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The Verb “to Drink” and the Names of Drinks in French Language Lessons

Author(s): Mieczysław Gajos
Subject(s): Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: drinks; vocabulary teaching; linguistic didactics; French

Summary/Abstract: The choice of vocabulary in the teaching and language learning process is one of the key problems of language didactics. Lexical competence and its development are perceived by teachers and students as a priority. What spot does semantic field regarding drinking beverages occupy in the French language school textbooks? What is, and what was, the selection of vocabulary related to this thematic circle made by the authors of school textbooks used in the process of teaching and learning a foreign language? In order to give answer to above questions, an oblong diagnostic examination of dictionaries and textbooks for teaching French language published in period 1973-2016 was carried out. The results of the research presented in the form of tabular summaries and qualitative analyzes showed ways of presenting the verb “to drink”, soft drinks and alcoholic beverages in materials for teaching French as a foreign language used in the Polish educational system.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 181-193
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: French
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