Difficultes d’emploi des determinants possessifs le cas des apprenants de Weme M.A. Jhs 2

Abstract

This research presents difficulties learners face in the use of possessive determiners of French as a Foreign Language in Ghana. A questionnaire was used in the investigations and findings revealed that the causes of these difficulties are related not only to the complex nature of the rules governing the use of possessive determiners and non-mastery of the gender of nouns in the French Language but the difficulties also are attributed to the linguistic transfer where students result to apply their previous knowledge in English to written French. It has also been established that the difference between the use possessive determiners in French language and English language compelled learners to confuse rules in English with those in French. Proposed strategies that will help surmount the difficulties have been suggested. At the JHS level, it has been suggested that teachers should engage learners in regular and frequent exercises such as practical class activities in teaching of the use of possessive determiners in the various forms. The difference in application of rules in both English and French should be explained to the learners. Finally, it has been proposed that teachers attend regular courses organized for teachers of French at the Regional Centers for the teaching of French in the country as a whole