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Paris, France - Course Descriptions - Beginning Phonetics

Course Information

Subject: French (FRE)
Number: 100 Level
Language of Instruction: French

Contact Hours and Credits

Semester Session: 45 contact hours, 3 semester credits, 4 quarter credits

Availability

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Full Description

The object of this course is to better understand and better produce the French language through the study of the significant sounds of the French language:
Vowels
Consonants
Semi-Consonant

How the sounds come together:
The liaison
Inflections
Rhythmic groups and intonations

Beginner students will focus on the acquisition of new sounds and discriminating between sounds (vous/vu//le/les//bon/vont/temps/ton...). Students will also learn the International Phonetic Alphabet and participate in repetition exercises.

 

Original Language Description

Bien entendre, pour bien produire : l'étude de sons signifiants ou phonèmes du français :
-Les voyelles
-Les consonne
-Les semi-consonnes

Comment ces sons s'organisent :
-L'enchaînement et la liasion
-La chute ou le maintien du (e)
-Les groupes rythmiques et l'intonation

Ce qui importe, c'est l'acquisition des sons nouveaux grâce à des tests de discrimination (vous/vu//le/les//bon/vont/temps/ton...). Apprentissage de l'alphabet phonétique international et exercices de répétition.
Correction au laboratoire.

 

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