New tasks for the Spanish as a foreign language teacher: A reflection around the teaching method

Some years ago, the student-centered programs were part of the debate related to the teaching of foreign languages, focusing on the new role of the teacher. The introduced methodological changes have made the work of the teacher much more complex and led to a discussion on how to develop the teacher competences in order to allow the tackling of the new tasks. This paper aims to review some of the changes and to discuss the reflective teaching and to enrich professional knowledge by making teachers aware of the learning-teaching process conception.