FLE, mother tongue, foreign language, language learning, direct method, linguistic complexity, French as a Foreign Language, language teaching methods, L1, target language
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This document discusses the importance of the mother tongue in French as a Foreign Language (FLE) classes, highlighting its potential to enhance learning.
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[...] - Improve oral comprehension. - Strengthen French language skills. - Improvement of spelling and grammar. - Enrich the vocabulary - Listening and diction (reading and pronunciation). - Strengthen mastery of French. - Improve oral expression. - Improve listening comprehension. - Visual Stimulation. - Improve communication in everyday situations. - Strengthen memory. [...]
[...] - Francisco de Asís Palomo Ruano, « The direct method and its imprint in the training of FLE teachers in Spain: a diachronic approach and current perspectives », Documents for the history of French as a foreign or second language [Online], 64-65 2020, published online on February accessed on March URL : http://journals.openedition.org/dhfles/7660 - Gajo L., « Immersion, bilingualism and interaction in class, Paris, Hatier/CREDIF 2000. - Germain, C., Netten, J., « Intensive French: introduction Canadian Modern Language Review, n°60. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250196438_Le_francais_intensif_Introduction_Intensive_French_Introduction - Tabouret-Keller Andrée. « Mother tongue, a crossroads of metaphors., Diasporas. Histoire et sociétés, n° Langues dépaysées. pp. [...]
[...] All languages that are different from the mother tongue are foreign languages. In an FLE (French as a Foreign Language) class, it is about teaching French to non-French speakers, having a different native language than French. This means that in the case of a foreign language, it is learned at school in most cases but not in the family environment from a very young age like the mother tongue. - Evolution of the place of L1 Then, it is about addressing various theses on the approaches in the FLE class between the mother tongue and the foreign language, i.e. [...]
[...] However, there is no ideal method for learning a L2 in FLE. In addition to having new teaching techniques, such as in computer science or on the audiovisual plan, pedagogical methods should be left to the teacher's choice without having to disregard academic guidelines. Classes are different and often have often several levels among their learners. It is worth noting that today, however, teachers have a certain degree of freedom. On the other hand, The linguistic homogeneity of the learner groups helps the teacher in their task. [...]
[...] To overcome this difficulty, I simplified my explanations and used concrete examples in addition to proposing various exercises to facilitate the understanding of the material. This was very complex because the French levels of the learners were not the same. 2. What worked well instead? What worked well was successfully avoiding a too technical approach in the grammatical explanations. This consisted of avoiding the use of metalanguage and understanding the rules by oneself as a teacher before re-explaining them to the learners using simpler terms and more concrete examples. Understanding is thus facilitated. 3. [...]
