The argumentative essay in ELE teaching in Senegal: analysis of teaching practices and proposal of a methodological framework for high school students

Despite the implementation in 2006 of a new curricular design in secondary teaching of Spanish as a foreign language in Senegal, mainly due to the implementation of a new pedagogical and methodological paradigm (the communicative approach), Terminales' classroom argumentation continues to be object of controversy. Among teachers, the debate about how to implement a suitable technique to allow students to succeed in this exercise at the Baccalaureate exam is increasingly raised. Thus, this article is a contribution that participates in the already existing reflection, proposing a process to plan and carry out an argument in high school class.