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III National Conference of Spanish Language Teaching in Australia 2026
New horizons in Spanish language teaching: innovation and diversity
Presentations and workshops given at the conference
Reimaginando el rol docente en la era de la IA
Professor Elisa Martínez Marroquín
Director Research Centre for Intelligent Computing and Systems (CICS) / University of Canberra (ACT)
Actividades para animar y motivar a los estudiantes de lenguas extranjeras
Sue Gray
Prince Alfred College (SA)
Cortometrajes animados. Una propuesta práctica de secuencia de aprendizaje
Macarena Jaure Cáceres
Tara Anglican School for Girls (NSW)
El Camino de Santiago: immersión cultural y proyecto educativo
Mariana Cedermas / Redlands College (QLD)
Andrés Gómez Barba / Consejería de Educación en Australia y Nueva Zelanda / Asesor Técnico (VIC, SA, WA & TAS)
María de los Reyes Ferreras / Consejería de Educación en Australia y Nueva Zelanda / Asesora Técnica (ACT, NSW, QLD & NT)
El espanol en Primaria: aprender jugando, comunicando y participando
Rosa María Saburido Montero
Agrupación de Lengua y Cultura Españolas (ALCE) / Consejería de Educación en Australia y Nueva Zelanda (NSW)
Dr Adriana Diaz / The University of Queensland (QLD)Salto de línea Dr Riccardo Amorati / The University of Melbourne (NSW) // Dr Elena Pirovano / The University of Melbourne (NSW)
Real World Online Tasks for the Spanish Classroom
Paola Iasci
Consejería de Educación en Australia y Nueva Zelanda / Asesora Técnica (Nueva Zelanda)
Sin miedo al subjuntivo: enseñar visualmente la modalidad en español
Javier Díaz-Martínez
Flinders University (SA)
Siri como una herramienta útil en el aula de español
Patricia Pinilla
King's Christian College & Australian Catholic University (QLD)
Tricks of the Trade: A Spanish grammar textbook that speaks our students’ language
Dr Anna GaddSalto de línea The University of Western Australia (WA)
III National Conference of Spanish Language Teaching in Australia 2026
New horizons in Spanish language teaching: innovation and diversity
Adelaide, 2 & 3 May 2026. Welcome, 1 May (6.00 pm)
The conference is aimed at Spanish teachers of all levels of education, from primary to higher education, as well as university students.
Spanish language teaching is constantly evolving. Today, more than ever, we work in diverse contexts with students who bring rich and varied knowledge, languages, and life experiences into the classroom. At the same time, new technologies – like generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) – are gradually becoming part of our teaching practices.
The theme of this year’s conference – “New Horizons in Spanish Language Teaching: Innovation and Diversity” – invites us to share ideas, experiences, and questions that help us reflect on what we teach, how we teach, and who we teach for. We aim to create an open and collaborative space for educators across all sectors and settings: from primary schools to universities, including adult education, community-based learning, and heritage language programs.
We are interested in (un)learning and engaging in collective reflection on the uses and challenges of emerging tools such as GenAI, as well as traditional approaches, and also on diversity in all its forms: linguistic, cultural, pedagogical, methodological, and identity-related.
The conference welcomes proposals in a wide range of formats. Our goal is to create a space where we can share what we do, what inspires us, and what we dream for the future of Spanish language education in Australia.