foreign
language, knowing the prestige and recognition of our
University in this field. CEPE and CELE intend to respond to
this demand through virtual academic programs for teacher
training as well as joint virtual postgraduate programs,
which allow the universities of the above mentioned
countries to complement their existing programs and to
achieve their final goal.
OBJECTIVE
Professionalize teaching activities of the professors of
Spanish as a foreign language so they possess an
extensive theoretical and methodological knowledge
and to be able to offer an innovative response, which is
ethical and independent of the educational demands in
their fields.
Allow a higher number of students to participate in the
program regardless where they live and with the
possibility of continuing their professional practice
during their studies.
Train the students to participate in the teaching-learning
process in virtual environments so they can incorporate
this knowledge in their teaching practice.
Mold professionals in the area so they can adequately
spread Mexican Spanish along with the cultural
repertory, incorporating new educational methods.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Completed Bachelor’s Degree in Literature, Linguistics
or in related fields with a minimum average of 8;
Experience in the field of foreign language teaching;
Pass the entrance exam which is applied and evaluated
by the Academic Committee;
Knowledge of a foreign language with official
certification;
If not a native Spanish speaker, the candidate must
supply a certificate showing proficiency in Spanish
issued by Centro de Enseñanza para Extranjeros;
Fill in the application form available on
http://especializacion.cepe.unam.mx, according to the
instructions provided;
Letter of Acceptance provided by the Academic
Committee.
TECHNOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS
Computer with high speed internet connection (256 Kbps).
1 GHz processor and 512 MB RAM, or equivalent
Mozilla Firefox v. 3 browser without blocking pop-ups
Java v. 6 plug-in
Flash v. 9 plug-in
Personal email account
Updated antivirus
Printer or printing capabilities
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Media program to play audio files and speakers.
SYLLABUS OVERVIEW
This specialization consists of four semesters; the academic
activities of the first two provide theoretical and
methodological bases which allow the application and
practice of this knowledge in the third and fourth semesters.
There is also a possibility to specialize, according to the
interest of the student, through optional academic activities
in these semesters. The academic activities are divided into
four areas:
1. System of Formal Language
2. System of Communication
3. Pedagogy
4. Learning
which correspond to two fields of knowledge: the system of
the language and the teaching of a foreign language:
SYLLABUS
First Semester
Strategies for distance education
Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
Acquisition of L2
Morpho-Syntax
Second Semester
Phonetics applied to the teaching of Spanish
Didactics: Communicative approach.
Linguistic abilities
Specific grammatical aspects for the teaching of Spanish
Third Semester
Study of Meaning: Semantics and Pragmatics applied to
language teaching.
Design of material
Optional I or II
Fourth Semester
Lesson planning, observation and practice
Assessment
Optional III or IV