L’intérêt de l’approche paysagiste pour la didactique des langues étrangères L’apprentissage de la composante phonique du Français en contexte Algérien

Abstract

The interest of the soundscape approach for teaching foreign languages: Learning the phonic component of French in the Algerian context

This paper proposes to highlight the importance of a phonetic approach that considers languages as essentially sound objects and examines its didactic implications. Lhote tried to demonstrate the effectiveness of such a so-called simplistic approach. The research paper discusses the precepts of this approach in relation to particular situations drawn from an Algerian context. Every time a concept is introduced, it will be followed by an illustration. The results of this research paper revealed that the soundscape approach is a framework built on active listening that is based on triggering, anchoring and identification. The triggering of comprehension occurs when the words are picked up: a contrastive phonetic analysis makes it possible to filter the specific properties of the two coexisting phonic systems and to highlight the differences. In fact, Lhote aims for a pedagogy of listening, and the application of his approach will allow us to identify the nodes of the phonic-perceptual crossing, to explain the differences between the sound properties of Arabic and French. The mother tongue L1 (Algerian Arabic) and Standard Arabic, two genetically related languages, play the role of mediator and facilitator in the learning process of the French phonological system. Algerian Arabic, more open to intrinsic changes (routine adaptations of French, Spanish, Turkish borrowings, neologisms, etc.), has a richer vowel system than that of standard Arabic and therefore offers better appropriation of French vocalism. On the other hand, Standard Arabic characterized by a rich and fixed consonant system facilitates the acquisition of the phonetic system of several other languages such as English and Spanish.
This approach will also allow Algerian learners to develop orientation strategies in the French language L2. These active listening strategies (performed listening where the learner acquires the model of French words, sentences, and speech with efficiency) make comprehension and oral expression tasks less difficult.