El estudio de los determinantes en aprendices lusohablantes de español

Abstract

This paper focuses on the study of Spanish determiners in the written interlanguage used by Portuguese native-speakers who are studying Spanish. Its general aim is error analysis, classification and description, according to the recurrence or frequency criterion in a large group of Portuguese-speaking students. Its purpose is to determine which are the areas of greater difficulty in learning Spanish determiners, with a view to establish the characteristics of its teaching/learning process and the so-called by the author collective interlanguage. The specific aims are: a) learning more about the interlanguage as represented by the determiners used by these students, considered as a representative group of Portuguese speakers; b) describing and attempting at an explanation of the causes of the errors; c) considering possible teaching actions to resolve the problems.