French A2.1-A2.2 PHON PHONETICS INITIATION WORKSHOP

TARGET AUDIENCE

You have a minimum speaking skill level of A2.1-A2.2 and you want to immerse yourself in the phonetics of French, to explore its prosody in order to achieve a more harmonious speaking style, while understanding the subtleties differentiating oral and written styles.

SKILLS TAUGHT

Listening and speaking

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the workshop, and depending on your independent work, you should be able to:

– Identify and produce phonemes: sharpen your ear and perfect your pronunciation

– Reproduce intonation, elisions and stress: these elements make up the trio that determines the musicality of the French language.

This workshop emphasizes that the importance of pronunciation is on a par with lexis and grammar.

METHODOLOGY

Pair work and work in the class plenum.

COURSE TYPE

This workshop (once a week, for one semester):

– is based on the skills outlined in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

– is intended for people who want to maintain their language level or progress at a more relaxed pace. There might be additional work required outside of the classroom.

Learners are not assessed. No certificate outlining the skills level will be issued and the re-registration in a higher level course is not possible.

COURSE MATERIALS

Up-to-date material (French as a foreign language) corresponding to the level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Real-world materials ((dialogues, film extracts, videos, …)

EVALUATION

A workshop is not subject to evaluation, and therefore does not entitle you to a skills assessment or re-registration in a higher level course.