Nous cherchons dans ce travail à mieux saisir la construction de la compétence lexicale chez de jeunes collégiens. Notre propos prend appui sur des recherches en sémantique lexicale et en didactique du lexique qui prônent l'étude du rôle de la dimension syntagmatique du lexique dans l'analyse lexicale. Nous faisons l'hypothèse qu'un enseignement du lexique axé sur l'étude explicite de la structure du co-texte des unités lexicales peut favoriser la construction de la compétence lexicale. Nous proposons une réflexion didactique basée sur les approches intégratives de la lexicologie contemporaine. Nous revenons sur le concept de compétence pour proposer notre propre définition de la compétence lexicale, objet de notre recherche. Nous délimitons le co-texte qui est pour nous constitué des co-occurrents fréquents, employés dans la même phrase que l'unité lexicale étudiée. Dans une perspective didactique, nous proposons ensuite une structuration grammaticale du co-texte.À partir de ce cadre, notre protocole consiste à tester un dispositif didactique envisageant l'enseignement organisé et systématique du lexique. Nous testons ce dispositif dans deux classes de 6ème (11-12 ans). Dans une classe l'enseignement explicite de la structure du co-texte est proposée, tandis que dans l'autre sont pratiqués divers exercices extraits de manuels scolaires. Nous évaluons au terme d'une année scolaire en classe de 5ème l'impact de cet enseignement sur le développement de la compétence lexicale. L'analyse montre que les sujets qui ont bénéficié d'un enseignement explicite de la structure du co-texte ont eu tendance à s'appuyer davantage que les autres sur le co-texte pour leur calcul du sens. Les résultats obtenus au terme d'une année suggèrent que l'étude explicite de la structure du co-texte entraine des effets à un double niveau. D'une part, les élèves s'approprient une nouvelle stratégie d'interprétation des unités lexicales, cet exercice de métacognition leur permet ainsi de mieux comprendre le fonctionnement du système pour contrôler l'inférence, et de développer par là leur compétence lexicale. D'autre part, l'enseignant approfondit aussi sa connaissance de l'organisation du lexique, ce qui favorise l'intégration des structures sémantiques, morphologiques et syntagmatiques en didactique du lexique. Au regard de ces résultats et dans le cadre de la formation d'enseignants, nous présentons alors des pistes didactiques concrètes d'enseignement du lexique. / We seek in this research to better understand the construction of the lexical competency in young pupils. Our purpose is based on research in lexical semantics and in didactic that advocates the study of the role of the syntagmatic dimension of the lexicon in lexical analysis. We assume that vocabulary teaching focusing on the explicit study of the structure of the co-text of lexical units can encourage the construction of the lexical competency. We propose a didactic reflection based on integrative approaches of contemporary lexicology. We study the concept of competency in order to propose our own definition of the lexical competency, the subject of our research. We describe the co-text that is done, for us, of the frequent co-occurrence used in the same sentence as the unit studied. In a didactic perspective, we then propose a grammatical structuration of the co-text.From this framework, our protocol our protocol consists in testing a didactic device considering an organized and systematic teaching of the lexicon. We test this device in two 6th grade classes (11-12 years). In one class, the explicit teaching of the co-text structure is proposed, while in the other class various exercises taken from textbooks are practiced. We evaluate at the end of a school year, in the 5th grade class, the impact of this teaching on the development of the lexical competency. The analysis shows the subjects who received explicit instruction of the co-text's structure tended to rely on the co-text more than the others in their search of sense. The results obtained after a year lead us to consider that the explicit study of the co-text structure causes effects on two levels. On the one hand, the pupils use a new strategy for interpreting the lexical units, this exercise of metacognition allows them to better understand the functioning of the system in order to control the inference, and thus develop their lexical competency. On the other hand, the teacher also deepened his knowledge of the organization of the lexicon, which promotes the integration of the semantic, morphological and syntagmatic structures. In view of these results, and as part of teacher training, we present consequently concrete didactic courses of teaching lexicon.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-08-09Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:43:25Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 bonvino_mab_dr_sjrp.pdf: 4712358 bytes, checksum: b406d9a6e463b8b8b594adeeeac67c84 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Este estudo teve por objetivo analisar a competência lexical na produção oral em inglês como língua estrangeira (ILE) de um grupo de formandos em Letras, tanto em sala de aula como em situações de avaliação. Pretende-se oferecer um panorama da proficiência oral desses futuros professores, com foco no vocabulário, por meio de instrumentos de avaliação da proficiência oral utilizados tanto em situação de sala de aula como em situação de avaliação, para, com base nos resultados da análise do componente lexical, contribuir para o processo de validação dos descritores de vocabulário de um teste de proficiência destinado a professores de ILE, ainda em sua fase de elaboração. Considerando-se que a avaliação de