ПРО ДИСКУРСИ ПІДРУЧНИКІВ З ІСПАНСЬКОЇ МОВИ

Abstract

This article is devoted to the topics that appear in the textbooks of the Spanish language written by Spanish authors. Special attention to the traditional discourses is paid. The textbooks are studied considering its didactic orientation, and it is observed that the topics represented in the textbooks change depending on its components: the texts and the tasks offered. It is shown that the text, the tasks and the exercises of the Spanish textbooks represent the cultural and mental characteristics of the Spanish nation along with the language. It is discovered that Spanish textbooks of Spanish language reflect traditional stereotypes and axiological points of the Spanish nation. It is especially characteristic of grammar books that, at first sight, seem to be far from the topics of Spanish day-to-day life, civilization, culture, and history. The discourse of the textbooks is described from the focus on the communicative, emotive, and metalinguistic functions of the language. The research has revealed that, in some cases, Spanish textbooks represent valuable sources for studying civilization and culture or even the history of Spain. As far as further research is concerned it is recommended to use the methods of the corpus linguistics. Free and directed associative experiments would be useful too as well as quantitative and statistical methods for their procession.