Francophone Songs as Efficient Tools in the Process of Teaching and Learning French

Abstract

This article results from a study that uses French songs in the teaching of French as a foreign language at a high school level. The aim is to improve listening skills and to introduce French culture by using in the classroom a real and motivating tool. In order to achieve this goal, we have used a corpus of French songs in tandem with worksheets specifically adapted to the content and skills that students are expected to acquire during the course. In this research first we determine the student’s level by means of a pre-test. Then, by giving the students a post-test, we detect possible changes or improvements occurred after applying our teaching method. Finally, we compare our students’ results with the results of another group of students not submitted to this method. Additionally, this article presents a sample of the didactic work done during the research, and represented in the song “C’est de l’eau” performed by the group “Les Enfantastiques”.