IMPACT DU DAGARA SUR L'ENSEIGNEMENTfAPPRENTISSAGE DU FRAN<;:AIS LANGUE ETRANGERE (FLE): LE CAS DES APPRENANTS DAGARA EN SHS DE UPPER WEST REGION

ABSTRACT

This study tries to identifY the impact of Dagara on the teaching and

learning of French as a foreign language by third· year students in Senior High

School in the Upper West Region. All the students who constitute our sample

speak Dagara as their first acquired language (Ll). In the study, we try to bring

out the similarities and differences that exist between French and Dagara. This is

to enable us identifY the difficulties associated with the transfer of Dagara from

the phonetic (phonologic) and semantic (lexical) points of view. The data

collected from the study was based on two instruments namely, a questionnaire

and three tests: listening comprehension, dictation and reading.

The results of our analysis reveal that differences as well as similarities

from the phonetic (spelling and reading) and semantic (comprehension) points of

view among other factors, are responsible for students' learning difficulties in

French as a foreign language.

The study ends with pedagogical suggestions for teachers to take into

account the student's Ll in the teaching and learning situation in a multilingual

context like Ghana in order to minimise these difficulties.

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