Actualización curricular del área de lengua extranjera en la educación primaria española. implicaciones docentes

Abstract

This article reports on some of the curricular shifts we have recently witnessed with the entry into force of the Organic Law governing the whole Spanish education and training system. Specifically, we focus on the curricula that regulate the teaching of foreign languages in Primary Education. We explain the new guidelines and the most significant changes, which leads us to present the characteristics of the foreign language curriculum from two standpoints: the structural and the institutional/didactic one. Consecutively, we present some planning, teaching and methodological implications of the new regulations for foreign language teachers. Finally, we conclude with the benefits of the curricular reform for foreign language teaching and with the need to support pre-service and in-service teachers.