The impact of parents’ educational level on the Algerian pupils’ French language learning at primary schools

Abstract

The principal objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of parents’ educational level on Algerian pupils’ French language learning at primary schools. It seeks to highlight how the parental educational level influence learning French. The sample population is selected from five different primary schools from the Wilaya of Tlemcen. It includes pupils from the fifth grade and their teachers of French. The data are collected using a questionnaire and an interview. After the analysis of the results, the researcher finds a significant positive relationship between parents’ educational level and pupils’ French language learning achievement. In conclusion, the study yields valuable information for researchers and education stakeholders to enable them to help the pupils to perform better in their learning. It can help the parents to support their children in their educational attainment, and to make the teachers aware of the difficulties faced by their pupils, and aid them to adopt relevant strategies to remedy the problems. Keywords:Educational level; French; language learning; primary schools; pupils.