According to the British Council approximately 1.7 billion people were learning and using English worldwide in 2015. English language instruction for non-native speakers is a $63 billion a year industry. (For comparison, consider the U.S. education industry’s revenue is worth a mere $1.3 billion.) Roughly 100,000 new English teaching positions […]
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Orginal article: https://www.languagemagazine.com/2018/03/23/2019-year-of-spanish-language/ Last month, Spain’s culture minister Íñigo Méndez de Vigo told Congress that, as part of the Marca España (Spain Brand) initiative, “The year 2019 will be declared the Year of the Spanish Language.” The Marca España website (http://marcaespana.es) says that the language is “a global agent that […]
Test your English listening skills: 5 listening comprehension questions on today’s news stories News in English 11-2-18
6 ways that Artificial Intelligence will change education For more information: http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/11/ask-about-ai-the-future-of-learning-and-work/
How does Flipgrid work? Create a Grid for your class. 2. Add a Topic to spark the discussion.3. Students can respond with short videos on any browser, Chromebook, tablet, or mobile device. All students can view the videos and engage. You can moderate videos, […]
HOW IS IELTS SCORED? IELTS results are reported on a nine-band scale. IELTS provides a score in the form of a profile for each of the four skills (Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking), as well as the score for overall language ability. All scores are recorded on the Test Report […]
According to an article by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry in Forbes , French might be the language of the future! For many centuries, France was the official language of culture, and erudition. It was the language of diplomacy and arts. Aristocrats in Imperial Russia spoke French, even amongst themselves, as Tolstoy and many others […]
6 x Tarea 1 10 x Tarea 2 7 x Tarea 3 10 x Tarea 4 10 x Tarea 5 https://cefrexambot.com/courses/dele-b2-comprension-auditiva/
By Richard McCulloch Is the ISE Trinity exam easier than Cambridge? Is the ISE Trinity listening / reading / writing / speaking exam easier than Cambridge? Does it take longer to prepare for the ISE Trinity exam than for the Cambridge exam? *All research within this article was conducted independently […]
13 mots d’argot donc vous ne soupçonniez même pas l’origine… ou comment Shakespeare inventa le Swag Par Nathan Weber @ http://www.demotivateur.fr Il est des mots qui n’ont pas encore eu, si l’on peut dire, leurs lettres de noblesse. Des expressions, des paroles sauvages, qui s’échappent des lèvres mais qu’on utilise pourtant […]
by Natasha Salmon Equality supporters believe grammatical gender of many words should be changed to neutral. A new gender-neutral version of the French language has caused anger among purists. A member of the prestigious Académie Française has hit back at the adaption, which looks to reduce the masculine domination of […]
Frequently Asked Questions – DELF-DALF How can an institution become a DELF-DALF centre? In France, the DELF and DALF exams have been placed under the authority of the French Local Education Authorities (rectorats). Any establishment that wishes to become a certified DELF-DALF exam centre should contact the Local Education Authority […]
Who can take the diplomas? If you are not French and would like your French skills to be recognised for personal or professional purposes. You can take DELF and/or DALF. If you are a non-French-speaking French person. You can obtain authorisation from the National Commission for DELF and DALF to […]
All of the examinations have been designed to reflect the principle of action used by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, which defines users of a language as social actors who have tasks to perform (that are not only linguistic) in given circumstances, in a given environment and within a […]
Overview DELF DELF (Diplôme d’Etudes en Langue Française) and DALF (Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française) are official qualifications awarded by the French Ministry of Education to certify the competency of candidates from outside France in the French language. DELF is composed of 4 independent diplomas that correspond to the levels of the Common […]
