This organization has branched out to 45 countries with 88 centres devoted to the Spanish and Hispanic American culture and Spanish language.[3] Article 3 of Law 7/1991, of March 21, created the Instituto Cervantes as a government agency. The law explains that the ultimate goals of the Institute are to promote the education, the study and the use of Spanish universally as a second language; to support the methods and activities that would help the process of Spanish language education, and to contribute to the advancement of the Spanish and Hispanic American cultures throughout non-Spanish-speaking countries.[4][5]
The functions and services of the Cervantes Institute are:
It designs Spanish language courses, offering two kinds of courses: general and special.
It offers the Diplomas of Spanish as Foreign Language (DELE) examinations on behalf of the Spanish Ministry of Education. This is an official qualification certifying levels of competence in the Spanish language, and is the only certificate for non-native Spanish speakers that is officially recognised in Spain. The diplomas are subdivided into six levels, each one corresponding to a certain proficiency level as described by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2.
It improves the methods of Spanish education.
On-line Spanish language learning environment Ex) AVE (Aula Virtual de Español)[6]
Creating a social, cultural and educational environment in each centre[6]
A student-centred plan, focusing on the dialogues between teacher and student over objectives and contents[6]
It supports Hispanists and "Hispanism", which is the study of the culture of Spain and Hispanic America.
Sponsors lectures, book presentations, concerts, art exhibitions, The Spain Film Festival and Festival of Flamenco. Supported by other organisations and communities.[3]
It organises and promotes the program to spread the Spanish language throughout the world.
Publications, on-line bibliographies, library holdings, the hosting of major conferences on the state of the Spanish language.[6]
It administers the Constitutional and Sociocultural Knowledge of Spain (CCSE) examinations worldwide, which are a legal requirement for the acquisition of Spanish nationality.
It establishes libraries and centres.
It also publishes the Anuario del español to analyse and report on the situation and development of the Spanish language in different places.
The administration of the Cervantes Institute is subdivided into three parts. A commitment and interest in planning the activities and direction of the Institute are managed by a high-profile membership.[6]
Patronato (Board of Trustees): The Cervantes Institute is overseen by its governing body, the Patronato. The Patronato normally includes the King of Spain, Felipe VI as the honorary president and the Prime Minister of Spain, as well as representatives from the world of culture and letters in Spain and in the Americas.[6] The executive presidency is held by the Secretaries of State of Education and Science, Culture, the president and vice-president of the Council of Administration, the Director of the institute, 25 elected members from cultural and language institutions. It gives general directions for the activities of the Institute and informs on its annual activities.[6]
The Consejo de Administración (Board of Directors) is a management body and approves the general plans and projects of the institute. It consists of representatives from the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Education, Culture and Sport, Treasury, and Home Affairs, as well as from the Patronato. This is presided by the Secretary of State of International Cooperation and consists of two vice-presidents (Undersecretary of the Science and Education Department and the Undersecretary of the Department of Culture), two advisers of the Patronato, and four advisers from the Secretaries of State, Education and Science, Culture and of Economy and Treasury and the Director of the institute.[6]
The Director is appointed by the Council of Ministers of Spain. The Director is in charge of guiding the management of the institute, and other pertinent executive and administrative tasks.
