Investigating the Influence of French (L2) On English (L3) Lexis Development Case Study: 4th year MiddleSchool at Boukhatala Said – Skikda

Abstract

Teaching English vocabulary is an important aspect to acquire language effectively. The aim of this study is to scrutinize the influence of the previously learned French language (L2) on English (L3) vocabulary development. The study was carried out in Boukhatala Said Middle School in Skikda in the academic year of 2017/2018. In order to confirm or reject the put forward hypotheses, two data gathering tools were used: classroom observation and questionnaire. The classroom observation was carried out with two groups of fourth year English as foreign language (EFL) pupils at Boukhatala Said Middle School, and the questionnaire was administered to 10 EFL teachers from different Middle Schools in the same constituency to get more insights about the subject matter under investigation. The results revealed that to some extent French language interference in acquiring English L3 vocabulary could have a positive impact in developing a good linguistic repertoire.