Enseigner/apprendre l’oral dans le contexte universitaire égyptien

Abstract

In our study, we can confirm that teaching/learning oral French as a foreign language is not an easy task, but it is, however, important in the training of learners. The spoken word represents a daily language practice, but it is poorly considered in the educational process. Considered as elusive, ephemeral, it benefits of a poor representation in relation to the written language practice, to which it is constantly compared and for which it is the most often used only as support. For many language teachers, the spoken language remains a conflictual, unclear and poorly defined practice in the language class, being reduced to an uncertain practice. The purpose of this study is to highlight the importance of the spoken word and to show that the acquisition of oral communication skills can constitute, independently of the written word, an objective in its own during a foreign language class. It is also a question of proposing a methodology for oral teaching / learning and its evaluation that takes into account its variations and specificities.

Keywords

• oral / written
• teaching / learning
• communication skills
• evaluation