Abstract
The in-service training of teachers in Cuba has become a field of study and, at the same time, a concern of the government and the entire university community, as it constitutes a strategic framework for improving and transforming the educational processes developed at this level.This accelerated development of science in the world requires university graduates, and in particular teachers, to adopt an attitude of continuous improvement that allows them to update their knowledge in the sciences with which they work.At present, current professional development remains insufficient and the university increasingly requires a change in educational objectives to become a true development organization. This implies that professional development must be a priority, which provides and promotes the preparation that teachers lack in some areas. In accordance with the diagnosis of each person, in such a way as to allow the mastery of the subject, the solidity of his scientific and pedagogical knowledge, the development of the capacities necessary for the planning and successful orientation of the teaching-education process.In the context of the transformations of higher education in Cuba and more particularly the training of foreign language teachers, the teaching of French as a foreign language (FLE) is a priority.The purpose of this research is to study the process of training university teachers and its objective is to build an in-service training program that contributes to the preparation of FLE teachers for the treatment of the phono-prosodic characteristics of French. The theoretical contribution lies in the philosophical, sociological, psychological and pedagogical support of the training programme and in the pedagogical requirements that guide the training of teachers, as well as in the definition of the phono-prosodic traits of French, which will enrich the teaching of French as a foreign language in this sense. The practical contribution lies in the programme, which consists of five areas and a set of actions that are integral and logical in nature. The actions are part of the professional development of the Faculty of Pedagogical Sciences of the University of Sancti Spiritus in Cuba. The proposed programme is evaluated using an expert criterion, an experiment and an interview survey.