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Spanish, a language for dialogue

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Honorary President of the Instituto Cervantes TrustHis Majesty the King of SpainD. Juan Carlos I

The Instituto Cervantes was set up by Spain in 1991 to promote and teach Spanish and to spread the culture of Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.

It is based in Madrid and in Alcalá de Henares (in Madrid province), the city where the writer Miguel de Cervantes was born.

Instituto Cervantes centres are spread across five con-tinents.

Edited by: Instituto CervantesNIPO: 503-09-055-X

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Table of Contents

7 Introduction 8 The Geography of Spanish10 The Teaching of Spanish12 Spanish Virtual Classroom (AVE)15 Courses for Spanish Teachers16 Diplomas in Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE)18 Cultural Programmes20 Libraries22 Cervantes Television24 Cervantes Radio25 Hola, ¿qué tal?, Course In Spanish26 Cervantes Virtual Centre (CVC). Language Fairs28 Publications30 International Spanish Language Conferences31 Network of Associated Centres. Hispanicism website32 Internet websites34 Index of Centres35 Addresses46 The Instituto Cervantes Trust47 Sponsors and Collaborating Bodies

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“Spanish has become the most valuable asset of the score of countries and hundreds of millions of us who make up a pluralist community open to all, unified and identified precisely by a common language.”

“(…) Now, more than ever, Spanish must represent a proposal for friendship and comprehension, a tool of concord and of tolerance, and a channel for creation and understanding between peoples and cultures”.

His Majesty King Juan Carlos,

speaking to the Instituto Cervantes Trust

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Above:His Majesty the King of Spain speaking to the Instituto Cervantes Trust. Left: Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia preside at the inauguration of one of the centres of the institution.

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The Geography of Spanish

Argentina Bolivia

Chile Colombia

Costa Rica Cuba

Dominican Republic Ecuador

El Salvador Equatorial Guinea

Guatemala Honduras

Mexico Nicaragua

Panama Paraguay

Peru Philippines

Puerto Rico Spain

United States Uruguay

Venezuela

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The Geography of Spanish

Today, Spanish is the world’s fourth most commonly spo-ken language, after Chinese, English and Hindi.

Spanish is the official language of around twenty countries, and the mother tongue of over 400 million people.

The number of those studying Spanish throughout the world is growing every year.

Spanish is the second language of international communication, and is being increasingly used in economic, political and cultural relations.

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THE TEACHING OF SPANISH

Those wishing to learn or perfect their knowledge of Spanish will find courses suited to their requirements at the Instituto Cervantes.

Every year over 120,000 students study Spanish in around 11,000 Spanish courses taught in Instituto Cer-vantes centres. Classes on the other co-official languages in Spain, Catalan, Basque and Galician are also taught.

The classes involve small groups, with qualified teachers using the most up-to-date technologies and teaching methods for effective education.

Students enrol at the level most suited to their knowled-ge of Spanish. The courses are organised in six levels, depending on the degree of difficulty and according to the student’s ability to communicate in the language on completion of each level.

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• Level A1: students will be able to express themselves simply in basic and predictable everyday life situations.

• Level A2: students will be able to express themselves adequately in basic social conventions and communicate satisfactorily in everyday life situations.

• Level B1: students will be able to express themselves reasonably accurately and with a degree of flexibility in familiar but more complex everyday life situations.

• Level B2: students will be able to communicate fluently and with sufficient accuracy, using an appropriate register of formality, to express their ideas well, using language suitable for the situation.

• Level C1: students will be able to express themselves fluently and sponta-neously, using the register necessary for the context of the conversation and the intentions of the speaker.

• Level C2: students will be able to express themselves in all types of situa-tions, including discussion on abstract and complex specialised themes.

A Spanish class at the

Instituto Cervantes

in New York.

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Course length varies: there are quarterly, four-monthly, six-monthly, annual and intensive courses, all offering a wide range of timetables.

Students with particular requirements can take special courses also given at the Instituto Cervantes centres; courses for specific purposes (business Spanish, scien-tific Spanish, legal Spanish, and Spanish for tourism...), refresher courses, culture and civilization courses, and “à la carte” courses for companies and institutions.

Once the course is completed, participants receive an Official Certificate from the Instituto Cervantes.

All students have access to the multimedia rooms where, with the aid of computer materials and equipment, they can further their language studies.

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Above: students study Spanish with the aid of computer equipment (Hanoi), and reduced groups with qualified teachers (Rabat and Paris).

For further information, visit us at:

www.cervantes.es

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SPANISH VIRTUAl ClASSROOM (AVE)

The Instituto Cervantes, in its Spanish Virtual Classroom (AVE), offers courses for learning the language while taking advantage of the possibilities provided by the Internet.

With a teaching system which is open, fast and economi-cal, students have access to real materials and establish contact with other users. The AVE is already a reference point for the teaching of languages on the Internet.

AVE students are free to choose the time, pace and place of study. They can join organized groups with a desig-nated tutor and in this way combine independence with specialist support.

There are different kinds of courses:

• Attendance courses. The AVE provides preparatory and support material for attendance courses and allo-ws students to focus on what they are most interested in learning.

