Rahmatian, Rouhollah, Goodarzi, Majid Darabi (2005). Difficulties of Learning and Using French Compound Words. , 12(1), 67-82.
Rouhollah Rahmatian; Majid Darabi Goodarzi. "Difficulties of Learning and Using French Compound Words". , 12, 1, 2005, 67-82.
Rahmatian, Rouhollah, Goodarzi, Majid Darabi (2005). 'Difficulties of Learning and Using French Compound Words', , 12(1), pp. 67-82.
Rahmatian, Rouhollah, Goodarzi, Majid Darabi Difficulties of Learning and Using French Compound Words. , 2005; 12(1): 67-82.

Difficulties of Learning and Using French Compound Words

The International Journal of Humanities
Article 7, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-82    PDF (111.93 K)
Authors
Rouhollah Rahmatian* 1; Majid Darabi Goodarzi2
1Department of French, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University
2Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University
Abstract
Learning vocabulary constitutes a crucial step in language learning. Amongst different word categories, compound words have failed to attract the attention they deserve. This led us to conduct a study trying to pinpoint the difficulties learning these words and to suggest some techniques facilitating their acquisition. To that effect, a questionnaire as well as a vocabu-lary test were given to two groups of FFL (French as a Foreign Language) learners. Carried out from a descriptive and analytical point of view, this study was based on a real corpus and led to the following results:
Firstly, learners showed little tendency towards making use of compound words, both in writing and in speaking.
Secondly, teachers can contribute to a better learning by providing learners with convenient strategies.
Thirdly, familiarity with Greco-Latin roots enormously help learners to guess the meaning of an unknown word.
Keywords
compound words; Learning; difficulty; use; technique
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