Virtual presence
Centro Virtual Cervantes is an online service that was created in December 1997 by the Instituto Cervantes of Spain to contribute to the diffusion of the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures. It became one of the most important reference sites devoted to Spanish language and culture, having reached an average of over 100,000 visitors a month, including both professionals and the general public.[7] It offers resources and services to teachers, students, translators, journalists and other professionals involved with the Spanish language, and as well as to Hispanists throughout the world, who study Hispanic cultures, and to any person who is interested in the language and Hispanic cultures.[3] It also includes announcements of cultural events (Actos Culturales), four discussion forums, each of which focuses on a specific topic, and the language classroom, Aula de Lengua, designed for both teachers and learners of Spanish.[7] The Instituto Cervantes also has a virtual presence in the 3D virtual world Second Life.[citation needed]
Centro de Formación de Profesores
On 13 December 2004, the Cervantes Institute formed its Centro de Formación de Profesores in its headquarters, located in Alcalá de Henares, where Cervantes was born. This institution was founded to encourage the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language and to provide useful resources to its members. Throughout the year, it organises the specific activities and programmes for the centre, with several different goals, which include teaching, providing the resources to the teachers to use in their education field, and developing specialised knowledge of the Spanish language for educational purposes. The centre supports the future teachers of Spanish through its 'Master of Education in Spanish as a Foreign Language', in collaboration with the International University Menéndez Pelayo. For teachers already involved in teaching, the Centre provides advanced activities that produce a deeper knowledge, focusing on research or discussion in the classroom, and improving the students’ skills in Spanish language for them to become responsive in any communicational situations.[3]
Free translator service
The Automatic Translator Service of the Cervantes Institute, "Portal de las Tecnologías Lingüisticas en España", was launched by the Cervantes Institute on 10 January 2005.[3][8] It is a free service of machine translation sponsored by Telefónica. Since its launch, demand has steadily increased monthly to 55%,[8] and it has performed more than 582,000 free translations.[8] The Cervantes Institute's purpose in creating this service was to facilitate the access of Spanish to those information technology contents developed in other languages, and so people who speak other languages can have access to contents that are only available in Spanish.[8] This service permits translation of texts and text files, as well as web pages, from Spanish to Catalan, French, Galician, English or Portuguese and vice versa.[3] The pairs of language percentages used are as follows: English–Spanish, 23.47% of the total; Spanish–Catalan, 21.12%; Spanish–English, 13.64%; Portuguese–Spanish, 12.63%; Spanish–Portuguese, 10.39%; Catalan–Spanish, 6.48%; Spanish–French, 6.24%, and French–Spanish, 6.03%.[8]
Publications
Since 1998, the Instituto Cervantes has published the annual El español en el mundo highlighting the state of Spanish in the world, and current trends. The Instituto has also run the Internet-based Centro Virtual Cervantes since 1997.
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Instituto Cervantes the Cervantes Institute is a worldwide nonprofit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991 2 It is named after Miguel de Cervantes 1547 1616 the author of Don Quixote and perhaps the most important figure in the history of Spanish literature The Cervantes Institute is the largest organization in the world responsible for promoting the study and the teaching of Spanish language and culture Instituto CervantesFounded11 May 1991 32 years ago 1991 05 11 FounderGovernment of SpainTypeCultural institutionLocationAlcala 49 MadridArea servedWorldwide 45 countries ProductSpanish cultural and language educationMembers148 670 students 2019 1 OwnerGovernment of SpainKey peopleFelipe VI Honorary President Angeles Moreno Bau Chairwoman Luis Garcia Montero Director Employees951 2019 1 Volunteers1 240 2019 1 Websitewww Cervantes esThis organization has branched out to 45 countries with 88 centres devoted to the Spanish and Hispanic American culture and Spanish language 3 Article 3 of Law 7 1991 of March 21 created the Instituto Cervantes as a government agency The law explains that the ultimate goals of the Institute are to promote the education the study and the use of Spanish universally as a second language to support the methods and activities that would help the process of Spanish language education and to contribute to the advancement of the Spanish and Hispanic American cultures throughout non Spanish speaking countries 4 5 Contents 1 Functions 2 Academic programme 3 Administration 4 Virtual presence 5 Centro de Formacion de Profesores 6 Free translator service 7 Publications 8 Recognition 9 Locations 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksFunctions EditThe functions and services of the Cervantes Institute are It designs Spanish language courses offering two kinds of courses general and special It offers the Diplomas of Spanish as Foreign Language DELE examinations on behalf of the Spanish Ministry of Education This is an official qualification certifying levels of competence in the Spanish language and is the only certificate for non native Spanish speakers that is officially recognised in Spain The