• Semi-attendance courses. These courses combine the advantages of the attendance class and indepen-dent study.

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Page from the study room and an exercise on Spanish cinema.

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• Distance courses. Students take part, carry out joint work with other students and receive tutor assess-ment, all through the Internet.

Those who matriculate have the following at their disposal:

• Interactive materials combining texts, images, ani-mations, videos, spoken texts, recordings, games...

• An assessment system to help students improve their learning.

• Tools for communicating with the tutor and group companions: e-mail, chat, debate forums.

There are four levels: Beginner (Levels A1 and A2), Intermediate (Level B1), Advanced (Level B2) and Proficiency (Level C1).

• Each level corresponds to around 120-160 hours of work and contains between 1,500 to 2,000 screens and 36 videos.

• All levels are divided into four courses with three les-sons and a series of supplementary materials.

• In each lesson there are nine work sessions, an end-of-lesson task which is corrected by the tutor, an automa-tic assessment test and an interactive graphic story.

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The student practising Spanish in everyday life situations and learning about Spanish culture.

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Students who successfully finish any of the courses receive the corresponding certificate. Furthermore, if they are interested in the official diploma recognizing their knowledge level, they can sit the examinations for the Diploma in Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE) (see page 16).

The AVE is available for all centres dedicated to the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language wishing to broaden the courses offered and respond to new learning needs.

It has thousands of users in the different institutions which have installed it: Instituto Cervantes Centres, Spanish and overseas universities and public education bodies.

The Spanish Virtual Classroom enjoys the scientific advice of a team led by Humberto López Morales, Gene-ral Secretary of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language. The content represents the linguistic varieties of Spanish.

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Interactive graphic story and a page for learning

vocabulary.


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COURSES FOR SPANISH TEACHERS

The Instituto Cervantes is the main organization for the training of teachers of Spanish as a foreign language.

More than 16,000 teachers per year participate in training courses, updating their knowledge and perfec-ting teaching techniques.

Both Instituto Cervantes teaching personnel and Spa-nish teachers working in other public and private insti-tutions worldwide, apply for these courses.

The training courses are also open to graduates and students wishing to specialize in the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language.

Every academic year there are more than 700 courses and semi-nars, organised in collaboration with dozens of universities and other bodies.

The Instituto Cervantes has its Spanish Teacher Training Cen-tre at the Head Office in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid province), which coordinates all trai-ning activities and educational needs of teachers.

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Spanish teachers from around the world do training courses organized by the Instituto Cervantes. Above: cloister of the Alcalá de Henares building (Madrid province) which houses the Teacher Training Centre. Left: training activity in Lisbon.


www.cervantes.es

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DIPlOMAS IN SPANISH (DElE)

The Instituto Cervantes offers the option to do the Diploma in Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE).

The DELE is the official, internationally recognized qualification certifying students’ knowledge of Spanish as a foreign language. It is issued by the Director of the Instituto Cervantes on behalf of the Spanish Ministry of Education.

Every year, more than 45,000 candidates sit the exami-nations for this Diploma.

Examinations are held twice a year – in May and Nov-ember – in 500 examination centres based in over 100 countries worldwide. The examinations include:

• Reading Comprehension

• Written Expression

• Aural Comprehension

• Grammar and Vocabulary

• Verbal Expression

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Currently, there are four DELE levels: A1 (Breakthrough Level), B1 (Beginner Level), B2 (Intermediate Level) and C2 (Proficiency Level).

Two new DELE levels will be developed soon (A2 and C1), finishing thus the complete DELE adaptation to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (by the Council of Europe).

The Instituto Cervantes offers

courses to prepare for the Diploma

in Spanish.

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The diplomas.cervantes.es Internet website offers complete information on the Spanish Diploma: gene-ral conditions, dates and examination centres, fees, enrolment deadlines, for-mat of tests, prerequisites, publication of grades, inter-national recognition etc.

It also includes registration forms and exam models of previous exam papers, which help applicants to prepare for the tests.

Examination to obtain the DELE. Below: Internet website on Diplomas in Spanish as a Foreign Language.


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CUlTURAl PROGRAMMES

With Don Quijote, Miguel de Cervantes created the gen-re par excellence of modern culture: the novel. Four cen-turies on, Spanish is a language of extraordinary cultural prestige. The Instituto Cervantes makes the culture of Spanish-speaking countries available to all.

The Instituto Cervantes centres foment culture in its most varied forms: literature, the arts, cinema, theatre, music, thought...

Anyone interested in the culture of Spain and the score of Latin American countries where Spanish is spoken will encounter unceasing activity at the Instituto Cer-vantes: every day in the academic year an average of 22 cultural events take place.

Types of cultural events:

• Exhibitions

• Conferences

• Seminars

• Round-table Discussions

• Literary Debates

• Music

• Theatre

• Film Screenings

Above, the writer Mario Vargas

Llosa, in Munich, and (centre)

the philosopher Fernando Savater, in London. Below,

exhibitions in Brussels and

Paris.

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The most important writers in Spanish present their works in the Instituto Cervantes. Music, exhibitions, debates with intellectuals and thinkers constitute cultu-ral activity that spreads the creativity of culture in Spanish.

