The acquisition of future temporality by L2 French learners. Issue 2 (July 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: AYOUN, DALILA
• Is Part Of: Journal of French language studies. Volume 24:Issue 2(2014)
• Page Start: 181
• Page End: 202
• Publication Date: 2014-07
• Subjects: French language -- Periodicals; 440.5
• DOI: 10.1017/S0959269513000185
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0959-2695

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="normal"> <title>ABSTRACT</title> <p>This cross-sectional study in the acquisition of future temporality by English-speaking L2 French learners presents a descriptive account of the major contrastive features of the expression in futurity in English and French before considering learnability implications. A personal narrative and a cloze task were administered to L2 French learners (n = 34) at three proficiency levels and French native speaker controls (n = 14). Analyses revealed task and proficiency effects, but all learners used a variety of morphological forms to express futurity in their personal narratives, and appear to be acquiring temporal and modal values associated with the future.</p> </abstract>