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Practical Ways to Integrate Literature into Spanish for International Business Courses
Author(s) -
Torres Germán
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2004.tb02424.x
Subject(s) - foreign language , competence (human resources) , linguistic competence , linguistics , value (mathematics) , class (philosophy) , sociology , resource (disambiguation) , mathematics education , pedagogy , computer science , psychology , philosophy , social psychology , computer network , machine learning , artificial intelligence
In general, language for business courses do not include the study of literary texts, despite significant research that demonstrates the value of literature as a way to gain competence in a foreign culture. Carefully selected, adapted, and programmed as a culture complement to the main textbook, literary texts can be a valuable resource in the language for business classes. Based on five years of experience in this area, this study suggests a number of literary texts that have been integrated successfully into the commercial Spanish program, as well as a series of topics and questions for class discussion.