Acquisition of the Liaison in French as a Foreign Language: Difficulty and Remedy

Abstract

“Liaison is a phenomenon that aroused and continues to arouse a large number of researchers' interest because of its complexity and diversity. The studies on this subject often concern when and how different native and non-native speakers perform or do not perform the liaison in French. The difficulty posed by the phenomenon of liaison is even more evident among non-native speakers for whom such correspondence does not exist in the mother tongue”. (Mårtensson, 2013 : p 3). This study aims to map the difficulties of liaison encountered by Arabic-speaking learners in French as a Foreign language class. The results of data analysis shows the importance of pronunciation for a high mastery of the French language. Keywords: Mandatory liaison, optional liaison, prohibited liaison, pronunciation, teaching, phonetics.