línguas, no domínio da proficiência oral, tem sido amplamente discutida na literatura internacional de Linguística Aplicada, esta pesquisa envolve questões acerca da proficiência necessária para professores de ILE, ingressantes no mercado de trabalho no contexto de ensino e aprendizagem de LE no Brasil. É sabido que o vocabulário se constitui em um dos componentes mais importantes da proficiência em língua estrangeira (STÆR, 2008), no entanto, no que concerne à competência lexical, a maioria dos estudos tem enfocado o conhecimento de vocabulário em vez de seu uso produtivo (HILTON, 2008). Além disso, pouco se sabe sobre a verdadeira relação entre a produção oral de vocabulário e os níveis de proficiência adotados na avaliação de proficiência oral. Diante desta questão, esta pesquisa, realizada em uma universidade estadual paulista, almeja investigar a competência lexical com base na linguagem produzida oralmente tanto em sala de aula como em situações de avaliação. Uma vez que os testes orais dos consagrados exames FCE e IELTS consideram as várias... / The purpose of this study is to discuss the process of assessing vocabulary oral production in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) of students graduating from English Language and Literature BA courses (henceforth Letters courses). It aimed to analyze students‟ oral proficiency based on vocabulary use, in class and in oral test situations, in order to contribute for the validation of the vocabulary descriptors, based on the results from vocabulary analysis of an oral proficiency test which is still being designed and implemented as a test for teachers. Assuming that the assessment of specific language areas within the domain of oral language proficiency has been discussed in a number of studies from the international literature in the field of Applied Linguistics, this research study addresses the issues regarding the proficiency required for pre-service teachers who are preparing to enter the field of ELT in Brazil. In view of vocabulary, assumed as one of the most important components of foreign language proficiency (STÆR, 2008), most studies have focused on vocabulary knowledge rather than on the productive use of vocabulary when it comes to lexical proficiency (HILTON, 2008) and little is known about the actual relationship between vocabulary oral production and speaking proficiency levels. Based on this rationale, this study was carried out in a pre-service teacher education course at a public university in Sao Paulo state and aims at investigating the process of oral production and assessment of the lexical component in class and in oral test situations. Once the oral tests of the high stakes exams FCE and IELTS reflect a view of speaking ability which involves multiple competencies, lexical proficiency was assessed by means of two mock speaking FCE tests, two IELTS mock tests of the speaking... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Esta dissertação tem por objetivo refletir sobre as problemáticas e perspectivas do ensino-aprendizagem lexical de Francês Língua Estrangeira (FLE). Para isso, buscamos compreender como o léxico foi tratado ao longo da história da didática do FLE, como se dão os processos de aprendizagem lexical, sobretudo aqueles relacionados às teorias da psicologia cognitiva e à constituição da memória, para, em seguida, analisarmos materiais de FLE disponíveis ao grande público a fim de compreender como ele vem sendo preconizado. Dentre esses materiais, destacamos o estudo da operação Dis-moi dix mots (2014-2015), que nos mostrou a importância da emoção e da afetividade na aquisição de novas palavras em língua estrangeira. Com isso, sentimos a necessidade de melhor compreender a relação do aluno com a língua estrangeira. Por isso, dedicamo-nos a ouvir a voz de alguns falantes de línguas estrangeiras a fim de identificar possíveis fatores que contribuíram à aquisição de novas palavras. Esse estudo foi desenvolvido tendo como hipótese o fato de que, mesmo após o movimento de reabilitação do ensino-aprendizagem lexical encabeçado sobretudo por Robert Galisson a partir dos anos 1980 e sabendo que é senso-comum entre os professores de línguas estrangeiras que o enriquecimento lexical está diretamente relacionado à maior ou menor capacidade de compreensão e produção dos aprendizes de línguas estrangeiras tanto em atividades orais quanto escritas, ainda hoje o léxico é deixado de lado e não é alvo de um ensino guiado, direto, oriundo de uma metodologia equilibrada de ensino-aprendizagem capaz de promover o desenvolvimento da competência lexical por meio da promoção concomitante de conhecimentos semânticos, depreendidos do discurso e de sua dimensão sociocultural, e conhecimentos linguísticos, relativos sobretudo à estrutura morfológica e fonética. Após a análise de todos esses fatores, concluímos esta dissertação identificando alguns elementos importantes para que o ensino-aprendizagem lexical em classes de FLE possa ser otimizado, levando em consideração o pouco tempo disponível em sala para dedicar-se a tal aspecto da língua e sua importância para o desenvolvimento progressivo da competência lexical do aprendiz adulto de francês língua estrangeira. / This dissertation has as its main objective to reflect about the problems and perspectives on the lexical teaching and learning in French as foreign language (FLE). With this in mind, we search to understand how the lexical content was treated during the didactic history of French as a foreign language and how the lexical learning procedures happen (with special attention to those procedures related to the cognitive psychology theories and to the memory constitution) for, then, analyze the FLE didactic materials