The Challenges of French Language Students in Written Production: A Case Study Based on the DELF B1 Evaluation Grid

Document Type : مقالات علمی پژوهشی

Authors
M. Mohammadi kalan 1
S. Jafari Kardgar 2
A. Ghafouri 2
1 PhD Student in the Department of French, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor in the Department of French, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.
10.48311/LRR.75147
Abstract
Despite all the efforts of professors and students, learning the four language skills of French in academic institutions has always been accompqnied by challenges. One of these skills is written production, in which students make numerous mistakes. We believe that identifying and analyzing areas of error can be effective in improving their writing skills. In the present study, using an analytical-descriptive method, the written productions of a group of students on a B1 level topic were examined. The data collection tool is the DELF B1 evaluation grid with ten criteria for writing correction. The participants in this study show that 42 percent of students had very good and good averages, and 58 percent had average and weak scores. The target population of this study performed acceptably in only three skills-coherence and logical structure, the ability to present events, and adherence to the topic-out of the ten criteria in the evaluation grid. However, they have not yet achieved the necessary skills in the other seven criteria. The areas of errors revealed in this research could serve as topics for further studies to extract and analyze errors in each domain.

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