Los verbos de cambio en materiales de enseñanza de ELE

Un análisis crítico

Abstract

Pseudo-copulative change-of-state verbs in Spanish (PCOS) receive an unequal treatment in Hispanic linguistics tradition. Therefore, there are diverse explanations in Spanish as Foreign Language (SFL) textbooks. The purposes of this paper are, first, to analyze pedagogical needs of constructions with acquisition difficulties in order to create a list of pedagogical criteria as a tool for material analysis. Secondly, to apply such criteria on a corpus of frequent SFL materials used in Spain. The results of the analysis of their treatment of change-of-state verbs show the lack of uniformity and inaccuracy in theoretical descriptions and insufficient practical proposal. These problems contribute to make the learning of these verbs quite challenging for students. Finally, we bring to light the need of a clearer and systematic method based in cognitive linguistics approach allow SFL students to deal with PCOS efficiently.