L’ENSEIGNEMENT DU FRANÇAIS A L’AIDE DU PIDGIN NIGERIAN
Abstract
The teaching of French as a foreign language can be done in Nigerian Pidgin. This task is possible through the Grammar-Translation Method since Nigerian Pidgin is a national language here. Given that many Nigerian children use pidgin as their mother-tongue, it would be possible for us to teach and learn French with it. While supporting ourselves with Noam Chomsky’s phrase structure Rules and Robert Lado’s Contrastive Analysis Theory, we were able to juxtapose sentences in the two languages to enable teaching and learning French.Some findings were made, conclusions drawn and recommendations offered. Pidgin should therefore be taught by parents at home and teachers in nursery school.
Résumé
L’enseignement du français langue étrangère au Nigeria peut être faite par la langue appelée Pidgin Nigerian (Nigerian Pidgin) cette tâche sera possible par la méthode de grammaire-traduction car le pidgin est une langue nationale au Nigéria. Étant donné que plusieurs enfants nigérians ont le pidgin comme langue maternelle, il serait utile d’enseigner et d’apprendre le français avec elle, c’est-à-dire, comme notre code d’enseignement et apprentissage. En s’appuyant sur quelques théories syntaxiques de Noam Chomsky et l’analyse contrastive de Robert Lado, nous allons montrer comment enseigner le français en Pidgin Nigérian. Le pidgin doit être enseigne aux enfants au foyer et a l’école maternelle.
Keywords: L’enseignement, le français, le pidgin nigérian, l’anglais and apprentissage.
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