College Bulletin 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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FREN 013. French Phonetics.
This course/workshop is intended for intermediate and advanced students who feel their French communication and presentational skills could benefit from a broad survey of the various components, phenomena and features of standard French phonology. This entails both theoretical pronunciation and spelling rules to be understood, memorized and applied, and intensive practice in pronouncing French phonemes accurately. We will of course also practice producing natural-sounding speech connecting those phonemes according to French prosody. Other features of spoken French will receive special attention due to their somewhat challenging nature for many non-native speakers. Phonetics doesn’t have to be boring, and many of our activities will reflect that through their playful nature.
We will meet twice a week – as a whole-class group on Tuesdays for presentation of new material, initial practice and small-group activities; and one-on-one on Thursdays (class time being broken up into individual conferences) for personalized tutoring and monitoring of progress.
Humanities.
0.5 credit.
Fall 2015. Courgey.
Spring 2016. Courgey.
Fall 2016. Courgey.
Spring 2017. Courgey.
Fall 2017. Courgey.
Spring 2018. Courgey.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: French and Francophone Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/french-francophone-studies
Access the class schedule to search for sections.
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