Material proposal to teach Spanish as a Foreign Language A1: Vocabulary related to Adelitas from the Mexican Revolution
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2021-01
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Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
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"Language learning requires the use of authentic material that usually become an excellent strategy to teach something to students effectively. Mainly, within the SFL field, teachers need materials designed to teach specific vocabulary to foreigners. This study proposes authentic material to teach Mexican revolution vocabulary related to Adelitas. Therefore, this study aims to determine how useful is this study’s material proposal to teach vocabulary related to Mexican female soldiers during the revolution called Adelitas. To test the hypothesis and due to the cessation of activities caused by the pandemic COVID-19, the researcher invited a Chinese man to participate in this research. The Chinese student did not speak, understand, read or write Spanish at all. The student belonged to the A1 level within the CEFR, consequently the participant had an introverted attitude. The results showed that the proposed material was fun and it helped the student to go over the vocabulary taught during class. The pictures in the proposed material brought not only images of reality, but can also work as a fun element in the class. Although the vocabulary was a little difficult for the Chinese student, this research showed the importance of including culture in the teaching programs of Spanish as a Foreign Language."
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