Pedagogical Linguistics in Romance

Linguists tend to underestimate their educational and societal role, but linguistics matters. Therefore, this article is a plea for linguists act accordingly fulfill important role boldly creatively. By dealing with pedagogical aspects of Romance linguistics, an area which I call Pedagogical Linguistics (RPL), highlight the crucial in various contexts languages how all involved parties benefit from strong, confident, open-minded linguistic component. assume wide definition RPL, thus including not only foreign heritage language learning teaching, also teaching higher education. demonstrate could look practice five examples. In order illustrate pedagogy can what task regard, discuss subjunctives as well intonation Spanish French acquisition, refer work on language. Subsequently, will exemplify two concrete implementations RPL education by using method research-led advanced courses presenting Hourglass-Portfolio-Method.