available to the big public in a way to understand how these different materials are thought. We will give special attention to the Dis-moi dix mots (2014-2015) materials, which shows the importance of an emotional approach in the acquisition of new words in foreign languages. Therefore, we have felt the need to better understand the relations constructed between the student and the foreign language he learns. In this perspective, we have interviewed some foreign language speakers with the intention to identify the possible factors that have contributed to the acquisition of new words. This work was developed on the main hypothesis that even with the rehabilitation of the lexical teaching and learning theories (mainly by the works written by Robert Galisson after the eighties) and with the knowledge that it is common-sense between the foreign language teachers that the acquisition of new words is directly connected with the greater or lesser capacity of oral and written comprehension and production showed by the foreign language students still today the lexical study is given little importance and does not constitute a goal for the guided teaching. The lexical study in French as a foreign language still lacks a balanced teaching and learning methodology capable of promoting the development of a lexical competence by the means of proper semantic knowledge (recognized in the discourses and its sociocultural dimensions) and linguistic knowledge (mainly related to the morphological and phonetical structures). After the proposed analyses, we concluded this dissertation by identifying some important elements for the optimization of lexical teaching and learning in the French as a foreign language context, having in mind the scarcity of time available during classes for developing this learning aspect and its importance for the progressive growth of the lexical competence in French as a foreign language students.

Работа посвящена теоретическому обоснованию, разработке и экспериментальной проверке методики формирования англоязычной лексической компетенции средствами динамического оценивания. В первой части работы рассматриваются теоретические вопросы методики обучения английской лексике, исследуются современные методы оценивания уровня лексической компетенции учащихся. Особое внимание уделяется методике, базирующейся на применении динамического оценивания при обучении иностранному языку в целом, и лексике в частности. Во второй части работы описывается эксперимент, целью которого является исследование влияния динамического оценивания на усвоение новых слов при обучении лексике английского языка. Для проверки эффективности разработанной методики в работе проводится сравнение результатов применения двух разных методик: традиционной (в контрольной группе) и разработанной (в экспериментальной группе). Для проведения обучения в экспериментальной группе была разработана и применена специальная процедура динамического оценивания, включающая пять шагов, применяемых в строго определенной последовательности, чтобы соответствовать концепции «зоны ближайшего развития» Выготского. В качестве инструмента для отбора и проверки качества усвоения новой лексики в работе используется тест, базирующийся на применении шкалы Vocabulary knowledge scale (VKS) (5-ти уровневая шкала, позволяющая измерить степень знания слова). Для обработки полученных результатов применяются статистические методы. Полученные в ходе эксперимента результаты показали, что применение динамического оценивания действительно оказывает положительное влияние на усвоение новых слов при обучении лексике английского языка и способствует развитию способностей к наиболее эффективному усвоению материала обучающимися. Результаты проведенного исследования могут помочь в разработке эффективных методик преподавания английской языка, в частности, применения мнемотехники для запоминания активной английской лексики. / The paper considers theoretical foundation, development and experimental application of the methodology of English lexical competence formation by means of dynamic assessment. The first part of the paper deals with theoretical issues of English vocabulary teaching and investigates modern methods of assessing lexical competence of students. Emphasis is placed on the methodology based on the use of dynamic assessment in teaching a foreign language in general, and vocabulary in particular. The second part of the work describes the experiment aimed at studying the effect of dynamic assessment on the assimilation of new words while learning English vocabulary. To test the effectiveness of the developed methodology, the work compares the results of the application of two different methods: traditional (in the control group) and dynamic (in the experimental group). To conduct training in the experimental group, a special dynamic assessment procedure was developed and applied, which includes five steps, applied in a strictly defined sequence in order to correspond to the concept of Vygotsky's "Zone of proximal development". The Vocabulary knowledge scale (VKS) (5-level scale, allowing to measure the degree of knowledge of the word) test is used as a tool for selecting and testing the quality of mastering the new vocabulary. Statistical methods are used to process the results. The results of the experiment demonstrated positive effect of application of dynamic assessment on the assimilation of new words when teaching English vocabulary. Dynamic assessment contributes to the development of the ability to most effectively assimilate the material by students. The results of the study can help to develop effective methods of teaching English, for example, the use of mnemonic techniques to memorize active English vocabulary.

