Implementation of Genre-based approach in the French E-Modul of Maitrise de Langue Ecrite to improve students reading and writing skills
Elvi Syahrin1, Andi Wete Polili2, Wahyuni Sadah3

Universitas Negeri Medan

Abstract

Difficulties in the course of Maitrise de Langue Ecrite are frequently found in students of French and education study program of Universitas Negeri Medan, especially at the intermediate level. This requires an effort to get students to learn texts that are easily accessible, simple, and suitable for students^ learning needs and speed through the development of E-modules based on the genre-based approach as one of the approaches that combines product and process. This article deals with the implementation of genre-based approach in the French E-Modul of Maitrise de Langue Ecrite. The genre-based approach was developed as an innovative and useful method for mastering various text genres, enabling more creativity in capturing concepts and data and connecting them to visual representations. It conveys the main idea or information of the text using succinct language, images, color, associations, and other visual aids. The learning steps of the genre-based approach are: 1.Building Knowledge of the Field, 2.Modeling of the Text, 3. Joint Construction of the Texts, and 4. Independent Construction of the Text. The genre of texts implemented in present work includes: Descriptif- lire et parler pour s^orienter, Injonctif- lire et parler pour comprendre des instruction, informatif- lire et parler pour s^informer, Argumentatif- lire et parler pour s^informer sur les moyens des s^informer.

Keywords: Genre-based, approach, maitrise, langue, ecrite

Topic: Multimedia and e-learning system