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Societat d'Ensenyament i Recerca del Català com a Llengua Estrangera

A professional association founded in 2018 for teachers and researchers of Catalan as a foreign, second, or additional language.

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Overview

The Societat d'Ensenyament i Recerca del Català com a Llengua Estrangera (SERCLE) is a professional association constituted in July 2018 by teachers of Catalan as a foreign, second, and additional language. Its stated purpose is to promote research and teaching of Catalan language and culture in contexts outside the didactics of Catalan as a first language in secondary or university education. The society was born in July 2019 with the aim of promoting the teaching and research of Catalan as a second, additional, complementary, or foreign language, and of creating a network of teachers and researchers dedicated to the teaching and research of Catalan outside the linguistic domain (for example, teachers at foreign universities); to international students within the linguistic domain (such as newly arrived students in primary or secondary education, Erasmus students at universities of the Xarxa Vives, or adults who have arrived in the Catalan Countries for other reasons); or to adults who, although having Catalan as their first language, have not been schooled in that language (for example, students at language normalization centers of the Consorci per a la Normalització Lingüística, courses in adult schools, etc.). The association organizes training and scientific dissemination activities, as well as a portal for the exchange of experiences and materials. It operates primarily in Spain and internationally, serving a community of educators and researchers. As a non-profit association, it is privately held and does not have publicly traded shares. Its official website is sercle.cat.

History

The Societat d'Ensenyament i Recerca del Català com a Llengua Estrangera (SERCLE) was constituted as an association in July 2018, formed by teachers of Catalan as a foreign, second, and additional language. Its objective was to promote research and teaching of Catalan language and culture in contexts other than the didactics of Catalan as a first language in secondary or university education. The society was born in July 2019 with the aim of promoting the teaching and research of Catalan as a second, additional, complementary, or foreign language, and of creating a network of teachers and researchers dedicated to the teaching and research of Catalan outside the linguistic domain (for example, teachers at foreign universities); to international students within the linguistic domain (such as newly arrived students in primary or secondary education, Erasmus students at universities of the Xarxa Vives, or adults who have arrived in the Catalan Countries for other reasons); or to adults who, although having Catalan as their first language, have not been schooled in that language (for example, students at language normalization centers of the Consorci per a la Normalització Lingüística, courses in adult schools, etc.). The association organizes training and scientific dissemination activities, as well as a portal for the exchange of experiences and materials. As of its founding, it has operated as a non-profit entity, privately held, with no publicly traded shares. Its official website is sercle.cat.

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    Society born in July 2019 with the aim of promoting teaching and research of Catalan as a second, additional, complementary, or foreign language.

  • 2018

    Association constituted in July 2018.

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A non-profit professional association dedicated to the teaching and research of Catalan as a foreign, second, or additional language.

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