diplomas are subdivided into six levels each one corresponding to a certain proficiency level as described by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2 It improves the methods of Spanish education On line Spanish language learning environment Ex AVE Aula Virtual de Espanol 6 Creating a social cultural and educational environment in each centre 6 A student centred plan focusing on the dialogues between teacher and student over objectives and contents 6 It supports Hispanists and Hispanism which is the study of the culture of Spain and Hispanic America Sponsors lectures book presentations concerts art exhibitions The Spain Film Festival and Festival of Flamenco Supported by other organisations and communities 3 It organises and promotes the program to spread the Spanish language throughout the world The institute works with Spain s national radio and television to deliver Spanish language courses 6 Publications on line bibliographies library holdings the hosting of major conferences on the state of the Spanish language 6 It administers the Constitutional and Sociocultural Knowledge of Spain CCSE examinations worldwide which are a legal requirement for the acquisition of Spanish nationality It establishes libraries and centres It also publishes the Anuario del espanol to analyse and report on the situation and development of the Spanish language in different places It supports the Centro Virtual Cervantes on the internet since 1997 Academic programme EditGeneral language courses are offered at four different levels elementary intermediate advanced and high advanced 3 Improving specific language skills such as reading speaking and writing Teaching Spanish for specific purposes such as business medical legal or translation Learning about the literature and cultures of the Spanish speaking countries Preparation for Diplomas of Spanish as Foreign LanguageThe Cervantes Institute offers comprehensive Spanish language classes to Develop the student s ability to use the language in a variety of contexts paying special attention to the differences of Spanish accents To provide different resources including Spanish on line to improve the teaching To allow the students to use any of the facilities of the Cervantes Institute around the world To issue Spanish language diplomas and certificatesAdministration Edit Cervantes Institute headquarters in Madrid The administration of the Cervantes Institute is subdivided into three parts A commitment and interest in planning the activities and direction of the Institute are managed by a high profile membership 6 Patronato Board of Trustees The Cervantes Institute is overseen by its governing body the Patronato The Patronato normally includes the King of Spain Felipe VI as the honorary president and the Prime Minister of Spain as well as representatives from the world of culture and letters in Spain and in the Americas 6 The executive presidency is held by the Secretaries of State of Education and Science Culture the president and vice president of the Council of Administration the Director of the institute 25 elected members from cultural and language institutions It gives general directions for the activities of the Institute and informs on its annual activities 6 The Consejo de Administracion Board of Directors is a management body and approves the general plans and projects of the institute It consists of representatives from the ministries of Foreign Affairs Education Culture and Sport Treasury and Home Affairs as well as from the Patronato This is presided by the Secretary of State of International Cooperation and consists of two vice presidents Undersecretary of the Science and Education Department and the Undersecretary of the Department of Culture two advisers of the Patronato and four advisers from the Secretaries of State Education and Science Culture and of Economy and Treasury and the Director of the institute 6 The Director is appointed by the Council of Ministers of Spain The Director is in charge of guiding the management of the institute and other pertinent executive and administrative tasks Virtual presence EditCentro Virtual Cervantes is an online service that was created in December 1997 by the Instituto Cervantes of Spain to contribute to the diffusion of the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures It became one of the most important reference sites devoted to Spanish language and culture having reached an average of over 100 000 visitors a month including both professionals and the general public 7 It offers resources and services to teachers students translators journalists and other professionals involved with the Spanish language and as well as to Hispanists throughout the world who study Hispanic cultures and to any person who is interested in the language and Hispanic cultures 3 It also includes announcements of cultural events Actos Culturales four discussion forums each of which focuses on a specific topic and the language classroom Aula de Lengua designed for both teachers and learners of Spanish 7 The Instituto Cervantes also has a virtual presence in the 3D virtual world Second Life citation needed Centro de Formacion de Profesores EditOn 13 December 2004 the Cervantes Institute formed its Centro de Formacion de Profesores in its headquarters located in Alcala de Henares where Cervantes was born This institution was founded to encourage the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language and to provide useful resources to its members Throughout the year it organises the specific activities and programmes for the centre with several different goals which include teaching providing the resources to the teachers to use in their education field and developing specialised knowledge of the Spanish language for