Evaluation of the Written Competence of Pre-service Teachers of French as a Foreign Language in Belgium ; Evaluación de la competencia escrita de profesores en formación de francés como lengua extranjera en Bélgica

The main objective of this study was to describe French as a foreign language (FFL) proficiency in pre-service FFL teachers. This study was performed with all native Belgian Dutch postgraduate students (n=40) coursing an Academic Teacher Education Program (Ghent, Belgium) during the academic years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. Analyses revealed interesting findings on their FFL level and different error types in their written productions. In conclusion, the presence of writing errors in FFL in pre-service teachers suggests the need to design novel teaching strategies to improve their overall langua... Mehr ...