Specialize and stand out from other teachers with this Postgraduate certificate in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language to Immigrant Children and Adolescents"

Any attempt at communication requires the speaker to have a complete command of their communicative abilities. Any child, native or immigrant, will have the same capacity for development; it will be the environment and the means that welcome them that will enhance or diminish the child's capacity. That is why the child, whatever their origin, will be the reflection of the context in which they are cared for and of the support and attention they receive.

This Postgraduate certificate will provide teachers with the tools and knowledge they require to practice the profession with confidence and efficiency, enabling them to help their students to understand and analyze messages effectively, and to develop non-verbal communication. In order to teach Spanish as a foreign language, it is essential to know all the skills that students must develop and their different learning stages, with the purpose of developing different methodologies adapted to their educational needs.

The teacher will be able to explain and resolve confusing grammar issues or questions regarding their student’s assessment process. It will include a complete vocabulary teaching methodology and different techniques and educational material, taught by leading experts in the field with extensive experience in the educational sector.

This program will allow students to develop and expand their knowledge and skills related to Spanish lexical proficiency in teaching. At the end of the Postgraduate certificate, you will be able to detect common errors in Spanish teaching and will have acquired the necessary tools to prevent and correct them, so that you have the skills to work as a teacher of Spanish as a foreign language.

A unique opportunity to distinguish yourself as a teacher of Spanish as a Foreign Language to Immigrant Children and Adolescents"

This Postgraduate certificate in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language to Immigrant Children and Adolescents offers the characteristics of a high-level teaching and technological program. These are some of its most notable features:

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• A highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems
• Autonomous learning: full compatibility with other occupations
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Complementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the program

This Postgraduate certificate will allow you to apply what you have learned in your daily teaching practice, immediately and with total confidence”

The teaching staff includes teaching professionals, who bring their experience to this training program, as well as renowned specialists belonging to leading societies and prestigious universities.

Thanks to its multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology, they will allow the professionals a situated and contextual learning, that is to say, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive learning programmed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the teacher will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced research specialist.

You will be provided with teaching material carefully developed by experts in the field"

Thanks to the e-learning methodology on which this Postgraduate certificate is based, you will learn more quickly and easily"

The contents of this Postgraduate certificate have been developed by different experts with a clear purpose: to ensure that our students acquire each and every one of the skills necessary to become true specialists in this field. 

A comprehensive and well-structured program that will lead to the highest standards of quality and success.

Illustrious experts in the sector have deposited all their experience and knowledge in the elaboration of this program"

Module 1. Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language to Immigrant Children and Adolescents

1.1. Approach and Activities of Syllabus Adaptation

1.1.1. Types of Approach by Adaptation

1.1.1.1. How to Adapt the Syllabus Without Affecting the Variation of Basic Competencies

1.1.2. Content Validation in Syllabus Adaptation

1.1.2.1. Validation for Improving
1.1.2.2. Close Relationship Between Validation and Social Support

1.1.3. Educative Models Adapted to the Mother Tongue

1.1.3.1. Psycholinguistics

1.2. Creating Material to Motivate Children and Adolescents in the Spanish as a Second Language Classroom

1.2.1. New Trends of Social and Personal Interest for Children and Adolescents

1.2.1.1. Apply Traditional Motivational Techniques
1.2.1.2. Comparing the Results of using Both Techniques

1.3. Development of Language Skills in Relation to Multiculturalism in the Classroom

1.3.1. Language from Different Points of View

1.3.1.1. The Value of Differences in Learning Skills

1.3.2. Dealing with Conflicts in the Classroom: Intercultural Particularities

1.3.2.1. Interviews, Assemblies, Mediations

1.4. Rules and Routines in the Classroom. Patterns of Behavior

1.4.1. Routine for Solving Conflicts

1.4.1.1. Communication and Negotiation Abilities

1.4.2. Self-Assessment, Peer Evaluation

1.4.2.1. The Student as Protagonist
1.4.2.2. Realistic Guidance

1.5. Social Identity. Self-Concept and Acculturation

1.5.1. Developmental Stages in the Learning of a Target Language

1.5.1.1. Interlanguage and Socio-Affective Resistance

1.5.2. Emotional Intelligence and Empathy

1.5.2.1. Approach to the Theory of Feelings
1.5.2.2. Empathizing Process: Development and Consolidation

1.5.3. Evaluating the Integrating Content

1.5.3.1. To What Extent Does the Change Favor the Integration of Individuals into the Whole?

1.6. Overview of Diversity: The Influence of Multiculturalism on the Creation of Material

1.6.1. Guidelines for Monitoring Congruence in the Overall Vision

1.6.1.1. Diversity as a Means of Developing an Overall Vision

1.6.2. Reception and Production

1.6.2.1. Classroom Productivity Tools

1.6.3. Creating Content for Heterogenic Groups

1.6.3.1. Differences Between Group Members and Their Particular Contributions
1.6.3.2. Positive Interdependence
1.6.3.3. Simultaneous Face-to-Face Interaction
1.6.3.4. Cooperative Learning Dynamics

This will provide key training to advance your career"