The emergence of Popular Ivorian French (FPI): What challenge for the learning of French as a Foreign Language (FLE) in Côte d'Ivoire?

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  • Koffi Bonzou Alassane Ouattara University of Bouake (Ivory Coast) Auteur·e https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7820-4994 (unauthenticated)
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  • Gautier Blaise Boni Gnachoue Alassane Ouattara University of Bouake (Ivory Coast) Auteur·e https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3948-5690 (unauthenticated)
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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55595/2yng9n95

Keywords:

Derivation, Speech, Distortions, Language, Speech

Abstract

: Language is a social fact that allows social actors to communicate and identify themselves. Whether oral or written, it is a social marker and a powerful means of communication. Thus, speech, the concrete use of language by the individual, is today a problem in our French-language educational institutions. Because this language has taken another form, a language of national representation that draws its lexical and discursive stock from distortions and derivations. It thus integrates the linguistic-cultural habits of the pupils to the point where, in order to understand and be understood, from the learner to the teacher, each one uses, consciously or unconsciously, these new expressions

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Author Biographies

  • Koffi Bonzou, Alassane Ouattara University of Bouake (Ivory Coast)

    Bonzou Koffi is currently a high school teacher in a public secondary school in Ivory Coast. He obtained his Doctorate in Grammar and Linguistics of French at the Alassane Ouattara University of Bouake. He participated in five (5) conferences and training seminars. He published 04 articles. On the sporting front, he is 4th DANG in martial arts (Vovinam Viet vo dao) and is the second-ranked coach of the Ivory Coast national team.

  • Gautier Blaise Boni Gnachoue, Alassane Ouattara University of Bouake (Ivory Coast)

    Gnachoue Boni Blaise Gautier is currently a high school teacher in a public secondary school in Ivory Coast. He is a member of the association of Friends of the book. He participated in 9 conferences and several training seminars. He has published 05 articles in his field of research on the facts of characterization and qualification in religious discourse.

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Published

2025-12-05

How to Cite

The emergence of Popular Ivorian French (FPI): What challenge for the learning of French as a Foreign Language (FLE) in Côte d’Ivoire? (2025). Cahiers Africains de Rhétorique, 4(2), 183-193. https://doi.org/10.55595/2yng9n95

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