Qualitative study of French as a foreign language learners' use of reception strategies in two-way information gap tasks

Abstract

This qualitative study was a classroom-based investigation aiming at describing the use of reception strategies by learners of French as a foreign language in a two-way information-gap task. Learners from three different proficiency groups were observed. This study sought to discover the types of reception strategies used by these learners as well as their frequency of use.