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Spring 2017 | FREN 3014 Section 001: French Phonetics (49599)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed,
Fri 09:05AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 32
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Survey of major institutions/components of modern French culture with special attention to lexical enrichment/pronunciation practice. Study of linguistic description of French sounds/transcription. prereq: 1004
- Class Notes:
- Please check out more information on this course! http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cala0030+FREN3014+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Prerequisite: 1004. This course consists of a rigorous development of your mastery of spoken French, with a strong emphasis on improving pronunciation through focus on both the theoretical and practical aspects of French pronunciation. In the theoretical portion of the course, the major aspects of French pronunciation will be examined, with particular attention given to areas of contrast between French and English pronunciation. Students will learn how symbols from the International Phonetic Alphabet are used to represent French sounds. Another important theoretical component is learning the rules governing the correspondence between written letters and their pronunciation. In the practical portion of the course, students will be given extensive pronunciation practice so that they may identify and eliminate errors in their own pronunciation. For the sake of applying their new articulatory habits in spontaneous, unscripted contexts, students will do oral presentations on the main institutions of modern French culture. Preparation for these presentations will include special emphasis on lexical development (especially of academic registers of usage); students will also explore the same topics in informal online video chats with French student partners.
- Grading:
- 8% final exam, 12% quizzes, 21% in-class presentations, 7% class participation, 45% laboratory evaluation, 7% other evaluation; other grading information includes online exercises.
- Exam Format:
- short answer, multiple choice
- Class Format:
- 10% Lecture, 10% Discussion, 80% Laboratory
- Workload:
- 5 pages reading per week, 3 exams, 6-7 presentations, 6 homework assignments; other workload includes online exercises.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49599/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2016
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2017 French Classes