AATF Convention San Diego 2024

Research shows that learners acquire cognates more easily than non-cognates, and that false cognates are hardest to learn. But what counts as a cognate? This presentation focuses on the perceptions of teachers and learners of L2 French for ninety highly frequent French words, examining the extent to which each population agrees about word status, and looking in particular at the words where there was the greatest discrepancy. Pedagogical implications will be included.