The Instituto Cervantes collaborates with official Spa-nish cultural bodies and with those belonging to the countries where it operates. This is the most appropriate way of identifying developments of interest in Spanish culture in each place.

Recitals and concerts –seen here in Warsaw and Beirut – cultural activities which attract many music lovers.


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A user reading in the Antonio

Machado library in Peking.

lIBRARIES

The Instituto Cervantes libraries and documentation centres are further instruments essential to the spread of Spanish language culture.

There are over a million volumes in all types of media. Students of Spanish, teachers, journalists and many others who want to know more about the Spanish-spea-king culture visit the libraries frequently.

The catalogues are available on the Internet, facilitating on-line consultation. Access to the reading rooms is free. A library card is necessary to use the other library services.

Resources are classified in the following sections:

• Classical Spanish and Latin American literature.• Works in Catalan, Galician and Basque.• Works on history, art, economics and political and social current affairs.• Encyclopaedias, dictionaries, directories, guides, bibliographies and general

reference works.• Methods, manuals and educational resources for the teaching of Spanish.• Translations of writers’ works.• Dailies, weeklies and specialized journals.• Cinema, videos and music.• Databases.

The libraries Federico García

Lorca, Tokyo (above) and

Luis Rosales, Bucharest.

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Two young people reading in the Mario Vargas Llosa library in Berlin.

The libraries are named after writers who have received the Miguel de Cervan-tes Literature Award, as well as other authors and personalities relevant in the world of culture.

Alcalá de Henares: Rafael LapesaAlgiers: Alejo CarpentierAthens: Juan Carlos OnettiBelgrade: José HierroBerlin: Mario Vargas LlosaBordeaux: Antonio Buero VallejoBrasilia: Ángel CrespoBremen: Gonzalo RojasBrussels: Gerardo DiegoBucharest: Luis RosalesBudapest: Ernesto SábatoCairo: Adolfo Bioy CasaresChicago: Severo OchoaDamascus: Álvaro CunqueiroDublin: Dámaso AlonsoFez: Manuel AltolaguirreFrankfurt: Antonio GamonedaIstanbul: Álvaro MutisLisbon: Gonzalo Torrente BallesterLyon: Gabriel ArestiManchester: Jorge EdwardsManila: Miguel HernándezMarrakesh: José Ángel ValenteMilan: Jorge Guillén

Moscow: Miguel DelibesMunich: Augusto Roa BastosNaples: Rafael AlbertiNew Delhi: Juan Ramón JiménezNew York: Jorge Luis BorgesPalermo: Salvador EspriuParis: Octavio PazPeking: Antonio MachadoPrague: Carlos FuentesRio de Janeiro: José García NietoRome: María ZambranoSao Paulo: Francisco UmbralShanghai: Miguel de CervantesSofia: Sergio PitolStockholm: Francisco AyalaTangier: Juan GoytisoloTel Aviv: Camilo José CelaTetouan: Vicente AleixandreTokyo: Federico García LorcaToulouse: Manuel AzañaUtrecht: José Jiménez LozanoVienna: Juan GelmanWarsaw: Guillermo Cabrera Infante


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CERVANTES TElEVISION

Cervantes Television (www.cervantestv.es) is the first cultural television channel in Spanish which, through the Internet, has international coverage.

The programming includes: a daily bulletin, a cultural magazine, discussions, interviews, in-depth reports and documentaries by the Instituto or contributed by other bodies, amongst other services.

The contents refer both to the present day culture of Spain and Spanish-speaking countries and to the cultural activity of the Ins-tituto. Cervantes TV gives infor-mation on events developed in the centres and at the Head Office, in which leading figures in the world of culture participate.

Above, the presenters

of the informative

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and front page of the television

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Exhibition organized

by the Head Office to

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The new channel is mainly aimed at young people who are learning Spanish and at profes-sionals from different sectors who need and use the Spanish language.

With Cervantes Television and the new Internet websites, com-pletely updated (see page 32), the Instituto Cervantes has set up the Multimedia Platform, offering new contents for stu-dents and those interested in Spanish and Latin American culture.

www.cervantestv.es

Cervantes Television broadcasts daily informative bulletins, interviews with well-known personalities in Hispanic culture, discussions, current affairs reports and documentaries.

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RADIO CERVANTES

Radio Cervantes, the new service of the Instituto Cer-vantes through the Internet, will be broadcasting 24-hours.

It will combine the broadcasts of the Institute with those of Radio Nacional de España (National Spanish Radio), a public body with which the Instituto Cervantes has esta-blished close collaboration.

Radiocervantes.es programming will cover interviews, discussions, conferences and other cultural activities which Cervantes holds at its Head Office and other centres.

This wide-ranging aural material will allow us to offer Internet surfers worldwide a variety of con-tents currently related to the Spanish language and culture, in Spanish.

Radio Cervantes will broadcast a variety of cultural programmes

24 hours a day.

www.radiocervantes.es

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HOlA ¿QUÉ TAl?, THE SPANISH COURSE

Hola ¿Qué tal? is a Spanish Course which provides the opportunity to learn the language taking full advantage of the potential of digital technology.

