Propositions for teaching the subjunctif for Arabic adults : Application on Syrien universities students ; Propositions pour l'enseignement du subjonctif aux adultes arabophones : Application aux étudiants des universités syriennes

The difficulty of the French subjunctive mood’s learning and use for Arabic adult learners led us in our research to offer a new learning methodology based on GOSSELIN’s theory of Tense and Aspect.This theory explains the temporal relationship between the reference interval of the verb used in subjunctive and the enunciation interval in a independent clause, and the temporal relationship between the reference interval of the subordinate clause’s verb used in subjunctive and the reference interval of the verb used in the main clause in a compound sentence. This way to explain the temporal relationship makes the understanding of the subjunctive use in an independent or subordinate clause easier. This method also explains the mood’s choice in a subordinate clause as well as the mood’s alternation in the same structure.This new methodology is based on a comparative study between the French verbal systems and the Arabic one. It is also based one a comparative study between the French subjunctive mood and the Arabic one. These studies have allowed us to formulate two hypotheses reasons of the difficulties that Arabic adult’s learners face while learning the subjunctive mood: the generalization of rules and the mother tongue’s interference (Arabic). In order to confirm our hypotheses we proposed two questionnaires. The first one addressed to an Arabic (Syrian) audience with an advanced French level. The second one addressed to an Arabic (Syrian) audience with an intermediate French level. The results confirmed positively our hypotheses. We also led a critical study about the subjunctive mood from some FLE manuals and a grammatical FLE method taught at Damascus University in Syria. The conclusion of this study allowed us to identify in this methods the two problems stated earlier.Indeed, this research also includes a new methodology for explaining Arabic grammar for French learners. The application of GOSSELIN’s theory of Tense and Aspect allowed us to explain the use of the subjunctive in Arabic. As well as to observe ...