In view of the growing interest for the Spanish language in the Caribbean and as part of its commitment to support Spanish language teaching and learning, the Embassy of Spain has donated five one-year licenses for the highly reputed internet-based Spanish course AVE (Aula Virtual de Español).
The licenses will assist students of the Dominica State College.
The AVE has been designed by the prestigious Instituto Cervantes of Spain, the leading institution in the teaching of Spanish worldwide. It uses the latest teaching methodology and the guidelines encompassed in the internationally accepted Common European Framework for Languages.
The “AVE course” is successfully used by thousands of people in numerous countries. It focuses on quality learning and practical skills. It is interactive, embraces all accents and the rich variety of the language and guarantees improved proficiency in written and oral Spanish.
The Embassy of Spain is committed to supporting the people of Dominica in their efforts to learn a language which, due to the country’s geographical location, can open vast economic opportunities as well as facilitate the political integration of the Caribbean in the wider region.
The AVE course can easily be purchased by anyone with an interest in the language via the Embassy of Spain in Kingston (Jamaica).
Celsa Nuño, Ambassador of Spain to Dominica, handed over certificates for the study of Spanish on the AVE platform to the five students, beneficiaries of the one-year scholarships, in the presence of the Honorary Consul of Spain to Dominica, Antoine Raffoul, in her recent visit to the Dominica State College.
Before we incorporate anyone else language; we should perfect our own! Continue to provide the option of traveling to Venezuela on a scholarship to students, because that will broaden their minds and souls while they experience a whole culture. We need a group of Dominican community members and professionals who will indoctrinate an official creole language that will be taught in our schools. We have to stop allowing foreigners to come to Dominica and telling us how we should run our country. If they want to help us, then tell them to bring a business plan and some money, and hire DA people to work, so they can feed their mouths.
Tanto negatividad? De verdad que este pais esta lleno de unos come mierdas. Y peor todavia hay unos que dicen que viven en los EE.UU pero son mas ignorantes que antes que se fueron de Dca.
There are free alternatives that are just as good. Any language is easy to learn if you put in enough effort and have access to the internet.
One more way to dominate. The Spanish are no more interested in assisting us in learning the Spanish language than they are trying to get us to FORGET our OWN language.
I would not waste my money, especially for an online Spanish course. If anyone wants to learn the Spanish language they should do it in the CLASSROOM and NOT ONLINE.
DO NOT REGRET THAT DECISION.
so how learning foreign language makes you forget your own language? there is an old joke: people speaking 3 languages called trilingual, people speaking 2 languages called billingual, people speaking one languages called Americans…so maybe you are American?
what an asinine post!
A little scholarship and all u BLUE VEX
Stop belching clorox we all have different learning styles. You can read and hear online so learning a language is nothing different. Dont tell me you think that nobody can learn languages online? ARe you that in the dark? Stupesssss.
It’s not a donation its an exchange… we should send them patois dictionaries, kweyol recipes and music (our rhythms are similar. Even the Brazilians are incorporating zouk into Samba music (Kizumba). This will offer and opportunity non islanders to be appraised of our language and become more astute in matters of Dominican history and affairs.
To: UDOHREADYET
Can you please tell me where its possible to buy patois dictionary or even better to purchase patois study book? As I understand patois is a generic term for non-standard languages, so for French patois= creole etc..so you smart boy tell me where to purchase a good dictionary of dominican creole..in Jays or Save a lot?
Save-a-lot-less
why would they need or want to learn a non commercial language? i understand why we would have such books, because they would help to teach and preserve culture. what tangible value would it have for them?