This course is designed to help students develop the necessary skills to improve their pronunciation and understanding of spoken French. It combines an examination of how French sounds are produced and how they differ from English sounds, with practical exercises in oral practice, sound discrimination, and phonetic transcription. In addition to improving their general fluency and oral accuracy, students will also increase their knowledge of Francophone culture and gain an understanding of pronunciation differences between language registers and dialects/regional accents. By the end of the course, students will be familiarized with the rules of correspondence between sounds and spelling, as well as the rules governing other phenomena, such as intonation, stress placement, liaisons, and schwa.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Articulate near-native French pronunciation, including
sounds, intonation, and liaisons
- Integrate phonological awareness of how the sounds of French
are produced and how they differ from their native language.
- Recognize and describe differences between oral and
written French, language registers, and regional accents
- Reflect in depth on the relationship between French
orthography and pronunciation
- Engage with available technology/software for speech recording and analysis
- Develop a research proposal based on scholarly
literature.
Indicative Assessment
Written exams (x2, 50 minutes, in French) (10% each, for a total of 20%) (LO 2, 3, 4)
Pronunciation recordings (6 recordings, approx. 5 minutes each in French)(5% each, for a total of 30%) (LO 1-5)
Weekly homework and preparation (reading, transcription, questions) (10 preparations by 2% each, for a total of 20%) (LO 1-5)
In-class oral project (approx. 5 minutes, in French)(video-recorded) 15% (LO 1-5)
Research proposal on some area related to French pronunciation or phonetics (approx. 1000 words in French) 15% (LO 1-6)
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Workload
130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
-36 hours of contact: 36 hours of tutorials
-94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Required materials will be announced on Wattle.Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2017 | $3216 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2017 | $4590 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9940 | 24 Jul 2017 | 31 Jul 2017 | 31 Aug 2017 | 27 Oct 2017 | In Person | N/A |
