Seminar on the research methodology of French as a first language [ LROM2318 ]

The students registered for the didactic finality or for the teaching certificate can follow as from the first year.

Strenghtening of one teaching area of French as first language and set up of a scientific methodology suited to the research in the area in question.

15 hours of seminar, with groups of 15 to 20 students.

An essay of 15 pages.

Working in groups of 15 to 20 students supported by the professor and/or by an assistant.

Research activities in very small groups will alternated with exchanges in the entire group.

The seminar introduces the main principles and methods of research into teaching French, particularly the analysis of teaching methods and the effect they have on pupils. On this basis, students will discover and compare different examples of research already undertaken and try out for themselves a research measure relating to activities for teaching learners reading writing, speaking, language or literature.

DUFAYS J.-L., «  Quelle(s) méthodologie(s) pour les recherches en didactique de la littérature ?  Esquisse de typologie et réflexions exploratoires », in  Enjeux, 51-52, 2001, pp. 7-29.
DUFAYS J.-L., « De la discipline déclarée à la discipline apprise : un an d'observation de deux enseignantes de français et de leurs élèves en classe de 5e secondaire », in Erick FALARDEAU, Carole FISHER, Claude SIMARD (dir.), La didactique du français. Les voies actuelles de la recherche,  Québec, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 2007, pp. 63-82.
REUTER Y. (dir.), COHEN-AZRIA C., DAUNAY B., DELCAMBRE I. & LAHANIER-REUTER D., Dictionnaire des concepts fondamentaux des didactiques, Bruxelles, De Boeck, 2007.
SCHNEUWLY B. & THÉVENAZ-CHRISTEN (dir.), Analyse des objets enseignés. Le cas du français, Bruxelles, De Boeck, 2006.

Teaching materials : A list of bibliography suggestions and stimulating documents will be handed out at each session.