New Concept of Teaching Scientific French
NOUVELLES IDEES DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT DU FRANÇAIS
SCIENTIFIQUE
ZHANG Qing-lu1
Abstract: The paper investigates the relationship between the French for common
usages and the French for special usages, stating the characteristics and teaching
methodologies of the scientific French. The paper first points out the existing
problems concerning the original teaching objectives, teaching methods, and teaching
materials, and then presents a new concept to improve the Scientific French Teaching.
It is proposed in the paper that the key to the problem relies on redefining the
scientific French.
Keywords: Scientific French; French teaching; French for common usage; French for
special usage