The class is conducted in French. D. Dansereau, Savoir Dire. This introductory course in French phonetics provides third-year students with an understanding of French sounds in isolation and in context. The basics of descriptive phonetics and phonetic notation are taught.
Students sharpen their pronunciation skills through practice in and outside of class.
Prosodic features are emphasized in reading-aloud exercises. There are two basic components of the course. The text offers linguistic descriptions of the phenomena you will be studying, e.g., liaison, e muet, nasalisation, etc. With the background of linguistic description, you proceed to practice your pronunciation and auditory discrimination of French sounds. This is accomplished by means of a tape program and textbook exercises.