Lexical availability of students of Spanish as a foreign language in Santiago de Cuba

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the lexical availability of students of Spanish as a foreign language in Santiago de Cuba, focusing primarily on the quantitative aspect. The research is part of the field of Applied Linguistics, in particular the Lexical-statistics whose methods allow to organize, tabulate and process the information collected in the field work. It also adheres to the methodological presuppositions of Proyecto Panhispánico de Disponibilidad Léxica. The indicators analyzed in this study of availability, particularly the average responses by subject, realize the effectiveness of the teaching-learning vocabulary in these students and to what extent production corresponds to that of native speakers.