In Elvira Navarro’s brilliant mindbender of a novel, A Working Woman, Elisa becomes increasingly fascinated by her roommate, the more willful and dramatically unhinged Susana. Susana and Elisa set out to combine their artistic endeavors, only to become ensconced in each other’s madness in the process. Navarro picks 10 of her […]
By Amber Colón Nuñez http://depauliaonline.com/2017/10/09/spanish-language-music-versatile-think/ It seems like everyone knows “Despacito” regardless of whether or not they know what the Spanish lyrics mean. Throughout the summer, the song played (and still plays) on major radio stations like B96 and Kiss FM. Much of this is largely due in part to Justin Bieber’s […]
1. El sustantivo 1.1. Clases de sustantivos A1 A2 1.1.1. Nombres propios [v. Ortografía 1.4.3.] Antropónimos Nombres de pila sin artículo María, Antonio Hipocorísticos y diminutivos Pepe (José), Paco (Francisco), Chelo (Consuelo), Lola (Dolores) [Hispanoamérica] Chayo (Rosario), Chava (Isabel), Güicho (Luis), Pancho (Francisco) Apellidos sin artículo Fernández, González Formas de tratamiento el Sr. Fernández, (Don) Fernando [Ecuador y Colombia] Don y doña + nombre / apellido sin connotación despreciativa. Uso exclusivo con […]
Descripción de las tareas en la prueba de comprensión auditiva – DELE B1 DELE B1: Comprensión Auditiva Tarea 1 Formato de la tarea: La tarea consiste en escuchar seis textos y responder a una pregunta de selección múltiple sobre cada uno de ellos seleccionando una de las tres opciones de respuesta. […]
Guías de candidatos DELE El Instituto Cervantes pone a disposición de los interesados guías para candidatos DELE que incluyen información básica sobre la descripción y la administración de las pruebas de examen DELE. Modelos de hojas de respuesta El Instituto Cervantes pone a disposición de los interesados modelos de hojas […]
Qué son los Exámenes DELE? Los exámenes DELE son títulos oficiales acreditativos del grado de competencia y dominio del idioma español, que otorga el Instituto Cervantes en nombre del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte de España. El Instituto Cervantes tiene encomendada la dirección académica, administrativa y económica de los […]
The Local 31 March 2017 Brexit has left many British expats considering the option of Spanish nationality. Here is how to do it. Becoming a Spanish citizen currently requires giving up your nationality and passport unless you are from a nation recognized as a former colony of Spain. (Although if, for example, […]
El Instituto Cervantes confía en los servicios digitales de Indra para la corrección de exámenes Escrito por redacción prnoticias Publicado en prtecnología Indra, a través de su plataforma educativa InADAN-Exámenes, ha conseguido, en el concurso púbico que ha preparado el Instituto Cervantes, ser el elegido que se encargue de corregir todos los […]
La dispensa por analfabetismo en el procedimiento para adquirir la nacionalidad española Aran Martínez Colegio Abogados de Lleida Durante este primer año de novedad legislativa sobre las medidas adoptadas de reforma administrativa en el procedimiento de nacionalidades (Real Decreto 1004/2015, de 6 de noviembre, por el que se aprueba el […]
Spain: nationality exams boon for ELE schools Sara Custer New exam and language level requirements for Spanish nationality applications are proving to be a financial boost for Spanish language providers across the country. In July 2015, the government required all nationality applicants to pass the CCSE (conocimientos constitucionales y socioculturales […]
FECHAS DE EXAMEN PARA EL DELE 2017 Ya han salido las fechas para el DELE en el año 2017. Estas son: Como inscribir para el DELE La inscripción para las pruebas debe tramitarse a través de los medios que el Instituto Cervantes ha habilitado para ello dentro de los […]
Eleanor Hawkins SINCE reforms to the Civil Registry regulations came into effect on October 15, 2015, 52,693 people have sat the new exams, which must be passed to apply for Spanish nationality, and 94 per cent of them passed according to the Cervantes Institute’s statistics department. With the changes in […]
Spanish is not just a handy language for World Cup referees. In a 2013 report entitled “Languages for the Future”, the British Council cited Spanish as the most important language to learn. It’s not hard to see why: approximately 470 million people speak Spanish as a native language, 60 million […]