FREN 2100 - Pronunciation of Standard French

Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: FREN 2060 or FREN 2090 or higher, or CASE Q+ or permission of instructor. Satisfies Option 1.

T. Alkire.

Reducing your foreign accent improves your ability to communicate in two ways: learning to distinguish and to produce clearly the full inventory of sounds in French increases both your ability to understand the spoken language and your ability to make yourself understood when speaking. Because it distracts many listeners, a heavy foreign accent can prevent you from getting your message across even if you speak quite fluently. This course focuses specifically on accent reduction and will interest anyone intending to use French in professional arenas such as international business, law, and project management, the import-export and hospitality industries, art restoration and curation, secondary and post-secondary teaching, or the perfoming arts. By the end of the course students will achieve noticeably improved pronunciation, greater fluency, improved aural comprehension, and increased self-assurance in spoken French.