Contraintes d’emploi de l’adjectif verbal en classe de fle Cas des apprenants de Hohoe E.P. Senior High School

Abstract

In this study, our attention is focused on two grammatical elements: present participle and adjectives derived from verbs. The study, based on tests conducted on third year students of E. P Senior High School in the Municipality of Hohoe, reveals that students do commit many grammatical errors in written French due to improper assimilation of subject matter taught by teachers and the constrains imposed by various normative and descriptive grammatical usages adopted in teaching and learning of the French language. These errors are committed not only as result of negative transfer of knowledge of English into French but also because of students’ inadequate knowledge of the target language. Our objectives in this research are to identify and study the possible causes of the erroneous use of the aforementioned adjectives and also, suggest techniques that could help learners to overcome these difficulties. Set of questionnaires were given to both learners and teachers which sought information about their personality and their level attained in the use of adjectives derived from verbs. The students were tested with a written test which contained ten (10) items on our subject matter. Error analysis, quantitative and qualitative analysis of the results obtained from our test and questionnaires were adopted as methodology for our work. These results show that about 76% of our respondents have variant difficulties in the use of these adjectives. The thesis ends with useful pedagogical and some learning suggestions thus aptitude, attitude, motivations, personalities, reinforcement, indoor play and activities and constant practice as learner factors that can help minimize and overcome these difficulties.