%0 Journal Article 
%A Alonso Belmonte, Isabel
%T Teaching English Word Order to ESL Spanish Students. A Functional Perspective
%D 2000
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/952
%X This paper's main goal is to approach the problem of teaching English word order to Spanish 
native speakers from a functional point of view. It is a well known belief that English is a fairl y 
rigid SVO word order language whereas Spanish is a more flexible tongue which orders claus e 
constituents pragmatically. As ESL teachers, we are all aware of the problems that thi s 
difference causes to the ESL Spanish leamer not only in early stages of leaming but beyond . 
In this study we will provide an account for the m ost common problems regarding word order 
found in a sample of ESL student compositions written by Spanish native speakers at th e 
University Autónoma of Madrid and later we will sugg est some didactic lines of action which 
could be useful to familiarize students with English word order and the pragmatic organizatio n 
of English sentences

%K Humanidades
%K Humanities
%K Filología hispánica
%K Spanish philology
%~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala