L’impact du Genre dans l’acquisition du Français dans le Sous-Système Anglophone: cas des élèves de Form V du Lycée Bilingue de Yaoundé.

Abstract

Some learners face difficulties during French language acquisition. This difficulty can be related to many factors such as gender (whether the teacher is a man or a woman) or the way in which learning is handled by the teacher in the teaching and learning process. The teacher‟s behavior or the way he or she handles the classroom can influence the learners either positively or negatively in language acquisition. This difficulty faced by some learners of French is what led us to talk about gender as an important factor in French acquisition. This research topic on „‟the impact of gender in French language acquisition in the Anglophone sub-system of education‟‟, takes it root in the domain of didactic which is related to language acquisition. Data were collected through questionnaires administered to teacher and to students of Form V. Gender stereotype can arise when students are tensed, when the teacher is too strict and has no patience. From the result of facts gathered, we have made some recommendations or suggestions by showing the importance of a first lesson and learning contract in language acquisition, as a mean of understanding between the teacher and learners. Still in recommendations, we have proposed two lessons observed, one lesson taught by a man and another taught by a woman. In these lessons the focus is on the way each teacher renders the message and the students‟ attitudes and after this we will make a critic and propositions to erase gender stereotypes in language acquisition, so as to make the learners to be focused on the teaching and not on the teacher.