During the programme

In this course, you will deepen your knowledge of the Spanish language. You will work on grammar, vocabulary, linguistics, sentence structure and error analysis.

Learning the Spanish language is one thing, but what do you really know about Spanish culture and history? This subject covers issues such as Spanish politics, geography, economics, society and art.

In this course, you will work on improving your listening, speaking and conversational skills at level B1

In this course, you gain experience in a Spanish-speaking environment and work in a structured way on your language skills and intercultural competence. You will also work on your knowledge of culture and literature.

In this course, you work on improving your reading and writing skills at level.

This is the first module in the Pedagogical Practice programme. As a teacher, you will have to deal with adolescents in your workplace on a daily basis. Good contact with your pupils is the basis for teaching. To make contact, it is important that you understand how adolescents develop, what role education plays in that development, what keeps them busy and where their interests lie, what motivates them and how they behave in groups. Making contact often starts when students enter the room where you teach. How do you handle the first introduction, how do you fulfil your role as host and educator, how do you have small, informal conversations with pupils and how do you put insecure pupils at ease?

This is the first module Methodological Practice for Modern Foreign Languages (MFL): German, English, French, Spanish. Communication is at the basis of this learning line, because as an MFL teacher you help your students communicate in the target language: having conversations, reading, listening and writing. In this module, you will learn how to design and implement a communicative lesson. How do you make sure the lesson connects with your students' world of experience? Which activating teaching methods do you use that match the level of your students? How do you stimulate your students to become aware of cultural practices of the target country? Which motivating digital learning tools do you use? This module also introduces you to different types of schools and teaching methods. You will explore whether being a teacher suits you through work placements or (practical) assignments. You will also join a learning team where you work together with fellow students under the guidance of a learning team supervisor.

In this course, you will work with Spanish literature. You will be introduced to the most important authors in the Spanish-speaking world from the Middle Ages to the end of the nineteenth century. You will also learn how to use Spanish literature in (language skills) lessons in the second-grade area.