Description: Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 6. Study of individual sounds (vowels, consonants, and semi-vowels), including rhythm, intonation, and phrasing, and of learning sound--spelling correspondences to help sight read accurately. Thorough study of symbols of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to give students tools to work on pronunciation systematically. Standard French serves as model, with examination of pronunciation changes and various dialects that are spoken in Francophone world to improve listening comprehension and pronunciation. P/NP or letter grading.

Units: 4.0