The Illocutionary Acts in the Didactic Discourse of French as a Foreign Language: Study Applied at the Beginner Level Cover Image

The Illocutionary Acts in the Didactic Discourse of French as a Foreign Language: Study Applied at the Beginner Level
The Illocutionary Acts in the Didactic Discourse of French as a Foreign Language: Study Applied at the Beginner Level

Author(s): Alina Iftime
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: speech act; French as a Foreign Language; textbook;

Summary/Abstract: Since the early 1980, the didactics of French as a Foreign Language has been significantly marked by the pragmatic-enunciative approach. It postulates that grammar is only taught for the benefit of the enunciation and that any form is equivalent to a function in communication. In the teaching of FFL, in regard to the access to the language, the preference for the use of speech acts is recognized. In this study, we investigated the occurrence of speech acts as a teaching / learning unit in the A1 level French textbooks published in Romania. We analysed to what extent the presented acts of language activate the grammar or vocabulary previously exposed in the supporting texts of the teaching unit where they are integrated.

  • Issue Year: 12/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 19-28
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English