%0 Journal Article
%T Research Perspectives on Core French: A Literature Review
%A Sharon Lapkin
%A Callie Mady
%A Stephanie Arnott
%J Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics (CJAL)
%D 2009
%I University of New Brunswick
%X This article reviews the research literature on core French in three main areas: student diversity, delivery models for the core French program, and instructional approaches. These topics are put into context through a discussion of studies on community attitudes to French as a second language (FSL), dissatisfaction with core French outcomes and discontent among core French teachers. A summary of our main findings highlights the need for further research on the design of the program with respect to the entry point for core French and the distribution of instructional time, the inclusion of diverse learners, instructional approaches, and the marginalization of the program and its teachers.R¨¦sum¨¦Cet article offre une recension des recherches qui ont port¨¦ sur trois domaines principaux du programme de fran ais de base: la diversit¨¦ des ¨¦l¨¨ves, les mod¨¨les de transmission du fran ais de base et les approches p¨¦dagogiques. Ces sujets sont abord¨¦s dans le contexte d¡¯¨¦tudes r¨¦alis¨¦es sur les attitudes de la communaut¨¦ vis-¨¤-vis du fran ais langue seconde (FLS), l¡¯insatisfaction face aux r¨¦sultats du programme de fran ais de base et le m¨¦contentement parmi ses enseignants. Un r¨¦sum¨¦ de nos principales conclusions met en ¨¦vidence la n¨¦cessit¨¦ de poursuivre des recherches sur la conception du programme de fran ais de base, notamment quant au point d¡¯entr¨¦e dans le programme et ¨¤ la distribution des p¨¦riodes d¡¯enseignement, l¡¯inclusion des apprenants d¡¯origines diverses, les approches p¨¦dagogiques et la marginalisation du programme et de ses enseignants.
%U http://ojs.vre.upei.ca/index.php/cjal/article/view/100