French: Improve your French Pronunciation

Course

Inhouse

£ 270 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Methodology

    Inhouse

  • Class hours

    30h

Practise individual sounds, sounds in context, accurate stressing, basic intonation and reading aloud. Suitable for: Levels Elémentaire 3-4 and Intermédiaire 1-2.

About this course

Levels Elémentaire 3-4 and Intermédiaire 1-2

If you are not a complete beginner, please contact us to book an appointment for an initial assessment.

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Course programme

Improve your French Pronunciation
Levels : Elémentaire 3-4 / Intermédiaire 1-2
Ref : PRO

Tuesday from 1.30pm to 4pm

From 13 January 2009 to 31 March 2009

From 21 April 2009 to 7 July 2009

From 8 September 2009 to 24 November 2009

Fees : £270 per session (12 x 2h30 = 30h)

Objectives:

This course is aimed at learners with a good foundation of French who wish to improve their pronunciation whilst practising vocabulary. It covers the basic sounds of French together with their behaviour in contact. The programme is flexible enough to enable more time to be spent in certain areas depending on students needs.

Course organisation:

Individual sounds

Vowels:

Aperture, position, use of lips ; nasals ; semi-vowels

Consonants:

Voice, place, manner

The “R” sounds

French sounds in context

Syllables, word and group stress

Linking words (various types of liaisons)

Unpronounced v. pronounced letters

Basic intonation patterns

Extensive practice of the main difficulties experienced by the learners such as the “R”, the difference between “u”/”ou”, the various “e” sounds, the nasals and stressing the right part of the sentence in order to be understood by French natives.

Methods :

Basic theoretical knowledge

Listening and pronunciation exercises (including in the language laboratory)

Participation communicative activities

French: Improve your French Pronunciation

£ 270 VAT inc.