Teaching Subjunctive in Spanish: what to know about and how to teach it

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN BUENOS AIRES



1. Description: Theory and Teaching Strategies for the use and value of the subjunctive in Spanish, with special focus on the interaction between Syntax and Semantics.



2. Goals: This course WILL NOT explain the Subjunctive per se or its uses in a conscious and explicit way. Taking into account the professional context as teachers of SFL of the majority of the students enrolled in this Program, a huge part of the course time will be focused on the common and collaborative construction of knowledge and didactic contents about the Subjunctive with special focus on:



 Indicative vs. Subjunctive in Spanish

 Subjunctive and syntax

 Subjunctive and pragmatics



Cross listed: Linguistics/Pedagogy

Required Text: Material provided by the teacher.