Español como lengua extranjera (ELE): informe de una experiencia pedagógica en el desierto israelí

Abstract

This article reports on the benefit of using the comic strip as a reliable learning resource to facilitate the learning of Spanish as a Foreign Language (SFL), not only by considering the proper linguistic purposes, but especially by appraising the value of the culture of the target language. In a SFL class, a number of authentic tasks were presented to a group of students at the Negev desert, southern Israel. Some of the tasks were based on two comic strip panels of Mafalda. The analysis of the words and gestures portrayed in the comic strip helped to achieve formerly proposed class objectives, besides providing a clear and accurate reflection on the importance of body language in any communicative act. The implementation of such activities in the classroom results in learners active interactions in the Spanish language and a genuine interest for the target culture.