Apprendre les interactions en classe de français : enjeux et pratiques

The LIS (Language and Social Interaction) team of the ICAR Research Lab in Lyon has been involved for several years in the design of resources for the teaching of spoken French and French linguistics on the basis of its corpora and research work. In collaboration with a network of language and learning specialists and teachers, it has developed the CLAPI-FLE platform, which offers about forty extracts described, transcribed and didactically designed from everyday situations, as well as collections and explanatory sheets to document the pragmatic functions and processes used by speakers. Several types of interactions are illustrated: ordinary conversations during mealtimes or game sessions, service encounters in small shops, work meetings, medical consultations, phone calls, etc. This article shows how CLAPI-FLE’s resources make it possible to raise learners’ awareness of the various components of oral interactions in order to facilitate the understanding of their organization and the acquisition of communication strategies.