Creación de una base de datos para el estudio de las comparaciones estereotipadas y su explotación en la enseñanza de ELE

Abstract

This paper proposes a methodology for the use of digital tools in the teaching of idiomatic expressions in ELE (Spanish as a Foreign Language). The focus of our study is an original digitalized database of so-called stereotypical comparisons, which, due to their structure and their pragmatic and sociolinguistic implications, can be used in a variety of ways in the ELE classroom. In this paper we analyze the database itself as well as its sources, structure and data fields. Finally we present one possible pedagogical use of the database for teaching Spanish as a foreign language. It is about a use that bears the frequency of the registered comparisons in mind, since many of these expressions are quite ephemeral.