INSÉCURITÉ LINGUISTIQUE. QUELLE LANGUE FRANÇAISE POUR QUEL AVENIR DE LA JEUNESSE AFRICAINE FRANCOPHONE? PROPOSITIONS THÉORIQUES POUR UN FRANÇAIS DE QUALITÉ ET PARTANT DE L’INSERTION SOCIOPROFESSIONNELLE DE CETTE JEUNESSE: LE CAS DU CAMEROUN / LINGUISTIC INSECURITY. WHICH FRENCH FOR WHICH FUTURE OF THE FRENCH-SPEAKING AFRICAN YOUTH? THEORICAL PROPOSALS FOR HIGH-QUALITY FRENCH LEADING TO THE SOCIO-PROFESSIONAL INSERTION OF THAT YOUTH. THE CAMEROON CASE / NESIGURANŢA LINGVISTICĂ. CARE FRANCEZĂ, PENTRU CARE VIITOR AL TINERETULUI AFRICAN VORBITOR DE LIMBA FRANCEZĂ? PROPUNERI TEORETICE PENTRU O LIMBĂ FRANCEZĂ DE CALITATE, CU CONSECINŢE ÎN INSERŢIA SOCIO-PROFESIONALĂ A TINERILOR. CAZUL CAMERUN

Abstract

Expanding on the contemporary lines of thought about the precarious situation of Africa and her youth, and based on linguistic, sociolinguistic and didactic facts, this papers postulates that the command of quality French is an essential component for the development of the French-speaking African youth and even the Francophone world, as French is definitely a language of science and technology; a window on modernity. Based on the Cameroon case study, this article came to the conclusion that if decision-makers fail to take appropriate actions against the ongoing distortion of the French language, Cameroon youth will continue its inexorable journey toward (social, political, economic).

Keywords

• French language
• national languages
• linguistic insecurity
• norms
• didactics of French
• linguistic planning
• camfranglais
• Cameroon