Summer Seminar in Spain for Spanish Teachers

Overview

The Department of World Languages and Cultures at Iowa State University is offering an opportunity for elementary and high school Spanish teachers to earn three graduate credits in two weeks.  The Summer Seminar in Spain for Spanish Teachers will be held in Cáceres Spain at the University of Extremadura.  Participants will study the culture of Spain and teaching methodologies as well as work on their own speaking skills.

As home to one of the two campuses of the Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, with a population of some 75,000, combines the charm of life in a provincial city with the night life that one expects to find in a Spanish city with a large and active student population. Cáceres is located in the region of Extremadura, halfway between Madrid and Lisbon, and has much to offer it in terms of historical and cultural attractions. This well-preserved historical center, with most buildings dating from the medieval and renaissance periods,led UNESCO in 1986 to declare it a "Ciudad Patrimonio de la Humanidad. In fact, Cáceres has been named a candidate to be Cultural Capital of Europe for 2016!