This course is for both young people and adults of any natio-nality, is available in different formats and is accessible through different media: Internet, television, books, etc.

Among other materials, it offers:

• 207 television programmes of around 14 minutes each, containing scenes of a high pedagogical content.

• A sound archive of 20 hours of audio resources which demonstrate the different varieties of Spanish.

• A range of ten thousand multimedia and interactive activities to practice Spanish.

• A student guide, with nine books and a virtual guide.

Matriculation and payment is done through the Internet. The Hola ¿Qué tal? student benefits from the available resources owing to new technologies, such as tutorials through Internet, chat, email, forums, etc.

Students can also prepare for the Spanish Diploma as a Foreign Language, (DELE) examinations.

This project was carried out by the Instituto Cervantes in collaboration with Radio Televisión Española (RTVE), the publisher SM and BBVA-Servitecsa.

Scenes of numerous programmes with which the student learns Spanish.

www.holaquetal.com

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CERVANTES VIRTUAl CENTRE

cvc.cervantes.es

The Cervantes Virtual Centre, set up by the Instituto Cervantes in 1997, today is one of the main reference points on the Internet related to the Spanish lan-guage and Spanish culture.

The Internet surfer has access to over 100,000 pages related to the Spanish language and culture of Spanish-speaking countries on the website cvc.cervantes.es.

There are around two million entries by users to the site monthly, from around a hundred countries, of whi-ch a third are from the United States. Thousands of registered users are periodically informed of new items incorporated on the website.

In the CVC, apart from the “Oteador” (The Searcher), which is a large subject-related directory of resources on the Internet, there are four permanent forums in which cultural, didactic and linguistic topics have been discussed in around 130,000 messages.

The contents are organised in the following sections:

Teaching (cvc.cervantes.es/ensenanza)

This includes virtual materials rela-ted to the teaching of Spanish, which are of special interest to students and teachers of Spanish: interactive puzzles, cards for teachers, texts and activities to improve reading com-prehension, as well as materials to obtain the Spanish Diploma (DELE), for intercultural learning and tea-ching of Spanish to children. It also includes reference texts and materials for teachers of Spanish: dictionaries, documents, magazines, records and bibliographies.

Some pages of the Cervantes

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literature (cvc.cervantes.es/literatura)

This section is a compilation of all types of lite-rary resources on the Hispanic world, monogra-phs on writers, commentaries on classical texts, bibliographic exhibitions, magazines and records, as well as anthology critiques.

language (cvc.cervantes.es/lengua)

This section is devoted to materials and resour-ces on the Spanish language, and includes books such as the Yearbook: ‘Spanish around the world’ (El español en el mundo), which is edited by the Institu-to Cervantes; databases for philologists, translators and teachers; a virtual room for translation in English, Fren-ch, Italian and German; and the records of International Congresses on the Spanish Language, recently compiled on the theme-based website, congresosdelalengua.es.

Arts (cvc.cervantes.es/artes)

This section is dedicated to Hispanic arts and sciences: monographs, virtual recreations, works of digital art or net.art, contents on music and cinema, pictorial and pho-tographic collections, virtual exhibitions and contents on science related to the Hispanic world.

lANGUAGE FAIRS

The Instituto Cervantes participates in numerous Lan-guage, Education and Book Fairs held throughout the year, primarily in Europe, America and Asia.

Both general and specialised visitors can find out about the services offered by the Instituto Cervantes at these Fairs, to spread the Spanish language and culture.

The Language Fairs are an ideal place for information on the services provided by the Instituto Cervantes. Images: Peking and Warsaw Fairs.

Page on an exhibition of works pertaining to the Artium Museum in Vitoria.

cvc.cervantes.es

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PUBlICATIONS

“Curricular Plan”

The “Curricular Plan of the Instituto Cervantes” includes guidelines and systemized contents for the tea-ching of Spanish as a foreign language.

The Curricular Plan comprises three volumes of a total of two thousand pages, which develop and set reference levels for Spanish in accordance with the recommenda-tions of the European Council, in collaboration with the Biblioteca Nueva editorial.

Yearbooks “Spanish around the World”

The Yearbooks are a reference and consultation source, in which diverse experts analyze in-depth the status of Spanish in the different parts of the world. These volu-mes, which examine the challenges and outlook of the language, have been published by the Instituto Cervan-tes annually since 1998.

“Encyclopaedia of Spanish around the World”

This is a detailed and rigorous compendium on the status of Spanish and of the culture of the Spanish language. In this volume of 900 pages, published in 2006, a total of 220 authors have analyzed the international presence of Spa-nish in-depth from all possible angles, in different regio-ns, countries, fields and disciplines, with the collaboration

of the Círculo de Lectores (Reader’s Circle).

Instituto Cervantes Collection

The new “Instituto Cervantes Collection” was started in 2008 with the “Encyclopaedia of Spanish in the United States” and was coordinated by the linguist Humberto López Morales, Secretary General of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language. Eighty articles have been compiled in this collection, in which 45 specialists analyze the current and future status of Spanish in the United States. It includes current information on the tea-ching of Spanish, the potency of the Hispanic community, the historical presence of Spanish, legislation on linguistic matter and the influen-ce of the communication media in Spanish.

