The short story writing: effective tool in teaching spanish as a foreign language

Communication is a necessary condition for human existen ce and one of the most important factors of social development. In the process of communication there are multiple factors that contribute to its enrichment, an example of this is to write stories, which is an ideal genre to introduce analysis and creation of literary texts, social and cultural development to students of Spanish as a foreign language. This article presents an algorithm for creating stories, which consists of three stages, taking into account the levels of assimilation of the content. After its implementation it was possible to confirm the results in terms of: development of oral and written communication skills, stimulating creativity, strengthening of values, cultural exchange and the stimulation to the interest in literature. A q ualitat ive methodology is used supported in quantifiable elements for the empirical evidence for the problem to be solved