Défis de réalisation orthographique des phonèmes vocaliques [ø] et [œ] : cas des étudiants de français FLE au niveau 200, Département of French Education – UEW

This study investigates the challenges faced by second-year French as Foreign Language (FLE) students at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) in writing correctly the corresponding graphemes of the phonemes [ø] and [œ]. A test of dictation comprising ten items was administered to assess their proficiency in these specific phonemes. The analysis revealed a significant difficulty among students in accurately spelling in writing the graphemes corresponding to the pair of phonemes [ø] and [œ], attributed to the absence of these sounds in their first (L1) and second (L2) languages. This finding underscores the necessity for targeted phonological awareness creation and training to enhance their oral proficiency in French.