Above, the three volumes of the

Curricular Plan of the Instituto

Cervantes. Cover pages of the

“Encyclopaedia of Spanish around the

world”, and the Yearbooks.

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The collection, done in collaboration with the Círculo de Lectores, continues with the studies “Spanish on the Internet”, “Spanish in the Economy” and “Spanish, language for Science and Technology”.

Horizons of Spanish

The project “Horizon, Spanish as a new language”, in collaboration with the Red Cross and Grupo SM, consists of a didactic guide, a student manual and an exercise book, with didactic materials for the learning of the lan-guage by non-Spanish-speaking immigrants.

Practical Guides

This collection explains norms and offers recommenda-tions for the correct use of Spanish. The volumes “Saber escribir” (How to write) and “Saber hablar” (How to speak) are published with Aguilar. “Gramática prác-tica del español” (Practical Spanish Grammar) and “Ortografía práctica del español” (Practical spelling of Spanish) are published with Espasa.

“Don Quijote”

The reference edition “Don Quijote de la Mancha” is led by professor Francisco Rico. This consists of two volumes of a total of 2,800 pages with front page illustra-tion by the artist Eduardo Arroyo. It was published in 2005 – the fourth centenary of the first part of the novel by Miguel de Cervantes – in collaboration with Galaxia Gutenberg/Círculo de Lectores, the Centre for Spanish Classical Works and the State Society of Cultural Commemorations.

Catalogues of Exhibitions

The Instituto Cervantes publishes catalogues of the exhibitions it orga-nizes, books of high quality which analyze in detail the content of the exhibitions held worldwide. The wide-ranging information and images are accompanied by studies and analysis done by experts to give a complete understanding of each exhibition.

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Fermín AguayoManu ArreguiEduardo ArroyoTxomin BadiolaJosé Manuel BallesterJorge BarbiMiquel BarcelóJordi BernadóJoan BrossaLuis BuñuelCarmen CalvoDaniel CanogarRafael CanogarJacobo CastellanoEduardo ChillidaJordi ColomerSalvador Dalí

Equipo 57Equipo CrónicaPepe EspaliúEsther FerrerDionisio GonzálezLuis GordilloJoan Hernández PijuanJuan HidalgoCristina IglesiasPello IrazuFrancisco LeiroEva LootzAntonio LópezEnrique MartyRamón MasatsMateo MatéManolo Millares

Antoni MiraldaJoan MiróJuan Luis MorazaJuan MuñozAntoni MuntadasMiquel NavarroAitor OrtizJorge OteizaPablo PalazueloCarlos PazosPerejaumeJavier PérezPablo PicassoJaume PlensaSergio PregoManuel RiveraBernardí Roig

MP & MP RosadoFernando Sánchez CastilloAntonio SauraAdolfo SchlosserEusebio SempereJosé María SiciliaSantiago SierraSusana SolanoJosé SuárezAntoni TàpiesFrancesc TorresJuan UsléIsidoro Valcárcel MedinaEulàlia ValldoseraDaniel VerbisManuel VilariñoZush/Evru

Demetrio Paparoni

€ 39,00

Cover pages of “Practical Spanish grammar” and the Instituto Cervantes edition of “Quijote”, illustrated by Eduardo Arroyo.

Catalogue cover of: “Spain. Spanish Art 1957-2007,” on show at an exhibition in Palermo (Italy).

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INTERNATIONAl SPANISH lANGUAGE CONFERENCES

The Instituto Cervantes is the permanent Secretariat of the International Spanish Language Conferences.

These conferences are a forum for reflection where hundreds of experts look at the status of Spanish and the challenges to be confronted. They are held with His Majesty King Juan Carlos as Honorary President, and the Heads of State of Spanish-speaking countries.

Conferences have been held in Zacatecas, (Mexico) in 1997, Valladolid, (Spain), 2001, Rosario (Argentina) in 2004 and in Cartagena de Indias (Columbia) in 2007. The debates have focused on topics as diverse as the use of the Spanish language in the media, the new technologies and the Information Society, the economic potential of Spanish and its unity and diversity. The next conference will be held in Valparaíso (Chile) in 2010.

Hundreds of speakers take part in the debates — orga-nized into plenary sessions, round table discussions and panels, including specialists in new technologies, publishers, journalists, entrepreneurs, economists, wri-ters, academics, linguists, Hispanists, translators and teachers of Spanish as a foreign language.

Above: Plenary session of the Second

International Spanish Language Conference

held in Valladolid. Below: opening of the

Congresses in Rosario (Argentina) and in

Zacatecas (Mexico), all of which were

inaugurated by the King and Queen of Spain

and the Heads of State of Spanish-speaking

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Logotypes that identify the Associated and Accredited Centres.

NETWORK OF ASSOCIATED CENTRES

The Network of Associated Centres is comprised of tea-ching centres of which the quality is expressly recogni-sed by the Instituto Cervantes.