Cette recherche constitue une première étape dans l’élaboration d’un dictionnaire de collocations du lexique scientifique transdisciplinaire (LST), conçu pour aider des étudiants ou des chercheurs dans la rédaction de discours scientifiques ou universitaires, quel que soit leur domaine d’études. Elle a permis de concevoir deux modèles originaux d’articles de dictionnaire donnant accès aux collocations de termes nominaux et verbaux caractéristiques du LST. Les modèles d’articles sont ensuite appliqués à la description d’un échantillon de termes nominaux : analyse, caractéristique, figure, hypothèse, rapport et résultat; et verbaux : décrire et étudier. Les articles conçus dans ce mémoire offrent un accès convivial aux collocations du LST en situation de rédaction. Ils ont l’avantage de proposer une organisation cohérente de ce lexique sur les plans syntaxique et sémantique. En outre, ils permettent de présenter les termes du LST dans des contextes variés, ce qui peut contribuer au développement de la compétence lexicale. / This research is the first step in the development of a collocations dictionary of “lexique scientifique transdisciplinaire” (LST), which is similar to the academic vocabulary, a collocations dictionary conceived to help students or researchers in scientific or academic writing, regardless of their field. In this research, we first developed two original models of dictionary articles which provide access to collocations of nouns and verbs characteristic of LST. Secondly, the models are used to describe a sample of nominal terms: analyse, caractéristique, figure, hypothèse, rapport, and résultat; and verbal terms: décrire, and étudier. The models developed in this thesis offer a convenient access to LST collocations in writing context. The advantage of these models is to propose a coherent organization of the lexicon in syntactic and semantic terms. In addition, they are made to present the LST terms in different contexts, which may contribute to the development of lexical competence.

Cette recherche constitue une première étape dans l’élaboration d’un dictionnaire de collocations du lexique scientifique transdisciplinaire (LST), conçu pour aider des étudiants ou des chercheurs dans la rédaction de discours scientifiques ou universitaires, quel que soit leur domaine d’études. Elle a permis de concevoir deux modèles originaux d’articles de dictionnaire donnant accès aux collocations de termes nominaux et verbaux caractéristiques du LST. Les modèles d’articles sont ensuite appliqués à la description d’un échantillon de termes nominaux : analyse, caractéristique, figure, hypothèse, rapport et résultat; et verbaux : décrire et étudier. Les articles conçus dans ce mémoire offrent un accès convivial aux collocations du LST en situation de rédaction. Ils ont l’avantage de proposer une organisation cohérente de ce lexique sur les plans syntaxique et sémantique. En outre, ils permettent de présenter les termes du LST dans des contextes variés, ce qui peut contribuer au développement de la compétence lexicale. / This research is the first step in the development of a collocations dictionary of “lexique scientifique transdisciplinaire” (LST), which is similar to the academic vocabulary, a collocations dictionary conceived to help students or researchers in scientific or academic writing, regardless of their field. In this research, we first developed two original models of dictionary articles which provide access to collocations of nouns and verbs characteristic of LST. Secondly, the models are used to describe a sample of nominal terms: analyse, caractéristique, figure, hypothèse, rapport, and résultat; and verbal terms: décrire, and étudier. The models developed in this thesis offer a convenient access to LST collocations in writing context. The advantage of these models is to propose a coherent organization of the lexicon in syntactic and semantic terms. In addition, they are made to present the LST terms in different contexts, which may contribute to the development of lexical competence.

