Spanish language teaching practices during Celuffs: a look at the curricularization of extension

Abstract

This report aims to describe the experiences obtained during the extension program of the Language Teaching Center of the Federal University of the Southern Frontier (Celuffs), which aims to promote language teaching for university students and the external community. We report our experience as a scholarship teachers during the Spanish conversation course using stories by Horacio Quiroga and how this practice proved to be effective in the teaching and learning process of the students. Another experience that we believe is relevant to be reported is the one we had while teaching classes in a playful manner to 3rd-grade students in kindergarten and how this contributed to our education. Furthermore, we address the importance of the program for the training of language teachers and how this extension program contributes to the personal and professional growth of both students and course instructors. Additionally, we bring to light a perspective on the curricularization of extension in higher education and how this can foster beneficial integration between the university and the external community. From this we see the relevance of interactive practices in language teaching and also the curricularization of extension in higher education as a way of fostering a beneficial integration between the university and the external community as well as a more complete training of future teachers, combining the theories learned at the university with practice in the classroom.