The centres which form part of this network are called “Associated Centres of the Instituto Cervantes” if out-side Spain, and “Accredited Centres of the Instituto Cervantes”, if they are in Spain. The Network extends to dozens of cities worldwide.

The Instituto Cervantes guarantees quality of teaching and of the services which are offered by this network of centres in the teaching of Spanish.

WEBSITE OF HISPANIC STUDIES

Complete information on Hispanic studies in the world is gathered and organised in an extensive website.

This map of Hispanic studies has three large databa-ses: Hispanic scholars, University Departments of Spa-nish and Associations. The databases are continuously updated and have thousands of records, compiled with the collaboration of the Ministry of Culture (General Administration of Books, Archives and Libraries).

Front page of the Hispanicism website, with thousands of records.

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INTERNET WEBSITESSpanish Virtual Classroom

This is an Internet-based educational infrastructure set up to provide courses on the four levels in the curriculum of the Instituto Cervantes.For further information see pages 12-14.

ave.cervantes.es

Spanish in Spain

This is the main resource on the Internet for non Spanish-speakers who wish to study Spanish in Spain. This extensi-ve database provides information on the diversity of cour-ses for foreigners, characteristics and fees; centres where courses are held, the location, matriculation dates, etc.

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Network of Associated Centres

This Network integrates the centres of the teaching of Spanish which are recognised by the Instituto Cervantes. Centres located outside Spain are “Associated Centres of the Instituto Cervantes”, and those located in Spain are “Accredited Centres of the Instituto Cervantes’.For further information see page 31.

centrosasociados.cervantes.es

The Office of Spanish in the Information Society

This is an information and documentation centre speciali-sing in activities which promote Linguistic Technologies in Spain. It includes a free automatic translation service through the Internet.

oesi.cervantes.es

Cervantes Virtual Centre

This website, to promote the Spanish language and cultu-re of Spanish-speaking countries, has a very wide range of contents on teaching, literature, language and arts, and has two million entries monthly.For further information see pages 26-27.

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Hispanicism

This database provides current information on Hispanic studies worldwide. It consists of three databases: Hispa-nic scholars, Departments and Associations.

For further information see page 31.

hispanismo.cervantes.es

Cervantes TV

This is the first Spanish cultural television channel with worldwide coverage, owing to the Internet. It broadcasts a wide range of programmes on the present day culture in Spain and on activities that the Instituto Cervantes develops.


www.cervantestv.es

Radio Cervantes

This new service will function through the Internet with continuous broadcasting. The programming will include all types of information on the present day culture of Spain and Latin America.


www.radiocervantes.es

Diplomas in Spanish

This includes all information on the system of evalua-tion and certification, and on the tests to do the Spanish Diploma as a Foreign Language (DELE).


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Second life

In Second Life, the virtual Head Office of Cervantes recrea-tes the building which houses the institution, with exhibi-tion rooms, events room, video screens and virtual classro-oms of Spanish, at the service of Internet users interested in virtual reality and three-dimensional interaction.

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EgyptAlexandriaCairo

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The NetherlandsUtrecht

PhilippinesManila

PolandKrakowWarsaw

PortugalLisbon

RumaniaBucharest

RussiaMoscow

SerbiaBelgrade

SlovakiaBratislava

SloveniaLjubljana

SwedenStockholm

SyriaDamascus

TunisiaTunis

TurkeyIstanbul

United KingdomLeedsLondonManchester

United StatesAlbuquerqueChicagoNew YorkSeattle

VietnamHanoi

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CENTRAl OFFICEMadridAlcalá, 4928014 MadridSPAINTel.: +34 91 436 76 00Fax: +34 91 436 76 [email protected]

Alcalá de HenaresCentro de Formación

de P rofesores (Teacher Training Centre)

Libreros, 2328801 Alcalá de Henares

(Madrid)SPAIN

Tel.: +34 91 885 61 00Fax: +34 91 883 08 14

AlGERIAAlgiers9, Khelifa Boukhalfa16000 ALGIERSTel.: +213 21 63 38 02Fax: +213 21 63 41 [email protected]

Oran13, rue Beni Soulem(ex rue Léonie)31000 ORANTel.: +213 41 35 96 60Fax: +213 41 35 96 [email protected]

AUSTRAlIASydney22-24 City RoadChippendaleNSW [email protected]

AUSTRIAVienna

Palais Wiener-WeltenSchwarzenbergplatz, 2

A – 1010 VIENNATel.: +43 1 505 25 35 14Fax: +43 1 505 25 35 18

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BElGIUMBrussels64, Avn Tervuren – EtterbeekB-1040 BRUSSELSTel.: +32 2 737 01 90Fax: +32 2 735 44 [email protected]

BRAZIlBelo HorizontePraça Milton Campos, 16Barrio CruceiroBelo HorizonteCEP 30130-040BRASILTel.: +55 (31) 3225 1857

CuritibaRua Ubaldino do Amaral, 927

CEP 80060 – 190CURITIBA – PR

Tel.: +55 (41) 3363 1678Fax: +55 (41) 3363-2553

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Porto AlegreRua Joao Caetano, 285

