This study seeks to analyze the path of the methods used by Spanish teachers in Brazil, from their first mandatory appearance in the curricula, in 1942, to the present day, with the advancement of the Internet and Information and Communication Technologies, in order to understand the relationship between political and economic events and the history of education and curriculum. We seek to understand the reasons that led the Brazilian State to make the study of that language mandatory and reflect on the interference of historical development in the way this foreign language is taught, studying each of the applied teaching methods.

El estudio presentado busca analizar el recurrido histórico de los métodos utilizados por profesores de español en Brasil, desde su primera aparición de manera obligatoria en los currículos, en 1942, hasta los días actuales, con el avance de la internet y de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación, a fin de entender la relación entre los eventos políticos y económicos y la historia de la educación y de los currículos. Buscamos entender las razones que llevaron el Estado Brasileño a hacer obligatorio el estudio de ese idioma y reflexionamos acerca de la interferencia del desarrollo histórico en la manera como esa lengua extranjera se enseña, estudiando cada uno de los métodos de enseñanza aplicados.

This study seeks to analyze the path of the methods used by Spanish teachers in Brazil, from their first mandatory appearance in the curricula, in 1942, to the present day, with the advancement of the Internet and Information and Communication Technologies, in order to understand the relationship between political and economic events and the history of education and curriculum. We seek to understand the reasons that led the Brazilian State to make the study of that language mandatory and reflect on the interference of historical development in the way this foreign language is taught, studying each of the applied teaching methods.