La enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera en los países del Grupo de Visegrado
Teaching of Spanish as a foreign language in the V4 countries

Author(s): Héctor Álvarez Mella, Pilar Valero Fernández, Óscar Loureda Lamas
Subject(s): Language studies, Foreign languages learning
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: demolinguistics dynamics; Spanish-speaking migration; Spanish language teaching; Spanish as a foreign language; Visegrad Group
Summary/Abstract: This chapter analyzes the demolinguistic and educational dynamics of Spanish across the Visegrad Group countries (Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic), a peripheral region in the European Spanish-speaking landscape, where learning Spanish as a foreign language is the primary force behind its development. In this context, it is estimated that there is a potential group of Spanish users of around 636,000 speakers, representing approximately 1% of the population in each country. Among them, eight out of ten have acquired Spanish in educational contexts. The results show a growing interest and increase in the learning of Spanish, although this development is taking place within the framework of low institutionalization and limited presence in non-formal education settings.

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