French: Improve your French Pronunciation
Course
Inhouse
Description
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Type
Course
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Methodology
Inhouse
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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.
Reviews
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