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C3.2 Awareness of Sociolinguistic Conventions: using information from French texts, identify and demonstrate an understanding of sociolin- guistic conventions used in a variety of situations in diverse French-speaking communities (e.g., analyse how authors’ use of formal and informal language differs among regions; explain the influence of other languages on the French song lyrics that they read; describe the level of formality/informality of a text, and analyse its effect; explain the use and effect of a regional dialect in a play)
Teacher prompts: “Comment vos connaissances antérieures de différentes régions francophones vous aident-elles à critiquer le choix de formalité que l’auteur a fait?” “Comment la formalité d’un texte facilite-t-elle la lecture?” “Les dialectes dans les médias : Quelle image véhiculent-ils dans les journaux régionaux?”
Instructional tip: Teachers can ask students to role-play an interview with the author of a text read in class, to discuss the text’s use of informality, such as slang, colloquialisms, or direct address to the reader.
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