Contraintes de production orale en fle le cas des futurs enseignants de E.P. College of Education, Amedzofe

Abstract

French is one of the languages taught and learned in Ghana as a foreign Language. This study examines difficulties encountered by trainee teachers of Amedzofe E. P. College of Education, in their oral production in French. The aim of this research is to identify the difficulties that these student teachers face when using the French language orally. The research also aims at identifying the causes of the difficulties in order to propose pedagogical measures that would help to overcome them. The research was inspired by the linguistics and psycholinguistics (behaviourist and cognitivist) theories and also by the second language acquisition theories. Data was collected through observation and questionnaire administered to thirty-eight level 300 students selected using intentional sampling in the above-mentioned school. Analysis of data collected revealed that majority of the students have difficulties in their oral production. It was discovered that most of the students do not practise oral French enough in class. Additionally, these difficulties are manifested by shyness, lack of vocabulary when speaking and lack motivation to learn the French language. The results also showed that most of these difficulties encountered in oral production are also due to the fact that French oral lessons are poorly taught in the language class. It was suggested that teachers put more emphasis on the teaching of the oral aspect of French language during classroom interactions. It was recommended that trainee teachers constantly practise their oral skills with the help of their tutors.