PetrópolisCEP 90470 – 260

PORTO ALEGRE – RSTel.: +55 (51) 3331 0984

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RecifeAv. Agamenon Magalhães, 4535Barrio de Boa VistaCEP 50070 – 160RECIFE – PEBRASILTel.: +55 (81) 3334 0450Fax: +55 (81) 3334 0459

Rio de Janeiro Rua do Carmo, 27 – 2º andar

CEP 20011-020RIO DE JANEIRO

Tel.: +55 (21) 3231 6555Fax: +55 (21) 2531 9647

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Salvador, BahiaAv. Sete de Setembro, 2.792

Ladeira da BarraCEP 40130-000

SALVADOR, BAHIATel.: +55 (71) 3336 4667Fax: +55 (71) 3336 4271

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BrasiliaSEPS 707/709 Sul – Lote DCEP 70390-078BRASILIA – DFTel.: +55 (61) 3242 0603Fax: +55 (61) 3443 [email protected]

FlorianópolisRua Esteves Júnior, 280

Centro-Florianópolis - SCFLORIANÓPOLIS

CEP 88015-130Tel.: +55 (48) 3225 0223

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Sao Paulo Av. Paulista, 2439 – 7º andarEloy Chaves Building – Bela VistaSAO PAULO 01311-300Tel.: +55 11 3897 9600Fax: +55 11 3064 [email protected]

BUlGARIASofia

Saborna, 11000 SOFIA

Tel.: +359 2 810 45 00Fax: +359 2 980 26 28

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CalgaryDepartment of French, Italian and Spanish Craigie Hall D307 2500 University Drive N.W. University of Calgary CALGARY, AB T2N 1N4 Tel.: +1 403-220-5300 Fax: +1 [email protected]

CHINAPeking/BeijingA1, Gongti Nan LuChaoyang DistrictBEIJING 100020Tel.: +86 10 58 799 666Fax: +86 10 58 799 [email protected]

ShanghaiMiguel de Cervantes LibraryConsulate General of SpainCultural Section198-208 Anfu Rd.200031 SHANGHAITel.: +86 21 5467 0098Fax: +86 21 5403 2506

CROATIAZagreb

Filozofski FakultetDvorana A 117Ivana Lucica, 3

10000 ZAGREBTel.: +385 1 60 024 35Fax: +385 1 60 024 36

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CZECH REPUBlICPragueNa Rybnícku 536/6120 00 PRAGUE 2Tel.: +42 0 221 595 211Fax: +42 0 221 595 [email protected]

EGYPTAlexandria

101, Avd. El Horreya ALEXANDRIA

Tel.: +20 3 492 02 14 Fax: +20 3 494 16 94

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Cairo20, Boulos Hanna St. – DokkiCAIROTel.: +202 3760 17 46Fax: +202 3760 17 [email protected]

FRANCEBordeaux

57, Cours de l'Intendance33000 BORDEAUX

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lyon58, Montée de Choulans

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Paris7, Rue Quentin Bauchart75008 PARISTel.: +33 1 40 70 92 92Fax: +33 1 47 20 27 [email protected]

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GERMANYBerlin

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BremenSchwachhauser Ring, 124

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FrankfurtStaufenstr.1

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HamburgFischertwiete, 1

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MunichAlfons-Goppel Str. 7D-80539 MUNICHTel.: +49 89 29 07 180Fax: +49 89 29 32 [email protected] GREECE

AthensSkoufá, 3110673 ATHENSTel.: +30 2 10 363 41 17Fax: +30 2 10 364 72 [email protected]

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Vörösmarty u. 321064 BUDAPEST – VITel.: + 36 1 354 36 70/71

Fax: + 36 1 302 29 54budapest.cervantes.es

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ICElANDRekyavik

University of Iceland Nýi Garður

101 REKYAJVIK Tel.: +354 525 45 93

[email protected] Delhi48, Hanuman Road110 001 NEW DELHITel.: +91 11 4129 3013Fax: +91 11 4129 [email protected]

INDONESIAJakarta

University of TrisaktiKampus G

Jl. Kyai Tapa nº 100JAKARTA 11440

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ITAlYMilanVia Dante, 1220121 MILANTel.: + 39 02 720 23 450Fax: + 39 02 720 23 [email protected]

NaplesVia Nazario Sauro, 23

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90133 PALERMOTel.: +39 091 888 95 60Fax: +39 091 888 95 38

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JAPANTokyoCervantes Building2-9 RokubanchoChiyoda-kuTOKYO 102-0085Tel.: +81 3 5210 1800Fax: +81 3 5210 [email protected]

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lEBANONBeirut287, Maarad Str., A y BP.O. Box: 11-1202BEIRUTTel.: +961 1 970 253Fax: +961 1 970 [email protected]

Centre Meziara, Bloc B, 3.ªAutostrade ZoukZOUKTel.: +961 9 21 16 45Fax: +961 9 21 16 46

MAlAYSIAKuala lumpur HELP University CollegeLevel 6, Wisma HELPJalan DungunDamansara Heights50490 KUALA LUMPURTel.: +603 2094 78 35Fax: +603 2711 29 [email protected]

