CELA at the SpanishFL Congress in Argentina

 Cela, Centro de Lingüística Aplicada Spanish School, took part in the III Conference and II Spanish as a Foreign Language Teaching International Congress in Rosario, Argentina from March 25th until March 27th, 2010.
This event took place in the Spanish Club of Rosario. The venue of the Club was built in the beginning of the 20th century by Spanish immigrants in Rosario. It was declared National Historical Landmark by the city, and it is a sample of the Catalan architectural modern movement.


The Spanish as a Foreign Language Teaching International Congress, takes place once every three years in Rosario, and it is arranged by the CELE (Centro de Estudios de Español como Lengua Extranjera) University of Rosario, IRICE, and CONICET.

Our school, CELA, represented Venezuela by its own means with the paper: Propuestas para la elaboración de material didáctico para la clase de ELE that focused on the cultural aspects of the Venezuelan indeigenous peoples. It was presented by Sabine Loffler who is Doctor in Hispanic Philology, and headteacher of CELA:

More than thirthy papers, selected for their interest and quality, were put forward in the Congress by countries like Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Germany, Denmark, Canada, Turkey, Russia, Peru, USA, Spain, Chile, Belgium and Venezuela.

Being part of this congress was a very exciting and rewarding teaching experience since we were able to present our classroom project. Sabine Loeffler teaches in CELA and she is tutor for the Spanish Teachers training course that we offer in Cela through the whole year.
http://cela-ve.com/teaching_spanish.html

In Rosario, it is possible to take part of a day-trip around the city. First you will go by bike around the town, and then by boat on the river. This trip is arranged by Sebastian from Bikerosario http://www.rosario.com.ar