Master's Degree in Linguistics Applied to the teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language

Competences

General competences:

• Autonomously consult the sources of information and documentation specific to the area of knowledge of Linguistics applied to language teaching, select and organize them, in order to incorporate new knowledge.
• Apply to new or unfamiliar environments, within broader or multidisciplinary contexts, those concepts, principles, theories, models and methodologies related to the different fields of linguistics applied to the teaching of foreign languages, relevant to the field of Spanish language.
• Properly and with originality develop motivated arguments and formulate reasonable hypotheses in the field of language teaching, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics.
• Issue judgments based on criteria, external norms or personal reflections, although such judgments may be based on incomplete or limited information. These judgments will include reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
• Publicly present ideas, procedures or reports of research projects, design and innovation, for which it will be necessary to achieve a sufficient command of academic and scientific, written and oral language.
• Design and generate intervention proposals -didactic, linguistic, intercultural- taking into account the needs of the recipients and the contexts of language learning.
• Develop learning skills that allow self-directed or autonomous training and research.
• Express a positive attitude towards the fundamental rights of people and democratic values, in cooperative learning and in respect for research and scientific ethics.

Specific competences

• Enrich and apply their knowledge in the specific area of Linguistics Applied to teaching Spanish to non-native speakers.
• Critically analyze your experience in the classroom, according to the new learning models.
• Apply the knowledge acquired to the academic activity in the field of Spanish as a foreign language.
• Know and experiment research methodologies appropriate for the questions and hypotheses raised in their teaching specialty, the design of teaching materials, management and programming and the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).
• Innovate in the design of instruments and resources for evaluating the different individual and contextual variables that affect the process of acquiring communicative linguistic competence.
• Manage plurilingual learning environments with special attention to the current intercultural situation (migrations, relations between countries, etc.) that generates constant situations of multilingual and pluricultural communication.

Modalidad de estudios

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The Master's Degree begins in October. It offers weekly class sessions through the virtual campus from October to June and classroom attendance lectures in Madrid during the first two weeks of July.

Classes take place at the Madrid-Princesa Campus and it is mandatory to attend at least 80% of them.

Metodology

Calendar and Schedules

Online classes start in October and end in June. The schedule of the videoconferences may vary.

Calendar

Academic calendar

Admission requirements

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Admission Criteria

Candidates who meet any of the conditions established by RD 1393/2007 will be able to access these studies.

See conditions established by RD 1393/2007

• Have preferentially taken an Undergraduate Degree in Philology, Applied Languages, Linguistics, Translation and Interpretation, Communication, Teaching in a Foreign Language or Education Sciences.
• EIn case of having an Undergraduate degree from other areas of knowledge, previous professional experience in teaching Spanish or teaching other foreign languages will be valued, as well as the candidate's multilingual competence.
• In all cases, the Admission Test will be a requisite to guarantee basic skills.
• Candidates whose native language is not Spanish must accredit a level of linguistic proficiency of the Spanish language of at least B2, in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (Council of Europe).

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Admission process

Candidates interested in participating in the admission process should follow these steps:

1. Send by postal mail or courier the following documentation:

Candidates of Spanish nationality Candidates from other countries of the European Union

2. Taking the Admission test:

The admission test is carried out with the aim of evaluating the profile of the future student and guiding him/her in the choice of the Master's degree elective subjects. It does not pretend to measure knowledge about the area or test the applicant. This test consists of the following sections.

• A personal data questionnaire.
• A question regarding the expectations of the candidate for the Master's degree, so that he/she shows his/her ability to express himself/herself about the field of study. 
• A section with open-ended questions about the mechanisms that regulate the use of the Spanish language, the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language and the teaching methodology. This section measures the ability of the candidate to reflect on the mechanisms that regulate the use of the Spanish language; his/her ability to express himself/herself about the field of study; sensitivity to individual factors that affect the learning of Spanish as a foreign language and the needs of each group of learners; his/her intuition based on his/her experience as a foreign language learner, of the learning and teaching processes focused on a communicative use of non-native languages; his/her ability to critically evaluate activities for learning Spanish from his/her own experience with foreign languages; the ability to express himself/herself fluently in Spanish.
• A reading comprehension test in English to measure the candidate's ability to handle the basic bibliography of reference on the field of study published in this language. The level B2 of the CEFR is measured for this communicative linguistic skill: "The student is capable of understanding the main ideas of complex texts that deal with both concrete and abstract subjects, even if they are of a technical nature, provided they are within their field of specialization

3. Evaluation of the application by the Admissions Committee

• Strict compliance with the legal requirements established in Art. 16 of RD 1393/2007.
• Adaptation of your degree to the specialty of the Master's degree you wish to study. Up to 3 points.
• Qualifications and satisfactory academic performance in your undergraduate studies. Up to 3 points.
• Complementary training in didactics of Spanish as a foreign language (continuing education courses). Up to 2 points.
• Professional experience in the field of teaching foreign languages. Up to 2 points.
• Research experience in the field of Applied Linguistics to language teaching. Up to 2 points.
• Results of the specific skills test for this Master's degree. Up to 4 points.
• Results of the English competence test. Up to 2 points.

The weighting of the values obtained in criteria 2 to 8 is done on a maximum score of 18 points.

In summary, the procedure for approving access to the Master's Degree program guarantees that the candidate can successfully complete his/her training and help determine, where appropriate, what are the competences and subjects that the candidate should complement during their period of training.

4. Once the Admission process has been completed: Formalize the registration

In the case that the Commission of Admissions' decision is favorable, the student must formalize his/her enrollment by paying the registration fees and completing the self-enrollment (after receiving their username and password to carry out this online process).

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