Contraintes d’emploi de la préposition « en » en français langue étrangère le cas des apprenants De klikor Senior High Technical School, form 2t

Abstract

The study examines the challenges faced by students of Klikor Senior High Technical School regarding the syntactic use of the preposition "EN". The observation involved investigating the various uses of "EN" in sentences. The motivation for this research is that many students in Senior High Schools in Ghana struggle to use the preposition "EN” correctly. This concern prompted an investigation into the difficulties faced by second year students of Klikor Senior High Technical School who are reading French as one of their elective subjects. The study initially identified that students' inadequate understanding of multiple meanings of the morpheme "EN" significantly contributes to their difficulties. Additionally, the methods and techniques employed by French teachers in teaching prepositions, along with the influence of students' native languages and English, exacerbate these challenges. Data analysis from questionnaires and test items revealed that most students were unable to use the preposition "EN" appropriately. The findings indicated that the students' difficulty in using this preposition correctly stems from their limited exposure to the diverse nature and functions of "EN" in French. The results further indicated that the learners' syntactic difficulties with "EN" partly arise from ineffective teaching methods used by Teachers of French. The study outlined pedagogical implications and proposed strategies to aid both learners and teachers in improving their teaching and learning of the preposition "EN".