The Effect of Functional-Analytic Teaching on Aspects of French Immersion Students' Sociolinguistic Competence
Year: 1994
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: This study investigated the effect of functional-analytic teaching on aspects of French immersion (FI) students' sociolinguistic competence at the Grade 8 level.A set of functional-analytic materials, entailing the study and practice of sociostylistic variation, was implemented in three FI classrooms by their respective teachers during French language arts classes over an average period of five weeks.A pre-test, an immediate post-test, and a delayed post-test were administered to the experimental group as well as to a comparison group in order to compare classes on three measures of sociolinguistic competence (defined as the ability to recognize and produce socially appropriate language in context).The study demonstrated that functional-analytic teaching substantially improved aspects of FI students' sociolinguistic competence in at least three ways: (I) by significantly increasing their ability in oral production to appropriately and accurately use vous informal situations; (2) by significantly increasing their ability in written production to appropriately use vous in formal letters, and, in the short run, to use polite closings informal letters; and(3) by significantly increasing their ability to recognize contextually appropriate French.1.
Source: Applied Linguistics
Author: R. LYSTER
Institution: McGill University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2015589194