On verbal collocations for the formation of lexical competence: A phraseodidactic approach

The aim of this article is to reflect on the advantages of the didactic treatment of verbal collocations based on the Lexical Approach in order to promote the development of lexical competence in non-Spanish-speaking students. We assume the theoretical and methodological contributions that delve int...

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Authors: Simón, Yessy Villavicencio, Melian, Ivan Gabriel Grajales, Cathcart, Mercedes Causse
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2022
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE)
Repository:Revista Linguagem em Foco (Online)
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.uece.br:article/7145
Online Access:https://revistas.uece.br/index.php/linguagememfoco/article/view/7145
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Colocações verbais
Competência lexical
Abordagem Lexical
Espanhol como Língua Estrangeira
Unidades fraseológicas
Verbal collocations
Lexical competence
Lexical Approach
Spanish as a Foreign Language
Phraseological units
Colocaciones verbales
Competencia léxica
Enfoque Léxico
Español como Lengua Extranjera
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Summary:The aim of this article is to reflect on the advantages of the didactic treatment of verbal collocations based on the Lexical Approach in order to promote the development of lexical competence in non-Spanish-speaking students. We assume the theoretical and methodological contributions that delve into the importance of the teaching and learning process of phraseological units (PU) for the phraseodidactic of foreign languages, and specifically, verbal collocations in the teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language (LEWIS, 2000; CORPAS, 1996; ALONSO, 2004; CORDERO, 2004; MORENO, 2004; ÁLVAREZ, 2007; SANROMÁN, 2009; SERRA, 2009; SÁNCHEZ, 2011; VILLAVICENCIO, 2011; VILLAVICENCIO; GRAJALES, 2012; VIDIELLA, 2012; MONCÓ, 2013; PERDOMO; MARTÍNEZ; RODRÍGUEZ, 2013; TIMOFEEVA, 2013; ROMERO, 2014; SZYNDLER, 2015; HIGUERAS, 2006, 2017; JIMÉNEZ; SÁNCHEZ, 2017; MOGENDORFF; BEVILACQUA, 2018; VILLAVICENCIO; TARDO, 2018; VILLAVICENCIO; TARDO; CAUSSE, 2020; AGUILERA; VILLAVICENCIO, 2021; AGUINAGA, 2021; BLANCO; FERREIRA, 2021). The results demonstrate that although there is a relevant increase in the number of studies on the practice of this type of PU in the teaching of Spanish, there is still a lack of an appropriate argumentation of solid theoretical and methodological foundations which would make it possible to overcome the different successful but fragmented approaches to the didactic understanding of this process. It is concluded that the integration of phraseodidactic procedures on the basis of a Lexical Approach will make the study of verbal collocations feasible in order to improve lexical competence in non-Spanish-speaking students.