On May 14 and 15, the Embassy of Spain in Japan (Tokyo) hosted the XXVIII congress the Nippon, Spanish and Latin American Academic Confederation (CANELA). position One of the three plenary lectures was given by Eduardo Negueruela Azarola, director of the ILCE (high school of language andSpanish Culture) of the University of Navarra, who spoke on "La teaching de español como language extrajera desde la perspectiva de la psicología sociocultural" (The of Spanish as a foreign language from the perspective of sociocultural psychology). language In the exhibition, Negueruela Azarola proposed a sociocultural vision of the human mind to understand the teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE). Starting from central principles in sociocultural psychology (mediation, internalization, zone of proximal development ), he explained the idea ofmindful conceptual engagement.

The Nippon, Spanish and Latin American Academic Confederation (CANELA) has more than 150 members distributed among its four sections: language Literature, Thought and History, Methodology of the teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE), and Linguistics. Every year a congress is held where members and sympathizers present their research and share the spirit that the founders of the association indicated in their motto: "Union, Science and Friendship".

The Confederation publishes annually Cuadernos CANELA, a journal cataloged in several indexes of scientific publications, which uses the system of anonymous review by experts in the same field. It is published in print and digital versions.