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INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS
SÉNECA EDUCACION has subscribed a COLLABORATION AGREEMENT with the INSTITUTO CERVANTES, an official institution created by Spain in 1991 to promote the teaching of Spanish, worldwide, and to promote the cultures of other Spanish-speaking countries. The work of the INSTITUTO CERVANTES is conducted by a Patronage whose honorary chairman is H.R.H. the KING of SPAIN. The SPANISH PRIME MINISTER is its executive chairman, while, from an administrative standpoint, the institution depends jointly on the MINISTRY of FOREIGN AFFAIRS and the MINISTRY of EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS. The INSTITUTO CERVANTES is the world largest organization specializing in the teaching of Spanish.
The INSTITUTO CERVANTES updates teaching methods and teacher training, and fosters the work of researchers and Hispanicists. In order to achieve this, it was decided that an effective teaching plan be established in all of its centers. From this decision was born the CURRICULAR PLAN for the INSTITUTO CERVANTES, a document which comprises the sum total of informational and orientation activities which should preside over the activity of the educational centers dedicated to the teaching of Spanish as foreign language, becoming one of its fundamental performance axes.
By virtue of the COLLABORATION AGREEMENT subscribed by SÉNECA EDUCACIÓN and the INSTITUTO CERVANTES on August 3rd, 2001, the ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT of the INSTITUTO CERVANTES certifies that the Audiovisual Multimedia Course for the learning of Spanish created by SÉNECA EDUCACIÓN, registered as “SEÑOR ESPAÑOL”, is a teaching method that is in full compliance with the CURRICULAR PLAN of the INSTITUTO CERVANTES.As a result of its experience, of its proven administrative qualities, of the enormous expertise of its management team, its compliance with the principles of EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE and its capacity for technological innovation and teaching creativity, SÉNECA EDUCACIÓN is, today, without a doubt, a world leader in educational services, a status which it the capacity to offer SEÑOR ESPAÑOL, the world’s first experience in providing a course in the teaching of the Spanish language, conceived with both maximum scientific and university rigor and endorsed by institutions of top international prestige, such as the INSTITUTO CERVANTES, who in turn develop the most advanced audiovisual and informational technologies.
INSTITUTO CERVANTES
The INSTITUTO CERVANTES is the official institution created by Spain in 1991 to promote the teaching of Spanish, throughout the world, and to promote the cultures of all Spanish-speaking nations. It is, at present, the world’s largest organization specifically dedicated to the teaching of Spanish.
The INSTITUTO CERVANTES head offices are located both in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), birthplace of writer Miguel of Cervantes, and in Madrid. Already, there are INSTITUTO CERVANTES that extend over four continents.
The fundamental objectives of the INSTITUTO CERVANTES are as follows:
1.- To promote, universally, the teaching, studying and use of Spanish, and to promote however many steps and actions as might contribute to the fostering and improvement of the quality of such these activities.
2.- To update both teaching methods and teacher training, and to foster the work of researchers and Hispanicists.
3.- To arrange cultural activities, in collaboration both with other institutions and organizations within the host countries: conferences, musical events, exhibitions, films, theater and other activities.
4.- To make available modern libraries, equipped with the most advanced technological means for access, both by foreign students and public, to the Spanish and Latin American cultures.
5.- To conduct all tests required in awarding the Official Spanish as a Foreign Language (D.E.L.E.) DIPLOMAS.
SÉNECA EDUCACIÓN, in its continuous search for ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, has subscribed a COLLABORATION AGREEMENT with various educational entities of the highest prestige and international recognition, such as the INSTITUTO CERVANTES.
The INSTITUTO CERVANTES updates teaching methods and teacher training, and fosters the work of researchers and Hispanicists. In order to achieve this, it was decided that an effective teaching plan be established in all of its centers. From this decision was born the CURRICULAR PLAN for the INSTITUTO CERVANTES, a document which comprises the sum total of informational and orientation activities which should preside over the activity of the educational centers dedicated to the teaching of Spanish as foreign language, becoming one of its fundamental performance axes.
The INSTITUTO CERVANTES is a launch-pad for the plastic arts, music, thinking, literature, cinema and scenic arts of all Spanish-speaking countries. The centers also provide a stage for cultural activities from each host nation.
The INSTITUTO CERVANTES organizes around 2,200 cultural activities, throughout the academic year:
DIPLOMAS AND DEGREES
SÉNECA EDUCACIÓN has created SEÑOR ESPAÑOL, the most important, complete and effective Spanish language method, both audiovisual and multimedia, in three levels, capable of making any student successful in the learning of the language of Cervantes, spoken today by over 400 million people; a language seen by many as the great alternative to the English language.
SEÑOR ESPAÑOL students follow a continuous evaluation process, based on the standards set by personalized tutorial actions (PERSONAL TUTOR), undergoing periodic DEGREE TESTS for each of the MODULES that each learning LEVEL is divided into. Within each LEVEL, once a student has overcome the first three MODULES, he is presented with a CERTIFICADO DE GRADO. Once these tests have been passed, students sit the LEVEL EXAM, to obtain the DIPLOMA DE NIVEL.
Each DEGREE TEST, corresponding to each of the MODULES that comprises the various LEVELS of SEÑOR ESPAÑOL, is carried out in an electronic format that each student must complete and send via INTERNET to his or her PERSONAL TUTOR for evaluation. Once all the necessary corrections have been made, each student will have the exercises returned to him or her, not only check the scores obtained but, also, to see what evaluation he or she has been awarded by the PERSONAL TUTOR, based on how the student’s learning curve has evolved. This evaluation is reflected in a brief comment that will be enclosed, along with each exam model delivered, and then corrected.
Those LEVEL EXAMS that lead to the obtainment of DIPLOMAS DE NIVEL require physical attendance by students. SEÑOR ESPAÑOL students will duly be informed as to whether they have passed the five DEGREE TESTS, for each LEVEL, as well as being informed of the dates and places where the exams will be held.
The complete list of CERTIFICATES and DIPLOMAS that SEÑOR ESPAÑOL students will obtain, throughout the three COURSES the method consists of, reads as follows:
NIVEL FUNDAMENTAL:
NIVEL AVANZADO:
NIVEL SUPERIOR:
EXÁMENES D.E.L.E.
Those SEÑOR ESPAÑOL students who pass the tests leading to the obtainment of DIPLOMAS DE NIVEL, stand a good chance of passing the EXAMENES D.E.L.E., organized by the INSTITUTO CERVANTES, and which allow for the obtainment of official diplomas, as awarded by the SPANISH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE.
There are, at present, three types of D.E.L.E.:
The exams take place twice a year, in the months of May and November.
UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH CENTERS
In its permanent quest for ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, SÉNECA EDUCACIÓN has established COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS with other educational entities of maximum prestige and international renown. SÉNECA EDUCACIÓN has the intellectual backing provided to it by its ACADEMIC BOARD, comprising top representative Spanish language Professors, Academicians and Writers, belonging to the most important teaching and research institutions in Spain, of which the following are most noteworthy: