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Original Articles

Dialectal variation and Spanish Language Teaching (SLT): perspectives from the United Kingdom

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Pages 199-216 | Received 05 Dec 2018, Accepted 20 Sep 2019, Published online: 11 Nov 2019
 

ABSTRACT

This article presents the results of an empirical investigation into the teaching practices and opinions of UK-based Spanish teachers concerning the treatment of language varieties in the L2/FL classroom. Qualitative and quantitative data obtained through an online survey provide the basis for an analysis of participants’ knowledge of dialectal varieties and how to teach them, their perceptions of their own and other varieties, and the extent to which they accept new Pan-Hispanic ideologies and the conception of Spanish as a pluricentric language. The study reveals a lack of correlation between teachers’ declared knowledge about Spanish dialectal varieties and their own teaching practices.

RESUMEN

Este artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación empírica sobre las opiniones y prácticas docentes relativas al tratamiento de las variedades lingüísticas en la enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera (ELE) por parte de los docentes en el Reino Unido. A partir de datos cualitativos y cuantitativos obtenidos mediante un cuestionario en línea, se analizan sus conocimientos sobre las variedades diatópicas y su enseñanza, su percepción acerca de su propia variedad y las demás, así como y el grado de aceptación, por parte de este colectivo, de las nuevas ideologías panhispánicas y la concepción pluricéntrica del español. Las conclusiones del estudio revelan que existe una falta de correspondencia entre lo que los profesores declaran saber acerca de las variedades diatópicas del español y sus prácticas docentes.

Notes

1 Literal quotes from sources in Spanish have been translated by the authors.

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