What's the Subjunctive, Again? Preparing English Speakers for Learning Spanish

Title

What's the Subjunctive, Again? Preparing English Speakers for Learning Spanish

Author

Emmy Lou Pearl Olsen

Faculty Sponsor

David Hargreaves

Gavin Keulks

Date

6/1/2014

Abstract

Fostering communicative competence goes far beyond throwing students into conversation groups. A communicative approach to language teaching involves using authentic language from the very beginning of instruction, presenting real or at least plausible language tasks, and focusing on use of language not on specific grammatical function. What this tends to mean for a classroom is much less time spent on explicit grammar instruction and more time spent on students “getting their hands dirty” and exploring the language for themselves. For all the shifting away from constant grammar lessons in second language teaching, there is still a time when some of the fine inner workings of grammar must be explained. This type of grammar instruction requires that teachers and students engage in “metalanguage,” the vernacular or language used to talk about language. This is where my project fits into the scheme of second language Spanish instruction.

Type

Text

Honors Thesis

Department

Honors Program

Keywords

language acquisition

Language

eng

Rights

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Identifier

honors_theses/13