Sons et lettres provides a set of classroom materials to train students to hear and produce the sounds of French and to recognize the regular spellings used to represent those sounds in print. The materials are inspired by a desire to help students feel more confident about their French pronunciation and more at home saying the many French words, familiar and unfamiliar, which they encounter in their studies, in French media and in their travels. In our experience, students are not given sufficient preparation to successfully decipher and pronounce French words. These materials are intended to fill that gap and to clear away the confusion that English speakers often feel when they see French words with seemingly mysterious combinations of letters. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/sons-lettres-a-pronunciation-method-for-intermediate-level-french Table of Contents Introduction Fiches d'exercices Preliminary Exercises Exercise 1: Graphemes Exercise 2: Unpronounced Final Consonants Section 1: Voyelles orales Leçon 1: au/ou Leçon 2: a/è Leçon 3: i/u Leçon 4: ou/u Leçon 5: ou/eu Leçon 6: a/o+C Leçon 7: o+C/ô Leçon 8: é/e (le schwa) Section 2: Voyelles nasales Leçon 9: Consonnes nasales et voyelles nasales Leçon 10: on/an Leçon 11: an/in Leçon 12: an/on/in Section 3: Consonnes Leçon 13: gn/n Leçon 14: s/ss Leçon 15: gi/gui Leçon 16: c(a)/ç(a) Leçon 17: il-/ill- Leçon 18: -il final APPENDICES A. French Graphemes and their Phonetic Symbols (IPA chart) B. Beyond Individual Sounds: Prosodic Features of French French Vowels: Vowel Consistency Diphthongs Nasal Vowels French Consonants: Consonant Release French r Other Consonants: Letter h Consonant Clusters ps and pn Rhythm and Accentuation
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