FREN 3010 is a course for French majors and future teachers of French. They will acquire elementary technical knowledge and control of how spoken French is produced, and learn how to identify and correct their own and others' non-French performance in this area. Other students are welcome in the course, provided interest in doing this kind of technical work is serious and sustained.
Some exposure is provided to the less formal pronunciation often used by natives.
Systematic, conscientious and intense work in class and in the language laboratory guarantees a marked improvement for all students, regardless of their entrance proficiency level. The International Phonetic Alphabet is learned and used throughout the course. FREN 3010 is not waived for native or near-native speakers of French.