MOROCCOCasablanca31, Rue d’Alger21000 CASABLANCATel.: +212 522 26 73 37Fax: +212 522 26 86 [email protected]

Fez5 Rue Douiat

Résidence WaliliP.O. Box 2253

30 000 FEZTel.: +212 535 73 20 04Fax: +212 535 73 19 81

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MarrakeshAv. Mohammed V, 14

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Tangier99, Av. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah90000 TANGIERTel.: +212 539 93 23 99Fax: +212 539 94 76 [email protected]

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Tetouan3, Mohamed Torres

B.P. 877 TETOUANTel.: +212 539 96 12 39Fax: +212 539 96 61 23

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THE NETHERlANDSUtrecht

Domplein, 33512 JC UTRECHT

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PHIlIPPINESManila

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POlANDKrakowul. Kanonicza 1231-002 KRAKOW Tel.: +48 12 421 34 24 Fax: +48 12 421 34 [email protected]

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RUMANIABucharest

Marin Serghiescu, 12,Sector 2

021016 BUCHARESTTel.: +40 21 210 67 77Fax: +40 21 210 77 [email protected]

RUSSIAMoscow

Novinsky Boulevard, 20 A. Str.1-2

121069 MOSCOWTel.: +7 495 937 19 52Fax: +7 495 937 19 51

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SERBIABelgradeCija Ljubina, 19BELGRADE 11000Tel.: +381 11 30 34 182Fax: +381 11 30 34 [email protected]

SlOVAKIABratislavaEkonomická UniverzitaKonventná, 181106 BRATISLAVATel.: + 421 2 5463 0625Fax.: + 421 2 5463 [email protected]

SlOVENIAljubljanaPrivoz, 11

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UNITED KINGDOMleeds

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london102 Eaton SquareLONDON SW1 W9ANTel.: +44 207 235 03 53Fax: +44 207 235 03 [email protected]

SWEDENStockholm

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[email protected] Abdel Aziz StreetBuilding nº 10Shakassiyeh SepkiP.O.Box 224DAMASCUSTel.: +963 11 3349370Fax: +963 11 [email protected]

TUNISIATunis120, av. de la Liberté1002 TUNIS-BELVEDERETel.: +216 71 78 88 47Fax: +216 71 79 38 [email protected]

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Manchester326-330 Deansgate

Campfield Avenue ArcadeMANCHESTER M3 4FN

Tel.: +44 161 661 42 00Fax: +44 161 661 42 03

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UNITED STATESAlbuquerque

National Hispanic Cultural Center1701 4th St. South West

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico 87102

Tel.: +1 505 724 47 77Fax: +1 505 246 26 13

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Chicago31 W. Ohio

CHICAGO, IL 60610 Tel: +1 312 335 1996

Fax: +1 312 587 1992chicago.cervantes.es

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New YorkAmster Yard

211-215 East 49th StreetNEW YORK, NY 10017

Tel.: +1 212 308 77 20Fax: +1 212 308 77 21

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SeattleDivision of Spanish and Portuguese

University of WashingtonPadelford C-224

Box 354360SEATTLE, WA 98195-4360

Tel.: +1 206 616 [email protected]

VIETNAMHanoi

Hanoi University of Foreign Studies – Ed. 1Km. 9, Nguyen Trai Str.

Thanh XuanHANOI

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THE INSTITUTO CERVANTES TRUSTThe work of the Instituto Cervantes is fostered by a Trust whose Honorary President is His Majesty, King Juan Carlos.

The Prime Minister of Spain is the Executive President.

There are about thirty trustees, both ex officio and elec-ted members. The ex officio members include not only important members of the Government but also writers who have received the Miguel de Cervantes Prize for Literature, the highest award in Spanish literature.

• Ernesto Sábato• Carlos Fuentes• Francisco Ayala• Miguel Delibes• Mario Vargas Llosa• Jorge Edwards• Álvaro Mutis• José Jiménez Lozano• Gonzalo Rojas• Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio• Sergio Pitol• Antonio Gamoneda• Juan Gelman• Juan Marsé

The elected members represent Spanish and Latin Ame-rican literature and culture, the University and Royal Academies, and a variety of social institutions.

Meeting of the Patronage board in the Royal Palace in 2007, presided by His Royal Highness the King (centre). On his right, the President of the Government, Princess Elena and the Director of the Royal Spanish Academy. On his left, the Minister of Education, and the writer Francisco Ayala.

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Thousands of companies and institutions collaborate with the Instituto Cervantes activities.

SPONSORS AND COllABORATING BODIES

The Instituto Cervantes is able to undertake much of its work owing to the collaboration of a large number of institutions, companies and bodies, both public and priva-te, Spanish and from many other countries.

Added to this invaluable contribution, sometimes mone-tary and sometimes in kind (free transfers or services), is the cooperation of many individuals who freely give the Instituto their time.

The Instituto Cervantes thanks all of them for this contribution which enables it to carry out its activities, making the dissemination of the Spanish language and of the Hispanic culture a task which is shared by all.

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“The Spanish language is, at present,

the most important cultural frontier in

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His Majesty King Juan Carlos

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