Awute Andreas Emploi Des Morphogrammes en Francais Langue Entrangere. Le Cas des Apprenants D'Achimota Shs, de Presec-Legon et DÁccra Girls SHS 2013 (1)

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA – LEGON
FACULTY OF ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH
EMPLOI DES MORPHOGRAMMES EN FRANÇAIS LANGUE ETRANGERE: LE
CAS DES APPRENANTS D’ACHIMOTA SHS, DE PRESEC-LEGON ET D’ACCRA
GIRLS SHS
THIS THESIS IS SUBMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON IN
PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MPHIL
FRENCH DEGREE
BY
AWUTE ANDREAS
(10329634)
MARCH 2013
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DECLARATION
STUDENT’S DECLARATION
I, AWUTE ANDREAS, do hereby declare that this thesis is the result of my own original
research and that no part of it has been presented for another degree in this university. I am
solely responsible for all errors and inaccuracies in this work.
Student’s Signature……………………..
Date…………………………………….
SUPERVISOR’S DECLARATION
I, Prof. D.S.Y. AMUZU hereby declare that the preparation and presentation of this work was
supervised in accordance with the guidelines on supervision of thesis as laid down by the
University of Ghana- Legon.
Supervisor’s Signature……………………..
Date…………………………………….
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DEDICACE
Je dédie ce travail de recherché à la mémoire de feu mon père qui a peiné pour assurer mes
premiers pas d’éducation scolaire. Je le dédie aussi à ma femme EVEDZI Phidelia sans oublier
mes chers enfants Edem Kelvin, Elorm Melvin, Enam Melvina and Eyram Kirstyn.
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REMERCIEMENTS
Je remercie de bon cœur, Prof. D.S.Y. AMUZU mon directeur de mémoire pour son
soutien et son guide qui ont fait que ce travail a vu le jour.
Je remercie également le Dr. YENNAH, Chef du Département de Français, Dr.
BADASU, le Doyen de Faculté et tous les autres professeurs du Département, qui, par leurs
efforts, nous ont conduit à bon port durant les années passées au département.
Je remercie vivement tous mes bienfaiteurs pour leur soutien qui m’a conduit
jusqu’ici, sans oublier les répondants à qui nous avons eu à faire lors de ce travail.
Je leur dis tous « Ayekoo » !
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study has been to provide information on the correct use of
morphograms by learners of French in some selected schools in the Accra Metropolis. The
problem for investigation is to state to what extent lack of knowledge of the correct use of
morphograms has impeded the written production of learners of French and the impact on their
use of French in communication as a whole. The study was conducted in three schools namely:
Achimota SHS, PRESEC- Legon and Accra Girls SHS with total number of 75students (38 boys
and 37 girls) and 14 teachers. Data was collected, mainly, through written productions, thus,
dictation and composition administered to learners coupled with interview and questionnaire
administered to teachers.
The data collected was analyzed and the major findings of the study were that
learners, mostly, had difficulty in writing French morphogram based words. Thus, they either
omitted or confused derivatives and flexions, or use them wrongly thereby compromising their
written production and communication in French as a whole. As a result, their overall
competency in the use of the French language was highly impeded. The causes of these
difficulties in the correct use of morphograms was diagnosed to be closely related to the difficult
nature of the French language, linguistic transfer coupled with the lack of effective and
appropriate teaching techniques on the part of French teachers and the absence of orthographic
works in our teaching programmes.
Having diagnosed and found out the causes of students inability to correctly use
morphograms, the study did not only recommend, among others that orthographic works be
incorporated in the teaching syllabus but it also prescribed some teaching techniques of
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