TEACHING FRENCH AS A SECOND FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Abstract

This article attempts to study a subject of teaching French as the second foreign language, the problem of its acquisition at the universities by students, who had experience of studying English as the first foreign language.
One of the important aspects of studying in this article is the research of the directions of French language development in the modern world, studying of its relevance as language of cross–cultural communication, science and education.
Studying French as a second foreign language facilitates expansion and deepening of a student`s language view of the world, favorably influences on formation of his outlook.
The similarities between French and English languages on phonetic, lexical, grammatical and other levels of research which are directed to simplification of its acquisition are revealed. Methodology of French teaching as a second foreign language to the students who know English is described. These methods are directed to simplification of its learning as second foreign language, referring to acquisition of the first foreign language.
This article also contains some information concerning prospects of studying French in the modern world.