What is it about?

This paper discusses how exposure to poor input can lead to errors in the acquisition of a language. This is looked at through the prism of grammatical accents in French. The paper highlights the link that exists between the errors learners of French as a foreign language make and their learning environment.

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Why is it important?

French grammatical accents can be troublesome to learners of French as a second or foreign language because they are related to orthography. A good mastery of this aspect of French could tremendously alleviate the difficulty faced by learners of this language (both as a first and a second/foreign language.

Perspectives

This paper will definitely lead to at least one more, as this issue still has more to offer.

Dr Antoine Willy Ndzotom Mbakop
Universite de Maroua

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This page is a summary of: French Grammatical Accents: Practices, Sociolinguistic Foundations, and Pedagogical Implications in a Multilingual Setting, Journal of language and Education, June 2018, National Research University, Higher School of Economics (HSE),
DOI: 10.17323/2411-7390-2018-4-2-92-105.
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