¿Cómo explicar el perfecto, el imperfecto y el indefinido en Alemania (B2)?

Abstract

This article shows the treatment of the past tenses in Spanish (specifically, perfect, imperfect and indefinite), compiled through inductive methodology from various studies aimed at both native speakers and foreign students. The aim is to highlight the differences between the two conceptions, as well as to defend a cognitive view that distinguishes between imperfect and indefinite from the aspect, and indefinite and perfect from the temporality. In addition, a comparison of the Spanish and German verb systems is added to obtain, together with a discursive distinction of the three tenses and the union of the corresponding uses dictated by the Curricular Plan of the Cervantes Institute (PCIC), a didactic sequence specifically dedicated to German-speaking students at intermediate level (B2) which may be useful for other teachers interested in this field. This sequence, of which a grammatical summary is presented, is divided into !ve sub-units which we are described briefly.