Archivo | septiembre, 2011

NEW !!! HALF-TERM Spanish course for GCSE and A-LEVEL students

30 sep

Spanish courses for Young People during the half term holidays, 2011

If you’re looking to get and A* on your GCSE or A-Level exams, come to the Instituto Cervantes during the half term holidays for a one week crash course that will make you:

• Review the full content of your exams

• Gain confidence to learn quickly and easy

• Learn strategies for your oral presentation

Dates: from the 24th to the 28th of October 2011

Time: GSCE :  from 14 to 17 hours -     from 10 to 13 hours

            AS:  from 10 to 13 hours  -        from 10 to 13 hours

             A2: from 10 to 13 hours -        from 10 to 13 hours

Price:  162,00 GBP

If you would like to book a place on one of these courses, or find out more information, please click  HERE or visit our website www.londres.cervantes.es. You can also contact us by telephone 020 7235.0353 

Places are limited so book now!

Wine courses programme 2011-2012

27 sep
Bacchanalia The Wine Society  is a new and exciting project, which offers you the complete wine experience .Bacchanalia offices are located at Broken Wharf House, a wonderful location on the River Thames, bang opposite the Tate Modern and Shakespeare’s Globe. You can also find our restaurant, River Café by Sergi Arola within our shop, where you can taste all our wines and organic products in situ. As part of Haciendas de España, Bacchanalia TWS bring you fine wines direct from our own fine states in some of Spain`s most interesting regions –Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Rueda, Arribes de Duero, Penedés and more.
 The Instituto Cervantes was created in Spain in 1991 to promote the Spanish language and cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. The Instituto Cervantes has over seventy centres in four continents. The Instituto organizes Spanish courses, cultural events in conjunction with other organisations, the Diplomas of Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE), and supports Hispanists in their work.

 

     For more information click HERE

 

 

Please contact Bacchanalia by sending an email to Dave Green  (dgreen@bacchanaliatws.co.uk) or by calling 07971 182 874 and he will provide further instructions to proceed with your enrolment.

 

CURSO: Cómo buscar trabajo de profesor de ELE en Londres (2)

27 sep

Martes 11de octubre , 14.00h – 18.00h.-Precio:  £ 40

Objetivos del curso:

 1. Mejorar y adaptar tu CV.

2. Aprender de manera práctica las destrezas que se requieren para ser profesor de ELE en Londres.

3. Conocer el sistema educativo británico.

4. Saber a dónde puedes dirigirte para solicitar trabajo.

Lugar: Instituto Cervantes

102 Eaton Square
 London SWW 9AN

Más información:  Instituto Cervantes. 020 7235 0353, cenlon@cervantes.es

 

 

EUROTOOLBOX 2011-2012 LAUNCH

26 sep

Today the 26th September [2011] the 10th anniversary of the European Day of Languages (EDL) will be celebrated at the Council of Europe and throughout its 47 member states.

This commemoration seeks to alert the public to the importance of language learning, promoting cultural and linguistic diversity in Europe and increasing intercultural understanding.

To join in the celebrations EUROLIS is launching the second edition  Of Eurotoolbox on the road: a travelling exhibition of Literature for children and young people.

What is Eurotoolbox?

It consists of four specially chosen collections of literature for children and young people in their original language (French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish). There are 12 to 15 books in each language. The authors and illustrators selected represent some of the very best of children’s books in these languages.

Download the Eurotoolbox 2011-2012 selection here:

Eurotoolbox 2011-2012

How much does it cost?

The exhibition is free to borrow. You will need to arrange [and pay for] transportation to the next borrower yourself. The exhibition is packed into 2 boxes, with a total weight of about 30kgs.

How can I borrow it?

You can borrow the exhibition for about 2 – 4 weeks. To book a slot, please contact Mayte Azorin, Head Librarian at the Instituto Cervantes(biblon@cervantes.es)

Seminar- New trends in European Children’s Libraries: telling the tale: 2/11/11

23 sep

EUROLIS SEMINAR

Save this Date: 21 November 2011

New trends in European Children’s  Libraries: telling the tale

At a time when libraries’ educative mission is endangered and children’s literacy is declining, European experts present ideas and innovations for children’s libraries.

This Cultural Institutes in London and CILIP. The speakers will come from library services in the following European countries -

Find out

  • · How to innovate in your children’s library on a low budget
  • · Which partners you can work with
  • · About the crucial trends regarding children’s literature, reading and literacy in UK and Europe
  • · Best practice of what works and what doesn’t

·Venue:  Institut Français du Royaume-Uni,17 Queensberry Place-LondonSW7 2DT

 Date:  Monday, November 21st, 9.30am – 5 pm

 Fee: £60 (concessions £40) including lunch and drinks

 More details from:  library@ambafrance.org.uk ;

http://eurolis.wordpress.com

 

AUTUMN COURSES ARE BACK !!!

