ELE Courses at Universidad de Oriente: Its Connection with Santiago de Cuba City

Abstract

The results of the teaching of Spanish as second language to foreign students in ELE courses are analyzed, starting from recognizing the social impact for a better communicative and intercultural interaction during the exchanging with native speakers from Santiago de Cuba. The weakness and strength are revealed, in the same way methodological guidelines and a system of sociocultural knowledge to project a logical and integrated link between the language formative process and the strengthening of communicative relation at the local context.