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OUR WORK
The University of the Balearic Islands has been teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE) for 25 years and has recently created the International Center for Spanish Studies (CIEE) a center certified by the Instituto Cervantes and funded by the Fundació Universitat Empresa de les Illes Balears. Our aim is to bring together any teaching, evaluation, material creation or research activity related to Spanish as a second language.
THE COURSES
Every year, several courses are given during week-time to the different groups, in the morning or in the afternoon, in which all the levels of the MCER are taught (A1-C2). With a duration of 60 hours per course including at least two cultural activities on weekends.
The activities of the International Centre for Spanish Studies of the UIB take place mainly in the "Sa Riera" building in the centre of Palma, five minutes from the bus and train station. This is where the classes and tutorials are held and where the administrative services are located.
For more information, please visit their website here.
THE DELE EXAMS
The DELE Spanish diplomas are official qualifications accrediting the degree of competence and command of the Spanish language, awarded by the Instituto Cervantes on behalf of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Vocational Training. Candidates can register for any of the DELE exams without having taken any specific course beforehand, or without having taken any DELE exam or any other Spanish exam at a lower level beforehand.
The DELE Spanish Diplomas are officially valid for an indefinite period of time and are internationally recognised. For the DELE exams there are 5 exam sessions during the year, consult the exact dates here. The DELE exams are administered exclusively through a network of centres recognised for this purpose, the University of the Balearic Islands is one of those. In our facilities we manage and organise both the logistical-administrative part and the commercial dissemination of the DELE exams that take place every year.
FACULTY MEMBERS
Our faculty member are experience teacher and translators with years of experience. Part of them are also active member of the BASLA group and combine Spanish lectures and linguistic research to take a broader view of linguistic knowledge and its application to teaching.
Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes
Head of the CIEE
Sergio Viveros Guzmán Coordinator
Luisa Galán Martínez Professor
Francisco Amaller Professor
Andrea Calpe Álvarez
Professor
Giuseppe Dario Benigno
Professor
OUR FACILITIES
In the heart of the city you can find the Sa Riera building where we give our lectures and convey the DELE exams.
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ACTIVITIES
Our Spanish courses offer students the opportunity to put into practice all the language skills necessary to develop as language learners. In our classes we practice listening and speaking in everyday situations, as well as texts that aim to imitate scenes from real life. In addition to academic activities, our school agenda includes Cultural activities that allow students to immerse themselves in the world of Spanish just like the locals.
One of the central tasks that make up the CIEE for its Spanish courses are the cultural activities that are hold several Saturdays during the academic course. During these social activity days, students have the opportunity to put in practice what they have learned in the classroom at the same time they take in the history, the traditions and the peculiarities of the genuine everyday life in Palma from a first-hand experience with local people.
From shopping at the local market to visits to the cathedral, CIEE’s teachers strive every year to generate new activities that motivate and help the students to understand more and better the place where they live.
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