ELE teacher: definition

Before you can teach Spanish, you will have to train.
Becoming an ELE teacher involves teaching the Spanish language to foreign students who do not speak Spanish, in Spain or abroad.
The teaching of ELE should not be confused with literacy or with Spanish as a first language. The  Spanish as their mother tongue  is the opposite of the ELE and refers to students learning the rules of the Spanish, Spanish grammar and conjugation in universities and secondary schools Spanish. Spanish is learned from an early age.
Spanish as a second language corresponds to a language learned but not from the first hour. It also refers to the teaching of Spanish as a second language. In this case, it is like for Spanish students learning English, French or German: Spanish is a living language that is learned in primary and secondary school.

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However, ELE didactics responds to a different pedagogy from language didactics because the target audience is not the same.
Spanish as a foreign language is often taught to refugees and immigrants of all ages, from young children to adults. This is the reason why the ELE teacher must be able to deal with different audiences, sometimes within the same group of students.

The ELE teacher has three main missions during his ELE classes :

Teach the Spanish language with its grammar rules.
Spread Spanish culture through language teaching.
Set learning goals and help each student achieve them.
For this, like any teacher, the ELE teacher must be a good pedagogue . You must be patient and empathetic in order to understand the difficulties of the student. He is also an observer and adapts quickly to his audience. Ideally, the ELE teacher has already learned one or more foreign languages ​​to better understand the ins and outs of learning the Spanish language .
The university journey that awaits a future FLE teacher is usually 5 years: first, a career in languages, modern letters or language sciences and then a professional master’s degree in ELE .
In this way, you will be prepared to teach at the Cervantes Institute, in an association, in any university and, more rarely, within a school.