(Inter)cultural content in Spanish as a non-native language textbooks

María Dolores López-Jiménez

doi:10.30827/portalin.vi41.21630

Autores/as

María Dolores López-Jiménez Universidad Pablo de Olavide https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7240-3157

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/portalin.vi41.21630

Palabras clave:

contenido (inter)cultural, enseñanza, español, lengua no materna, libros de texto

Resumen

Apenas existe investigación acerca del papel de la cultura en los libros de texto para la enseñanza del español como lengua no materna (L2). Los estudios culturales señalan que el tratamiento que recibe la cultura en clase de L2 carece de sistematicidad y no sigue criterios fundamentados. Este artículo analiza 9 libros de texto para la enseñanza del español como L2 procedentes de tres niveles de lengua, esto es, inicial, intermedio y avanzado, publicados entre 2008-2018 por editoriales españolas y dirigidos a jóvenes adultos y adultos. Los resultados indican que el enfoque (inter)cultural en estos libros difícilmente está bien fundamentado e informado y apenas contiene una organización y estructura adecuadas. Asimismo, los niveles de lengua y los años de publicación no ejercen una clara influencia en el enfoque (inter)cultural. En cambio, el mercado editorial en parte determina el contenido (inter)cultural en los libros analizados.

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Biografía del autor/a

María Dolores López-Jiménez, Universidad Pablo de Olavide

María Dolores López-Jiménez is assistant professor at Pablo de Olavide University, Seville (Spain), where she has taught courses on English language, culture and civilizations, and psycholinguistics of second language acquisition. She holds degrees in English (BA), Spanish and linguistics (MA) and applied linguistics (PhD), and has taught at universities in Spain and the USA. Her research interests focus on L2 vocabulary teaching/learning, culture, and the analysis of L2 teaching materials.

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FUNDING INFORMATION

This research was supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF, 80 %) and by the Department of Economy, Knowledge, Business and University of the Andalusian Regional Government (20 %) within the framework of the research project UPO-1380541.