ACTIVITÉS LUDIQUES EN CLASSE DE FLE INSPIRÉES DE L’OULIPO

Abstract

This research aims to present ludic activities for the class of French as a foreign language (or another language), inspired by the creative writing techniques offered by Oulipo. These activities are based on written production that start from an alphabetical, syntactic, semantic or numerical constraint and can be initiated in any text. We present three activities here: “homoconsonantism”, “antonymic translation” and “the shooter”. We tested these activities in private lessons and at the IIEF in Strasbourg. Subsequently, they were put in place by two FLE teachers in their courses at the University of Novi Sad and the French Institute of Novi Sad. We give here the detailed description of these activities as well as their implementation. The survey and the statistical data collected from the teachers have confirmed our hypothesis that these practices have great potential in teaching practical use of language.