ERIC Number: ED152066
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Publication Date: 1977-Jul
Pages: 32
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L'apprentissage de la lecture du francais scientifique et la langue maternelle (The Relationship between a Speaker's Native Language and Learning to Read Technical French).
Ulijn, Jan
Two questions arise from attempts to develop reading comprehension in scientific French: (1) should the concentration be mainly on vocabulary, or on grammar as well, and if so, what aspect of grammar; and (2) should the students' native language be taken into account, and if so, in what way: by translating, or through a systematic comparison of the syntax and vocabulary of the two languages in question. These questions are considered with specific reference to student engineers learning to read scientific French. The paper considers the lexical and syntactic characteristics of scientific French, as contrasted with scientific Dutch, and the development of reading comprehension in technical and scientific French. Psycholinguistic research on the role of lexical and syntactic contrasts in reading comprehension is discussed, and suggestions for teaching are provided. (CLK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Dutch, French, Grammar, Interference (Language), Language Instruction, Languages for Special Purposes, Native Speakers, Psycholinguistics, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Second Language Learning, Syntax, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary
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