Este estudio presenta los resultados de una investigación que examina la efectividad del enfoque léxico como forma de instrucción explícita sobre la adquisición de la competencia léxica en aprendices de español como lengua extranjera. El estudio esta guiado por dos preguntas de investigación. La primera pregunta de investigación (PI 1) examina el impacto del enfoque léxico sobre la adquisición de la competencia léxica. La segunda pregunta de investigación (PI 2) examina si la efectividad del enfoque léxico en el grupo de alumnos examinados viene condicionada por las creencias de los participantes acerca de las estrategias empleadas en dicho método. La aplicación del enfoque léxico se basó en una propuesta pedagógica consistente en una unidad didáctica de creación propia. Se analizaron los datos obtenidos tanto de forma cuantitativa como cualitativa. Los resultados confirmaron empíricamente la validez del enfoque léxico como principio metodológico para adquirir la competencia léxica. Del mismo modo, se encontró una relación entre las creencias de los participantes y las estrategias de aprendizaje empleadas. / This paper reports the results of a study that examined the effectiveness of the lexical approach as a form of explicit instruction in relation to the acquisition of lexical competence in learners of Spanish as a foreign language. The study was guided by two research questions. The first question aimed to examine the impact of the lexical approach with regard to the lexical competence. The second question asked whether the effectiveness of the lexical approach was conditioned by the learner’s beliefs regarding the learning strategies inherent to the lexical approach. The lexical approach was applied by means of a lesson plan based on a self-created design. The data obtained was analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The results obtained empirically confirm the validity of the lexical approach as a methodological principle suitable for the teaching of lexical competence. Similarly, a relationship was found between the learner’s beliefs and the learning strategies they employed.

L'amélioration de la maitrise du français langue première chez les élèves du primaire au Québec dépend de plusieurs facteurs. L'enseignant peut jouer un rôle dans ce processus, sa formation universitaire lui fournissant les connaissances nécessaires afin d'encadrer le développement des compétences langagières de l'élève. Une de ces compétences joue un rôle privilégié dans l'utilisation et la maitrise de la langue, il s'agit de la compétence lexicale, la capacité à comprendre et à utiliser les unités du lexique, aussi bien à l'oral qu'à l'écrit. Afin d'encadrer le développement de la compétence lexicale en français langue première des élèves du primaire, les enseignants doivent eux-mêmes posséder un bon niveau de compétence lexicale, mais aussi détenir un certain nombre de connaissances sur le fonctionnement du lexique lui-même, c'est-à-dire des connaissances métalexicales. Le référentiel québécois de la profession enseignante (MEQ, 2001b) ne détaille pas les connaissances métalexicales que doit posséder l'enseignant pour mener les tâches associées à ses activités d'enseignement/apprentissage du lexique. En outre, la plupart des universités québécoises n'offrent pas de cours dédiés explicitement à la didactique du lexique. Pourtant, ce sont dans les cours de didactique que sont dispensées les connaissances théoriques et pratiques nécessaires au futur enseignant pour assumer les tâches de planification et de pilotage des activités d'apprentissage et d'évaluation des compétences des élèves. La relative absence de cours de didactique du lexique en formation initiale pourrait s'expliquer par le fait qu'il s'agit d'une discipline encore jeune dont les fondements théoriques et pratiques sont en cours de développement. Cette thèse en didactique du français langue première s’intéresse donc aux contenus linguistiques de référence de la didactique du lexique, ainsi qu’à la formation des maitres au primaire dans cette même discipline. Le travail de recherche effectué afin de tenter de remédier au problème soulevé a permis la réalisation de deux objectifs complémentaires. Le premier a consisté en la construction d’une ontologie des savoirs lexicologiques, qui permet de représenter à l’intérieur d’une hiérarchie de notions l’ensemble des connaissances disciplinaires de référence de la didactique du lexique. Cette représentation a ensuite été utilisée pour spécifier et structurer les contenus d’un module de cours en didactique du lexique visant le développement des connaissances métalexicales chez les futurs enseignants du primaire au Québec. L’ontologie et le module de cours produits ont été évalués et validés par des experts de chacun des domaines