Spanish foreign language teaching materials making off with support of Internet

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to discuss the theoretical and practical implications of the use of Internet resources to prepare materials for the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language. We shall focus on the reading comprehension under the discursive and social-interactional approaches; digital genres; the problem of the didactic transposition and their relation with the classroom work. We also consider the existing differences between the on-line and off-line approaches when it comes to the use of Internet-based texts in the Spanish as a foreign language classroom. The theoretical aspects are exemplified through an exercise of selection of materials and proposal of activities using Internet resources. This proposal is based on the results so-far obtained of a research that has been developed at UERJ about Spanish reading comprehension on digital environments/with digital resources. The paper highlights three aspects: (a) the importance of the preparation and planning of the teaching activities; (b) the need for teachers to maintain their continuous formation in order to benefit from a didactic attitude that is more adequate to their reality; (c) he specificities of the digital environment and their consequences in the teaching process for the development of adequate reading proficiency in Spanish as a foreign language.

Key words: Spanish foreign language, reading comprehension, Internet didactic resources.