La digitalización del examen CELU: proyecciones para el Consorcio ELSE

Abstract

The ELSE Consortium (Spanish Second and Foreign Language), in line with the linguistic and educational policies framed in Axis 2 of the Institutional Strategic Plan of the CIN (Integration, strengthening and new challenges of higher education), has been promoting a series of actions of promotion and consolidation of the ELSE area at a regional, national and international level, which aim to articulate the National Universities (natural venues) that constitute it with the affiliated venues abroad. The digitization of the CELU exam in 2020 allowed it to be taken remotely and positioned it as the only Spanish certification in digital format recognized by some European countries (for example, Italy). This has had a very high impact, both in the pre-registration record (which was evident above all in the 2021 intakes) and in the demand from a large number of institutions abroad that wish to become CELU Headquarters, among which stand out those from Italy, Brazil, China and the United States.