concernés. L’évaluation de l’ontologie a permis de vérifier la méthode de construction de celle-ci, ainsi que différents aspects relatifs à la structuration des concepts dans l’ontologie. L’évaluation du module de cours a quant à elle montré que les contenus de cours étaient pertinents, les méthodes pédagogiques employées appropriées et le matériel de cours développé bien conçu. Cela nous permet d'affirmer que le module de cours en didactique du lexique se présente comme un apport intéressant à la formation des futurs enseignants du primaire en français langue première au Québec. La recherche dans son ensemble présente enfin une contribution pertinente à la didactique du lexique, son caractère original résidant entre autres dans le fait d’avoir développé un mécanisme d’exploitation d’une base de connaissances (ontologie des savoirs lexicologiques) pour la conception didactique (module de cours en didactique du lexique). / To improve first language learning in Québec primary schools, several variables must be taken into account, one of them the teachers themselves. Their training gives them the necessary knowledge to guide pupils in the development of their linguistic competences. One of these, lexical competence, plays a central role in the mastery of language. Lexical competence is the ability to understand and use lexical units, in oral speech as well as in written speech. To help pupils develop their lexical competence, teachers must not only themselves possess an appropriate level of lexical competence, but must in addition have acquired a certain amount of metalexical knowledge, that is, knowledge about the structure of the lexicon. The ministerial guide to the teaching profession (MEQ, 2001b) provides no guidance regarding metalexical knowledge required of future teachers. Moreover, there are no courses specifically devoted to lexical didactics. It is nevertheless in these kinds of courses that future teachers learn to prepare and guide activities in vocabulary acquisition and to evaluate their pupils' lexical competence. The scarcity of these kinds of courses in Québec universities may be explained by the youth of the discipline, whose theoretical linguistics foundations are still under construction. This dissertation on the didactics of French as a first language addresses the question of reference linguistic content for lexical didactics, as well as the training of future teachers in that discipline. Our research led to two complementary outcomes. The first outcome was to construct an ontology of lexicological knowledge. The second was the use of the ontology to specify and structure the content of a course in lexical didactics, devoted to the acquisition of metalexical knowledge by future teachers. Both the ontology and the course have been evaluated and validated by domain experts. The evaluation of the ontology supported the method used for its elaboration, as well as the structure of the concepts in the ontology. The evaluation of the course indicated that the course's content and pedagogical methods were correct and that the learning and teaching material were well designed. These results prove that the course is a useful tool for improving a teacher's training in lexical didactics. Our research as a whole makes a meaningful contribution to the intended domains, by developing a way to use a knowledge base (the ontology of lexicological knowledge) for educational purposes (a course in lexical didactics).

L'amélioration de la maitrise du français langue première chez les élèves du primaire au Québec dépend de plusieurs facteurs. L'enseignant peut jouer un rôle dans ce processus, sa formation universitaire lui fournissant les connaissances nécessaires afin d'encadrer le développement des compétences langagières de l'élève. Une de ces compétences joue un rôle privilégié dans l'utilisation et la maitrise de la langue, il s'agit de la compétence lexicale, la capacité à comprendre et à utiliser les unités du lexique, aussi bien à l'oral qu'à l'écrit. Afin d'encadrer le développement de la compétence lexicale en français langue première des élèves du primaire, les enseignants doivent eux-mêmes posséder un bon niveau de compétence lexicale, mais aussi détenir un certain nombre de connaissances sur le fonctionnement du lexique lui-même, c'est-à-dire des connaissances métalexicales. Le référentiel québécois de la profession enseignante (MEQ, 2001b) ne détaille pas les connaissances métalexicales que doit posséder l'enseignant pour mener les tâches associées à ses activités d'enseignement/apprentissage du lexique. En outre, la plupart des universités québécoises n'offrent pas de cours dédiés explicitement à la didactique du lexique. Pourtant, ce sont dans les cours de didactique que sont dispensées les connaissances théoriques et