Teaching phraseology: considerations on Spanish Phraseodidactics

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the presence of Phraseology in primary and secondary education levels and to propose a series of activities intended to develop the phraseological competence of native Spanish speakers. After demonstrating the importance of Phraseology as a fundamental part of the linguistic output of a native speaker and defending the existence of this phraseological competence also in L1, we analyze the relationships between Phraseology and other linguistic and non-linguistic competences included in the curriculum of primary and secondary education, such as the lexical competence, the sociolinguistic competence and the pragmatic competence. It is also showed the important role it can play in focusing specific subjects from a transversal perspective (Phraseology and culture). Finally, we make some remarks on how Phraseology should be taught in mother tongue and we propose different activities according to the level of education.