French as a Second Language Teaching: Identifying Methods that Improve Adult Learners’ Competencies


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French as a Second Language Teaching Identifying Methods that Im

 
CHAPTER FIVE 
DISCUSSION OF THE RESEARCH RESULTS 
Methods to Improve Adult Learners’ Linguistic Competencies
The FSL program is an educational setting with a structure consisting of forty objectives of 
training and a series of tests entitled "progress". In this program, practice focuses mainly on 
developing communication competence with students. The course is based on the four 
components of communication competence: linguistic, sociolinguistic, strategic, and discursive. 
The program presents grammar that is limited to the essentials of the grammatical system. The 


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grammatical elements are introduced, and these elements are organized according to their 
frequency of use, their relationship to the immediate communication needs of the learner, and the 
learner's different roles.  
The FSL program considers the diversity of learning styles and emphasizes four aims: 
linguistic competence, sociolinguistic competence, strategic competence, and discursive 
competence (Canale, 1983). Linguistic competence refers to the mastery of the code as well as 
knowledge of syntactic, morphological, phonetic, and semantic aspects of the language system 
and the ability to use them. Sociolinguistic competence refers to the rules of interaction and the 
ability to lead social communication, along with the ability to use words while considering the 
contextual factors of the L2 language. Strategic capability refers to the ability to use verbal and 
nonverbal communication strategies to increase the effectiveness of communication or make up 
for shortcomings. Finally, discursive competence refers to the ability to organize the utterances 
of speech (oral or written), in a clear, unified, and gender-responsive manner (Canale, 1983). 
Students increase their level of motivation as well as their abilities concerning connecting, 
thinking, and performing. From my own experience with teaching adults, I have come to an 
understanding that adult students who engage more in communicative learning and activities 
have shown, to some extent, a higher standard of linguistic inventiveness and application. 

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