Thomas François
List of John Benjamins publications for which Thomas François plays a role.
Journal
ISSN 0019-0829 | E-ISSN 1783-1490
Titles
Graded Resources for Second and Foreign Language Learning
Edited by David Alfter and Thomas François
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 175:1 (2024) v, 162 pp.
Recent Advances in Automatic Readability Assessment and Text Simplification
Edited by Thomas François and Delphine Bernhard
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 165:2 (2014) vi, 243 pp.
Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Language policy | Language teaching | Multilingualism
2024 Graded resources for second and foreign language learning: An introduction Graded Resources for Second and Foreign Language Learning, Alfter, David and Thomas François (eds.), pp. 1–7 | Introduction
2024 Graded resources for learning and teaching foreign languages: An overview Graded Resources for Second and Foreign Language Learning, Alfter, David and Thomas François (eds.), pp. 8–24 | Article
Innovative resources for teaching vocabulary have emerged during the last decades, among which the so-called ‘graded resources’, i.e. lexicons or inventories where linguistic forms have been associated with a difficulty level, having in mind a target reader. The idea of ‘grading’ in Education is… read more
2024 PolylexFLE: A MWE database for French L2 language learners Graded Resources for Second and Foreign Language Learning, Alfter, David and Thomas François (eds.), pp. 77–102 | Article
MWE knowledge is key in the process of learning a foreign language, but its teaching remains hindered by the lack of list of expressions connected to pedagogical aims. In this paper, we present an extended version of the PolylexFLE database, containing 4,525 French multiword expressions (MWE) of… read more
2022 Concept-based instruction for applied L2 acquisition: Systematic review Pedagogical Linguistics 3:1, pp. 84–107 | Article
This study’s objective is to present an overview of experimental applications of Concept-Based Instruction (CBI) for Second Language Acquisition. CBI aims to describe complex grammatical notions in a thorough manner in order to facilitate their acquisition. Even though CBI is still considered as… read more
2014 When text readability meets automatic text simplification Recent Advances in Automatic Readability Assessment and Text Simplification, François, Thomas and Delphine Bernhard (eds.), pp. 89–96 | Article
2010 La Lisibilité Computationnelle: Un Renouveau Pour la Lisibilité Du Français Langue Première et Seconde? ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 160, pp. 75–99 | Article
Avec la multiplication des documents disponibles, notamment sur le web, la tentation est grande, pour le professeur de français langue maternelle ou seconde, de se passer des manuels balisés et de proposer à ses étudiants un texte à son goût. Cependant, il risque alors de perdre un temps précieux… read more