The lexical selection in the Spanish as a foreign language

Abstract

This article executes a theoretical, historical and methodological characterization of the process of lexical selection in the Spanish as a foreign language (SFL). The beginning presents the need of an intentional selection of the vocabulary in the teaching of languages. Then, appear the valuation of the criteria that have oriented that process through the history. Subsequently the analysis focuses the attention in the lexical availability like the best tool for the objective lexical selection in the teaching of SFL. The article show the conceptual and methodological fundaments of the lexical availability, the development of this kind of scientific research in the field of the teaching of Spanish as a maternal and  foreign language, and the advantages that offers in particular for the lexical selection.