Máster Online en Español como Lengua Extranjera (ELE) draft

Program Overview

The Máster Universitario en Enseñanza de Español como Lengua Extranjera (ELE) is an official master's degree program offered by Universidad Europea de Madrid. It equips students with the skills and knowledge to teach Spanish effectively in various settings, expanding their job opportunities in a multilingual society. The program combines online and face-to-face components, emphasizing a blended learning approach and offering personalized guidance from experienced faculty. Graduates are qualified to teach Spanish as a foreign language in educational institutions, cultural centers, and other professional settings.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Máster Universitario en Enseñanza de Español como Lengua Extranjera (ELE) is an official master's degree program offered by the Universidad Europea de Madrid. It is designed to train professionals in the field of teaching Spanish as a foreign language, expanding their job opportunities in an increasingly globalized and multilingual society. The program aims to equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge to teach Spanish effectively in various settings, including traditional classrooms, online environments, and corporate settings.

Outline:

The program is structured into two semesters, with a total of 60 ECTS credits.

• Module 2: Pragmatics in the ELE Classroom (6 ECTS): This module explores fundamental aspects of pragmatics, its role in the Common European Framework of Reference, its development, linguistic (in)courtesy, pragmatic knowledge, and its application in ELE classes.
• Module 3: Grammar and Dialectal Varieties (6 ECTS): This module delves into the indicative mood, the subjunctive mood, the morphology of noun phrases, sentence types, coordination and subordination, and the diatopic varieties of Spanish (peninsular and American).
• Module 4: New Technologies Applied to ELE Teaching (6 ECTS): This module examines the role of technology in education, the integration of technological resources in ELE training, multimedia materials, platform tools, databases, and the use of ICT to address diversity in the ELE classroom.
• Module 5: Development of Teaching Skills: Face-to-Face and Online Teaching (6 ECTS): This module analyzes the academic, digital, and motivational needs of students in face-to-face, blended, and online settings.
It covers strategic planning for adapting communication and learning channels, methodological approaches for designing and applying teaching techniques, cross-curricular training for planning and management in different modalities, and the design of materials and instructional and organizational design.
• Module 7: Teaching and Learning Intercultural Competence (6 ECTS): This module examines culture as content, cultural competencies, culture as communication, culture as a process of relevance and perception, how to teach culture, activity design, and the evaluation of cultural levels.
It also covers lexical availability and specific purposes.
• Module 9: Professional Practices (6 ECTS): This module involves practical experience in ELE teaching, either in person or remotely.
Students with prior experience can apply for credit recognition.
• Module 10: Master's Thesis (6 ECTS): This module requires students to complete an original research project that integrates all the knowledge, skills, and competencies acquired during the master's program.

Teaching:

The program emphasizes a blended learning approach, combining online and face-to-face components. The online classes are delivered live via video conferencing and are recorded for later access. Students have access to a virtual campus platform for course materials, library resources, and communication with other students.

Faculty:

The program boasts a faculty of experienced professionals and PhD holders with recognized expertise in the field of ELE.

Careers:

Upon completion of the program, graduates will be qualified to teach Spanish as a foreign language in various settings, including:

• Primary, secondary, and preschool education centers
• Official Language Schools
• University centers
• Spanish lector positions abroad
• Publishing houses and media outlets
• Language mediation
• Language teaching institutions

Other:

The program offers access to Harvard Business Publishing Education courses, which can be used to develop skills for the Master's Thesis and professional applications. Students can also participate in the Clínica Educativa, a program that provides real-world experience by assisting educational centers with challenges and implementing innovative solutions. The program also offers digital badges to recognize student achievements and validate their skills.