educational purposes The centre supports the future teachers of Spanish through its Master of Education in Spanish as a Foreign Language in collaboration with the International University Menendez Pelayo For teachers already involved in teaching the Centre provides advanced activities that produce a deeper knowledge focusing on research or discussion in the classroom and improving the students skills in Spanish language for them to become responsive in any communicational situations 3 Free translator service EditThe Automatic Translator Service of the Cervantes Institute Portal de las Tecnologias Linguisticas en Espana was launched by the Cervantes Institute on 10 January 2005 3 8 It is a free service of machine translation sponsored by Telefonica Since its launch demand has steadily increased monthly to 55 8 and it has performed more than 582 000 free translations 8 The Cervantes Institute s purpose in creating this service was to facilitate the access of Spanish to those information technology contents developed in other languages and so people who speak other languages can have access to contents that are only available in Spanish 8 This service permits translation of texts and text files as well as web pages from Spanish to Catalan French Galician English or Portuguese and vice versa 3 The pairs of language percentages used are as follows English Spanish 23 47 of the total Spanish Catalan 21 12 Spanish English 13 64 Portuguese Spanish 12 63 Spanish Portuguese 10 39 Catalan Spanish 6 48 Spanish French 6 24 and French Spanish 6 03 8 Publications EditSince 1998 the Instituto Cervantes has published the annual El espanol en el mundo highlighting the state of Spanish in the world and current trends The Instituto has also run the Internet based Centro Virtual Cervantes since 1997 Recognition EditIn 2005 along with the Alliance francaise the Societa Dante Alighieri the British Council the Goethe Institut and the Instituto Camoes the Instituto Cervantes was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for outstanding achievements in communications and humanities Locations Edit New York Instituto Cervantes Delhi facade Paris Munich Warsaw The Instituto Cervantes has developed its educational project on a system of local institutions and centres Centros Cervantes full fledged centres Aulas Cervantes smaller lecture halls Network of Centros Acreditados and Centros AsociadosA representative list follows the most recent and complete list can be found at www cervantes es Centros Cervantes Africa Algeria Algiers Oran Egypt Cairo Alexandria Morocco Casablanca Fes Rabat Tangier Tetouan Marrakesh Tunisia Tunis Americas Brazil Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo Brasilia Salvador Belo Horizonte Porto Alegre Recife Curitiba United States Albuquerque Boston Boston University Chicago Los Angeles New York Seattle University of Washington Asia China Beijing Shanghai India New Delhi Japan Tokyo Philippines Manila Makati South Korea Seoul Europe Austria Vienna Belgium Brussels Bulgaria Sofia Czech Republic Prague France Bordeaux Lyon Paris Toulouse Germany Berlin Bremen Frankfurt am Main Hamburg Munich Greece Athens the original Athens Cervantes Institute opened in 1992 in March 2010 Greek born Queen Sofia of Spain opened its new building Hungary Budapest Ireland Dublin 53 20 31 N 6 15 06 W 53 341975 N 6 251575 W 53 341975 6 251575 Italy Milan Naples Palermo Rome Netherlands Utrecht Poland Warsaw Krakow Portugal Lisbon Romania Bucharest Russia Moscow Serbia Belgrade Sweden Stockholm United Kingdom Leeds London Manchester Middle East Cyprus Nicosia Israel Tel Aviv Jordan Amman Lebanon Beirut Kaslik Tripoli Syria Damascus Turkey Istanbul Oceania Australia Sydney Instituto Cervantes Sydney Aulas Cervantes Africa Algeria Annaba Tlemcen Morocco Nador Asia Indonesia Jakarta Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Vietnam Hanoi Europe Bulgaria Sofia Croatia Zagreb Slovakia Bratislava Slovenia Liubliana Centros Acreditados Spain Asia Hong Kong 9 Singapore 10 Centros Asociados Europe Ireland Cork see University College Cork Department of Hispanic Studies 11 12 See also EditAlliance francaise British Council Cultural diplomacy Dante Alighieri Society Dutch Language Union Taalunie Goethe Institut Hispanism Instituto Camoes Miguel de Cervantes Prize Panhispanism Public diplomacy Queen Sofia Spanish Institute Viva FestivalReferences Edit a b c Cervantes Institute in numbers PDF www cervantes es 2019 Retrieved 13 November 2020 1 Archived December 14 2007 at the Wayback Machine a b c d e f g Cervantes homepage Cervantes es Retrieved 2015 08 01 Instituto Cervantes Spain s Language and Cultural Center Manila Bulletin Mb com ph 2005 08 25 Archived from the original on 2012 09 08 Retrieved 2012 06 10 Instituto Cervantes celebrates its 15th year Manila Bulletin Mb com ph 2007 11 06 Archived from the original on 2012 09 04 Retrieved 2012 06 10 a b c d e f g h i Thinkspain News Feed Thinkspain com Archived from the original on 2012 02 06 Retrieved 2012 06 10 a b El Pais Edicion Impresa El Pais Elpais com 1990 05 12 Retrieved 2012 06 10 a b c d e 2 Archived December 31 2007 at the Wayback Machine Instituto Cervantes Hong Kong Cervantes Institute HK Spanish Spanish World Hong Kong Retrieved 2019 06 10 Cervantes Quality Seal Only Spanish Learning Center in Singapore Spanish World Singapore Retrieved 2019 06 10 3 dead link 4 Archived December 11 2009 at the Wayback MachineExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Instituto Cervantes Official website Cervantes Institute on Encyclopaedia Britannica Spanish and Empire Journals A review of Centro Virtual Cervantes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Instituto Cervantes amp oldid 1146607737, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
