La langue française dans les disciplines scientifiques: facteur de réussite ou d’échec ?
The French language in scientific disciplines: a factor of success or failure?

Summary/Abstract: This article is part of a qualitative study that looks at the specifics of students' use of French in communication skills and entrepreneurship modules in the first year of the course: Technicians specializing in Hotel Management within Specialized Institute of Technology in Hotel and Tourism-Agadir. Our study is based on a qualitative and quantitative comparison of students' language practices using sociolinguistic methods and databases such as participant observational surveys and semi-open questionnaires. Through this research, we hope to demonstrate how the use of the French language in class is influenced by the disciplinary context in which it is used, as well as the representations that students have of general French and French as a specialty language. The article concludes with recommendations for a comprehensive review of the problem of scientific discipline language instruction, bringing together the disciplinary and linguistic perspectives.

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