La formación del profesorado de español. Innovación y reto

This is the first book in a series aimed at training teachers of Spanish as a foreign language, and has been produced as a partnership between International House and Difusión. It is, without a doubt, a useful and rewarding book for any teacher of Spanish as a foreign language.

La formación del profesorado de español contains the following articles:

• From the provision of services to the creation of experiences: the need for a new framework for teaching and learning (languages) in the 21st century, Fernando Trujillo.
  
  
• Teaching how to learn, Encina Alonso.
  
  
• The learner's and the teacher's skills, Susana Ortiz and Geni Alonso.
  
  
• Grammar drama! Why language must be analysed in the Spanish classroom, Marta González and María Cabot.
  
  
• From activity to task and from task to learning, Berta Sarralde.
  
  
• Communicative language skills and activities: an instruction manual, Sonia Eusebio.
  
  
• The art of planning and planning with art, Antonio Orta.
  
  
• Designing materials for teaching and learning Spanish as a foreign language: 10 essential questions, Agustín Garmendia and Neus Sans.
  
  
• Cooperative learning and teaching of languages: a story of attraction, Juan de Dios López.
  
  
• Didactics discourse in the Spanish as a foreign language classroom: do we know how we talk when we talk in class?, María Vicenta González.
  
  
• Instructions for Spanish as a foreign language, Daniel Cassany.
  
  
• The role of technology in the classroom: on interaction and digital action, Francisco Herrera.
  
  
• Exploring the emotional side of Spanish as a foreign language teaching, Jane Arnold.
  
  

Also available in a digital edition for Kindle.