Department of French and Italian

Prerequisite: FRIT-F 250 or FRIT-F 265 or appropriate placement test score

FRIT-F315 introduces students to the French sound system, enabling them to perfect their pronunciation skills through guided practice as well as training in the linguistic concepts behind French sounds and intonation. The course has three main objectives:

(1) To discover the nature of sounds (phonetics) and sound systems (phonology), including how they differ between dialects of French.

(2) To improve students’ pronunciation accuracy and oral fluency through a combination of perceptual and articulatory training, and acoustic analysis;

(3) To develop students’ communicative skills using both listening comprehension practice and conversational practice.

Students attend the lecture plus a drill section. The course meets four times weekly: two lectures with the professor, and two practice sessions with an associate instructor (4 credits total). All components of the course are taught in French.

FRIT-F 315   #1808    9:10A-10:00A       TuTh       FQ B002        Prof. Jeffrey Lamontagne

FRIT-F 315   #1809    DRILL    9:10A-10:00A       MW        BH 135         Kaitlyn Owens