pratiques nécessaires au futur enseignant pour assumer les tâches de planification et de pilotage des activités d'apprentissage et d'évaluation des compétences des élèves. La relative absence de cours de didactique du lexique en formation initiale pourrait s'expliquer par le fait qu'il s'agit d'une discipline encore jeune dont les fondements théoriques et pratiques sont en cours de développement. Cette thèse en didactique du français langue première s’intéresse donc aux contenus linguistiques de référence de la didactique du lexique, ainsi qu’à la formation des maitres au primaire dans cette même discipline. Le travail de recherche effectué afin de tenter de remédier au problème soulevé a permis la réalisation de deux objectifs complémentaires. Le premier a consisté en la construction d’une ontologie des savoirs lexicologiques, qui permet de représenter à l’intérieur d’une hiérarchie de notions l’ensemble des connaissances disciplinaires de référence de la didactique du lexique. Cette représentation a ensuite été utilisée pour spécifier et structurer les contenus d’un module de cours en didactique du lexique visant le développement des connaissances métalexicales chez les futurs enseignants du primaire au Québec. L’ontologie et le module de cours produits ont été évalués et validés par des experts de chacun des domaines concernés. L’évaluation de l’ontologie a permis de vérifier la méthode de construction de celle-ci, ainsi que différents aspects relatifs à la structuration des concepts dans l’ontologie. L’évaluation du module de cours a quant à elle montré que les contenus de cours étaient pertinents, les méthodes pédagogiques employées appropriées et le matériel de cours développé bien conçu. Cela nous permet d'affirmer que le module de cours en didactique du lexique se présente comme un apport intéressant à la formation des futurs enseignants du primaire en français langue première au Québec. La recherche dans son ensemble présente enfin une contribution pertinente à la didactique du lexique, son caractère original résidant entre autres dans le fait d’avoir développé un mécanisme d’exploitation d’une base de connaissances (ontologie des savoirs lexicologiques) pour la conception didactique (module de cours en didactique du lexique). / To improve first language learning in Québec primary schools, several variables must be taken into account, one of them the teachers themselves. Their training gives them the necessary knowledge to guide pupils in the development of their linguistic competences. One of these, lexical competence, plays a central role in the mastery of language. Lexical competence is the ability to understand and use lexical units, in oral speech as well as in written speech. To help pupils develop their lexical competence, teachers must not only themselves possess an appropriate level of lexical competence, but must in addition have acquired a certain amount of metalexical knowledge, that is, knowledge about the structure of the lexicon. The ministerial guide to the teaching profession (MEQ, 2001b) provides no guidance regarding metalexical knowledge required of future teachers. Moreover, there are no courses specifically devoted to lexical didactics. It is nevertheless in these kinds of courses that future teachers learn to prepare and guide activities in vocabulary acquisition and to evaluate their pupils' lexical competence. The scarcity of these kinds of courses in Québec universities may be explained by the youth of the discipline, whose theoretical linguistics foundations are still under construction. This dissertation on the didactics of French as a first language addresses the question of reference linguistic content for lexical didactics, as well as the training of future teachers in that discipline. Our research led to two complementary outcomes. The first outcome was to construct an ontology of lexicological knowledge. The second was the use of the ontology to specify and structure the content of a course in lexical didactics, devoted to the acquisition of metalexical knowledge by future teachers. Both the ontology and the course have been evaluated and validated by domain experts. The evaluation of the ontology supported the method used for its elaboration, as well as the structure of the concepts in the ontology. The evaluation of the course indicated that the course's content and pedagogical methods were correct and that the learning and teaching material were well designed. These results prove that the course is a useful tool for improving a teacher's training in lexical didactics. Our research as a whole makes a meaningful contribution to the intended domains, by developing a way to use a knowledge base (the ontology of lexicological knowledge) for educational purposes (a course in lexical didactics).

