L’analyse du discours et l’enseignement des LE sur objectifs spécifiques
Discours analysis and teaching foreign languages for specific purposes

Summary/Abstract: In foreign language teaching a more and more frequent opinion is that communicative and task approach should be supplemented with linguistic analysis, specifically discourse analysis. It seems particularly useful in teaching foreign languages for specific purposes, where teachers must develop the course content and didactic materials on their own. Unfortunately, the term “discourse analysis” may convey a variety of meanings. Also in teaching LSP in different language regions the traditions of defining discourse analysis vary. Analysis of teaching materials used in practical training of teachers of Français sur Objectifs Spécifiques reveals the vagueness of both the notion of discourse analysis and the ways of its application. Therefore the actual implementation of discourse-approach in class practice would require a conscious choice from among the available discourse analysis methodologies and their popularisation among the teachers.

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