Abstract

CRUZ, Mário Domingues Ferreira da. Diatopic variation of American Spanish through hypermedia resources. Comunicación [online]. 2017, vol.26, n.2, pp.78-92. ISSN 1659-3820.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18845/rc.v26i2-17.3446.

Diatopic variation of American Spanish through hypermedia resources

It is imperative to pay attention to Hispanoamerican Spanish in the E/LE class due to the economic and socialdynamism of the region. For this reason, it is possible to agree with Anadón Pérez (2003) when referring to thenecessity of valuing a holistic learning and teaching model with Panhispanic uses, developing students withplurilingual aspirations within a historic language. Current working environments require not only solid knowledgeregarding specific topics, but also different abilities that include critical thinking, self-learning, intercultural skills, etc. As a consequence, there is a need of rethinking the way we have been teaching languages.

In fact, it seems appropriate to work the linguistic and cultural variations of Latin-American Spanish (MorenoFernández, 2000) in the Spanish as a Foreign language (SFL) class, considering a pedagogy of the discoursethat involves interactively the subjects in the analysis and production of texts (Fonseca, 1992). This article aimsto present a case study related to the linguistic and cultural variations of Hispanoamerica, and two didactic proposalsthat implement these variations through hypermedia resources (short stories, comics, short films, moviesand digital games, among others) in Portuguese university students in Oporto. Students’ previous knowledgewas considered along with the teaching manuals used in the context regarding Spanish variations. The self-evaluationquestionnaires answered by the students at the end show a development of plurilingual and pluriculturalcompetencies.

Keywords : Spanish tongue; Languages learning; Latin America; didactive use of thepc; creation of teaching methods; applied linguistics.

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