21 sep

Dear students -

Despite that our building refurbishment is still work in progress, our Autumn courses will start on Monday the 26th of September. From today until your course start you can enrol either in person or by telephone 020-72350353 using your credit/debit card.

Please note that due to the refurbishment you might find difficult getting through our telephone lines at certain hours.

Here you can find all the information you may need: http://londres.cervantes.es/imagenes/File/Autumn%20Courses%202011-2.pdf

And don’t forget…

All Spring and Summer students have 10% discount in any of our courses

All students are entitle to a free library card

All beginner students have free access to our online course: AVE (click here to find out more)

All our students have a special discount for the DELE exams (click here to find out more).

El arte de la risa en la literatura española en el Siglo de Oro

20 sep

Miércoles/Wednesday 21 Sept.

6:30 PM Room G37, Senate House, University

of London,Malet Street,LondonWC1E 6HU

Mesa redonda/Roundtable discussión – Literatura/Literature

El arte de la risa en la literatura española delSiglo de Oro/

The art of laughter in Golden AgeSpanish literature

 

El Siglo de Oro (1543-1681) fue uno de los períodos artísticos más

ricos y complejos del mundo hispano y en él se vivió un auténtico

redescubrimiento de la teoría de la risa y de los géneros literarios

relacionados con ella. El ejemplo más famoso es el Quijote de Miguel

de Cervantes, pero junto a él se desarrolla toda una nueva corriente de

poemas y de obras en prosa jocosas, agudas y sorprendentes. Algunas

de estas corrientes artísticas quedan también reflejadas en la literatura

inglesa de la época. El objetivo de este coloquio es relacionar las teorías

en torno a la risa con su puesta en práctica en textos literarios ingleses

y españoles, desvelando así la cara más irreverente, pero quizás también

más modernadelSiglo de Oro/The Golden Age (1543-1681) was one of

the richest and most complex artistic periods in the Hispanic world,

and was a time of genuine rediscovery of the theory of laughter and of

literary genres associated with it. The best-known example is Miguel

de Cervantes’ Don Quixote, but at the same time a whole new wave

of humorous, penetrating and surprising poetry and prose was being

written. Some of these artistic trends were also evident in the English

literature of the time. The aim of this discussion is to relate theories

of laughter with how they are put into practice in English and Spanish

literary texts, exposing the most irreverent, but perhaps also the most

modern, face of the Golden Age.

Participantes/Participants: Rodrigo Cacho Casal, Pofesor titular de literatura

y cultural del Siglo de Oro enla Universidadde Cambridge (UK)/Senior lecturer

in Spanish Golden Age culture atCambridgeUniversity; James Harmer,

investigador en St John’s College dela Universidadde Cambridge/Research

Fellow at St John’s College, Cambridge; Valentín Núñez Rivera, Profesor Titularde Literatura Española dela Universidadde Huelva (España)/Senior lecturer inSpanish literature at the University of Huelva (Spain).

En inglés y en español/In English & Spanish. En colaboración con/in collaboration withthe Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies,SchoolofAdvanced Study, University of

London.   Mié/Wed 21st Sept. 2011

London Spanish Film Festival, 23 September – 6 October 2011

19 sep

The 7th London Spanish Film Festival: from 23rd of September to 6th of October.  A selection of some of the most exciting recent Spanish films with a variety of genres reflecting the dynamism and creativity of Spanish cinema today. Some of these films, like Lope, Neon Flesh or Legend of the Soldier (Bruc) will later be released in the UK, but most of them will be shown exclusively at this Festival.

For more information: http://www.londonspanishfilmfestival.com/

CURSO: Cómo buscar trabajo de profesor de ELE en Londres

14 sep

Viernes 23 de septiembre, 15.00h – 18.00h.-Precio:  £35

Objetivos del curso:

 1. Mejorar y adaptar tu CV.

2. Aprender de manera práctica las destrezas que se requieren para ser profesor de ELE en Londres.

3. Conocer el sistema educativo británico.

4. Saber a dónde puedes dirigirte para solicitar trabajo.

Lugar: Instituto Italiano di Cultura

39 Belgrave Square
 London SW1X 8NX

Más información:  Instituto Cervantes. 020 7235 0353, cenlon@cervantes.es

 

 

Novedad /New !: Vargas Llosa “De cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme”

12 sep

     Acabamos de recibir el último libro publicado por el Instituto Cervantes homenajeando Mario Vargas Llosa, último premio Nobel de literatura en lengua española, y  además conmemorando  los 20 años de nuestra institución.

Esperamos poder tenerlo disponible para ser prestado en octubre, en la “bibioteca temporal” que pretendemos abrir mientras que se finalizan las obras de remodelación de la nueva bilbioteca.

¡ Os seguiremos informando!

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