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L'éffet des attracteurs sur le comportement culturel des apprenants collegiens lors de l’acquisition d’une langue additionnelle
The effect of attractors on the cultural behavior of middle school learners during the acquisition of an additional language

Author(s): Driss Chdid
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Education, Foreign languages learning, School education, Translation Studies
Published by: Editura Academiei Tehnice Militare “Ferdinand I”
Keywords: attractors; heuristic model; transcultural behaviors; translanguaging productions; intercultural identity(ies); self-confrontation interview;

Summary/Abstract: This article proposes a heuristic model examining the links between learners' interactions, their transcultural behaviors as cognitive processes, and translanguaging productions. Based on the analysis of the language and cultural practices of Moroccan learners in plurilingual and pluricultural contexts, the study offers a concrete insight into the ways in which these learners interact with French language and culture on a daily basis. We are interested in understanding and explaining how the attractors present in the experiential environment influence the behaviors of Moroccan college learners, in particular their learning of an additional language. Our methodology is based mainly on self-confrontation interviews, observations and corpus analysis.

  • Issue Year: VIII/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 104-114
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: French
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