Abstract

LUCENA, Ivanie; SALVADOR, Bertha  and  MORE, Grisel. LEARNING FRENCH IN THE COMMUNITY, AN EXPERIENCE WITH PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. Revista Chakiñan [online]. 2019, n.9, pp.37-47. ISSN 2550-6722.  https://doi.org/10.37135/chk.002.09.03.

Learning a foreign language develops the tools to face different types of survival challenges, technical skills and interpersonal exchange among cultures. This means that it is important to learn not only English, but also some other languages ​​such as French, which has been considered the third language of communication and international work. The objective of this paper is to analyze the best results of the community project Learning French in the community, an experience with elementary school students in a Cuban context. The research is carried out through action research. Qualitative and quantitative procedures are combined and the dialectical unity between levels of knowledge is established. Teachers were provided with a booklet French Language exercises that helped them teach French to elementary students in their community, as well as a proposal of a procedure to implement community projects with the same objective. The main transformations took place in the school, since it has a project for teaching French, which is a motivating extracurricular activity; and in the research subjects, who show an increasing progress in their knowledge about the French language and culture.

Keywords : foreign languages; community development; elementary school students; languages; education.

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