The different faces of French society: the ethnic origins in the textbooks of French as a Foreign Language

Authors

  • Christianne Benatti Rochebois Federal University of Southern Bahia (UFSB/Brazil)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22481/el.v16i2.4990

Keywords:

Language Didactics. Cultural diversity. French foreign language.

Abstract

In this article, we present a reflection on the constitution the diversity constituency of the origins that compose France nowadays in three French as a Foreign Language textbooks. We checked if they provide the learner with the keys to get to know and understand the different faces of French society regarding the evolution of the social composition of the population. With this aim, we have observed how the textbooks introduce and develop the diversity of origins, which hence reflects the cultural diversity. The analysis shows that textbooks remain on the surface of cultural phenomena and impose linguistic and behavioral models not only on teachers but also on students.
KEY WORDS: Language Didactics. Cultural diversity. French foreign language.

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Author Biography

Christianne Benatti Rochebois, Federal University of Southern Bahia (UFSB/Brazil)

Christianne Benatti Rochebois holds a doctorate in Didactiques des langues et des cultures - Université Paris III Sorbonne-Nouvelle (2010). He is master in Sciences du langage, didactique, sémiotique - Université de Franche-Comté (2003). She was a professor at the Federal University of Viçosa, where she coordinated for ten years the French Language Extension Center (CELIF). She is currently a French Language teacher at the Federal University of Southern Bahia. Has experience in the area of teaching / learning French language / culture, early teaching of FLE and training of language teachers. He is the leader of the Research Group on "Interdisciplinary Life Stories and Dynamics". She is a professor at the Postgraduate Program in State and Society (PPGES) at UFSB.

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2018-12-30

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ROCHEBOIS, C. B. The different faces of French society: the ethnic origins in the textbooks of French as a Foreign Language. Language Studies, [S. l.], v. 16, n. 2, p. 135-143, 2018. DOI: 10.22481/el.v16i2.4990. Disponível em: https://periodicos2.uesb.br/index.php/estudosdalinguagem/article/view/4990. Acesso em: 24 aug. 2024.

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Vol. 16 No. 2 (2018): Estudos da Língua(gem) - ISSN: 1982-0534

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