L’exploitation des récits littéraires de déménagement transnational dans le développement de la compétence plurilingue et pluriculturelle
The Use of Literary Narratives of Transnational Relocation in the Development of Multilingual and Multicultural Competence

Summary/Abstract: Relocation narratives recount the experience of expatriates who have voluntarily left their home countries in search of a lifestyle endowed with qualities they could not find in their countries of origin. Among the places renowned for their appeal, which enchant international visitors to such an extent that they decide to leave their native country, Paris and the south of France are at the top of the list. Written in the expatriate authors’ mother tongues, these stories are characterized by heterolingual discourse, in which French acquires the status of a language embedded in a matrix language, such as English or Romanian, for example. These features, which concern both the content and the means of expression, turn this type of narrative into an important resource to be used in a learning environment, be it formal or informal, in order to develop learners’ plurilingual and pluricultural competence.This paper aims to highlight the rich potential of the corpus represented by accounts of transnational relocation by identifying ways in which these narratives can be used in foreign language classes. Whether resorting to the integrated language teaching approach or to the intercultural approach, the use of excerpts from this type of discourse is beneficial in the foreign language classes, as it is higly likely to stimulate learners’ curiosity and to increase their motivation to familiarize themselves with different languages and cultures.

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