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Item The roles of literature in the development of foreign language skills : the case of french language(Global Journals Inc., Cambridge, USA, 2013-12) Araromi, M. O.The teaching of Literature in French in the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination syllabus has spanned several decades in the Nigeria system of Education. It forms an integral part of the examination syllabus together with Essay and letter writing, Translation Lexis and structure, Dictation, Listening comprehension, reading of texts, conversation and cultural studies. A lot of controversies have trailed the continuous inclusion of French Literature into the examination syllabus at this level due to some problems encountered by students which include among others: lack of interest, language deficiency and non-availability of reading texts. Therefore, this paper sought to investigate the relative importance of literature to the development of language skills in the foreign language learning programme with particular interest in French language as the second official language in Nigeria. It was affirmed in this paper that literature helps in the training of the mind, (t serves as authentic materials for language learning and it motivates the learners because it is open to interpretation and gives room for drawing inferences from the reading texts. It was also concluded that the link between culture and language should not be over-emphasized in foreign language learning programme. Language competence and cultural competence are two essential skills in foreign language learning that could be treated in isolation without doing any arm to the acquisition of these skills.Item Audio-visual aids and foreign language learning: a case study of french language in Nigeria(Faculty of Education, University of Lagos, Akoka-Lagos, Nigeria, 2013-01) Araromi, M. O.In the last century, trends in the teaching of foreign language had resulted into the emergence of a number of methods and approaches to the teaching and learning of foreign language across the world. Due to globalization and urbanization and the tendency in man to reduce the world into a global village through breaking the communication barriers via foreign language learning, attempt has been made to revolutionize the teaching and learning of foreign languages using audio-visual aids. Suffice,to say that audio-visual aids combine both the motivational and learning features. However, it is not an end in itself but a means to an end. The full potentials and benefits derivable from using audio visual aids in foreign language class have not been fully exploited. This may be considered as one of the factors underlying high rate of drop-out or attrition in the foreign language class. This paper therefore highlights the significance of using audio visual aids in the teaching and learning of foreign languages.