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Facile à dire! Les sons du francais
Annie Dumenil

ISBN-10: 0130601411
ISBN-13: 9780130601414

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2003
Format: Paper; 266 pp
Published: 06/20/2002

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For undergraduate French pronunciation/phonetics or conversation courses, and as a supplementary resource in courses for teacher training.

This text helps students improve their pronunciation while they learn the basic rules of “standardized” spoken French. The simplicity of the French used allows students to easily grasp the principles of pronunciation and the related terms of phonetics. The text also takes into account the major contrastive features of the sounds of French and English in its presentation, and addresses the particular challenges that North American native speakers face when learning to pronounce French.

  • Detailed treatment of all language sounds—Offers charts for each sound and summaries for each major series of sounds.

    • Provides students with an extensive discussion of sounds which present the most difficulty—such as nasal vowels, mid vowels, semi-vowels, <e> <<muet>> , and liaison.

  • Almost all pronunciation and transcription exercises are recorded.

    • Gives students recorded exercises for pronunciation and transcription so that they can practice.

  • Transcription exercises are based on non-literary French and accessible vocabulary.

    • Supplies students with learning material (at the sentence level) that employs everyday spoken French.

  • Additional transcription exercises in the case of sound variation.

    • Helps familiarize students with the related text discussion of this material wherever relevant.

  • Some advanced vocabulary.

    • Shows students that by applying the rules discussed in the text, they will be able to pronounce even unknown words accurately.

  • Review sections—Includes transcription exercises and discussion questions.

    • Offers students the chance to check the pronunciation of what they have learned for each major series of sounds.



Introduction.


 1. La chaîne parlée.


 2. Les voyelles: Généralités.


 3. Les voyelles fermées.


 4. Les voyelles ouvertes.


 5. Les voyelles nasales.


 6. Les semi-voyelles.


 7. Les voyelles médiales.


 8. Le <e> <<muet>>.


 9. Les consonnes: Généralités.


10. La liaison.


11. Les liquides.


12. Les occlusives.


13. Les fricatives.


14. Les nasales.

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