Sammanfattning Den här uppsatsen undersöker verbanvändningen i skriftlig produktion hos en grupp avancerade svenska som andraspråkselever. Studien granskar såväl kvantitativa som kvalitativa aspekter i elevernas verbordförråd. Uppsatsens syfte är att kartlägga L2-elevernas verbvokabulär med avseende på frekvens, variation, fördelning över semantiska fält samt semantisk och konstruktionsmässig korrekthet. L2-gruppens resultat kontrasteras mot en kontrollgrupp bestående av L1-elever. Undersökningsmaterialet består av 20 argumenterande uppsatser skrivna av komvuxelever med svenska som andraspråk samt 20 argumenterande uppsatser skrivna av komvuxelever med svenska som förstaspråk. Samtliga verb har extraherats, räknats och, i de fall det varit tillämpbart, satts in i ett av de 13 semantiska fält som undersökts i uppsatsen. De olika typer av inkorrekt verbanvändning som påträffats i materialet har kategoriserats utifrån feltyp. De typer av fel som varit av intresse i denna studie är konstruktionsfel i prefixverb, reflexivverb, partikelverb samt fel i verb + substantiv- kollokationer. Förutom konstruktionsfel undersöker uppsatsen även primärt semantiska fel, dvs. fel som i första hand har att göra med verbets semantiska betydelse. Undersökningsresultatet visar att verbfrekvensen hos L2-talarna är lägre i jämförelse med L1-gruppen. Orsaken därtill är att L1-uppsatserna i snitt är längre än L2-uppsatserna och därmed innehåller många fler verb. Det verkar inte föreligga någon anmärkningsvärd skillnad i verbvariationen om man ser till verben i sin helhet. Vissa semantiska fält är dock mer utbyggda och mer varierade i L1-gruppen.         Verbfrekvenstabellerna visar att andelen partikelverb är hälften så stor i L2-gruppen jämfört med L1-gruppen. Listan över de 20 vanligaste verben visar att andraspråkseleverna, vid en jämförelse med L1-eleverna, underanvänder verben få och ska och överanvänder säga, vilja och finnas. Eftersom inga fler indikationer på överanvändning av kärnverb ges i materialet måste just detta interimspråkdrag ses som en mycket begränsad företeelse hos de avancerade L2-eleverna.         De allra vanligaste feltyperna hos såväl L1- som L2-talare är av primärt semantisk karaktär. Bland dessa fel är, i L2-gruppen, fel kopplade till det semantiska fältets betydelsesidoordning vanligast. Det innebär att studien pekar mot att det som ställer till mest problem för andraspråkseleverna, när det gäller verblexikonet, är sådant som har att göra med semantisk precisering och nyansering, dvs. att välja rätt synonym. / Abstract This essay deals with lexical competence in written language production among advanced learners of Swedish as a second language. The study focuses on the use of verbs with regard to both quantitative and qualitative aspects. The aim of this essay is to examine the L2-learners verb vocabulary, paying attention to frequency, variation, distribution in semantic fields as well as semantic and constructional correctness. The results of the investigations are compared to the results of a control group consisting of L1-speakers.         The material in the present investigation consists of 40 argumentative essays written by 20 adult students with Swedish as their second language and 20 adult students with Swedish as their first language. All students were enrolled in an adult education program, attending the courses Swedish as a second language B and Swedish B at senior high school level.         All verbs have been extracted, counted and, where applicable, inserted into the 13 semantic fields which are examined in this study. Errors in connection with the use of verb have been categorized according to two major error types, i.e. constructional errors (errors connected to prefixed verbs, reflexive verbs, particle verbs, and errors in verb + noun combinations) and primarily semantic errors.         The investigation demonstrates that the verb frequency is lower in the L2-group compared to the L1-group. The higher verb frequency in the L1-group is probably due to the, on average, longer essays in that particular group.            The verb frequency tables show that use of particle verbs is twice as high in the L1-essays compared to the L2-essays. The tables of the 20 most common verbs demonstrate that L2-students, compared to the L1-students, tend to underuse certain verbs and overuse others. Three verbs that are particularly overused by the L2-students, are säga, vilja and finnas, while the verbs få and ska underused to a great extent by the same group. The tree overused verbs are nuclear verbs in their specific semantic fields (VERBAL COMMUNICATION, WISH and EXISTENCE). Apart from the overuse of these nuclear verbs the investigation material does not give further indications of overuse of nuclear verbs. This shows that overuse of nuclear verbs as an interlanguage feature is not particularly prominent in the advanced L2-learners.              There does not seem to be any notable difference in verb variation when looking at the verbs in their entirety. However, certain semantic fields are more extended and more varied in the L1-group.         In the essays written by the L1-students there are very few occurrences of constructional errors. The most frequent error type, in both student groups, is of a semantic nature. The L2-material shows that the most common semantic error is related to the horizontal structure (and not the vertical structure) of the semantic fields. This means that L2-students find it hard to differ between synonyms in the same semantic field at the same hierarchical level. The current study thus indicates that, as far as the verb vocabulary goes, the L2-students main difficulty is semantic specification, i.e. choosing the right synonym. Among the combinatory errors, the errors connected to verb + noun combinations have the highest frequency.