Francais debutant

In this blog we will explore the difficulties students meet while learning French either for their personal enjoyment-traveling, better communications with family, friends, co-workers etc. or more importantly to obtain a proficiency level in relation to their employment. It is important to note that I will not discuss levels, but rather levels of difficulties. Each individuals will know if a difficulty is relating to them or is what they are struggling with. I will make reference to further explorative resources to help you become perfect and efficient in your second language. It is my hope that you will find this blog useful and practical.

Let us begin with a first subject!

Listening and pronounciation/ L'ecoute et la pronounciation

It is very important to practice your French pronounciation, listening to intonation, fluctuation, pauses etc. According to ResearchGate.net "pronunciation impacts understanding:"applied linguistics and phonetic research provide clear data on how heavily pronunciation impacts understanding" Based on the data recorded, the Make or Break it element accounts for 75% to 95% of failure in comprehension.

Let's take the sound "a" for example. In English there are seven sounds using the letter a And this drive us to explore Écoute :les sons français

We're going to see in French what those sounds are and how to deferenctiate them from each other. It is true that phonetic is not an isolated subject in itself, context, and situations plays a big role.

Voici quelques exercices pratiques pour vous aider

1.Faites les exercices suivants sur la phonetique

https://clicfle.com/index.php/phonetique/

1 – Exercice de discrimination avec des images;

2- Identiques ou différents?

3- [i] ou [y]

1- J’AI TREMPÉ MON DOIGT DANS LA CONFITURE

2- La famille Tortue

1 – Exercice – son [ə] –discrimination avec des images;

2 – Exercice – son [ɛ] -discrimination avec des images;

3 – Exercice – son [e] -discrimination avec des images;

4 – Exercice – Glisser-déposer – discrimination avec des images;