Développer l’interculturel Chez le Lycéen Kenyan du Fle: Cas des Dessins dans Au Sommet

Abstract

Language is always considered as an important cultural resource. Learners of a foreign language and in this case French as a Foreign Language (FFL) always have as an objective to communicate in this new language. It is however important that culture finds its place in the FFL class. The intercultural aspect is most recently treated with rising importance in the language didactics domain, due to the role that it plays in the development of the education system and due to the fact that it renders easy the learning of foreign languages. It is useful for us to know if the strategies used to learn parts of speech in a foreign language and in particular the use of drawings in the coursework book for Kenyan secondary schools Au Sommet, promote intercultural competence of the learner. Does the French culture that the learner is learning march his/her reasons for learning French? Is it important to provide the learning resources and teaching aids for FFL in an intercultural perspective? We have established in the conclusions that the juxtaposition of Kenyan and French cultures in the coursework book Au Sommet enhances the understanding of parts of speech targeted in the book. The intercultural aspects highlighted in the drawings conform to the reasons that lead the learners to choose to study French as a Foreign Language. Certain intercultural aspects that are highlighted concern universal contemporary issues and the cultural and intercultural issues highlighted in the drawings used to illustrate parts of speech in this book, prepare the learner for an interaction in a professional world and in day to day life.

Keywords: Culture, interculture, stereotype, teaching/learning, French as Foreign Language