French Language, Culture, and Civilization at the Catholic University of Paris - Fall 3 2008
French Phonetics

30 - 45
Language Level: High Beginning
Placement Exam Required

French Phonetics

Language of Instruction: French
Course taken with: International Students
Catholic University of Paris (Paris, France)

Course Description

Area of Study

French Language

30 - 45

Hours of Instruction

2 - 3

Semester Credit Units

3 - 4

Quarter Credit Units

Notes regarding credits...

Fall 3= 30 hrs of instruction
Fall 4/Win2/Yr 2= 45 hrs of instruction

Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

High Beginning: This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of one semester (or two quarters) of college-level French. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

Presentation and recognition of sounds, articulation and prosody (poetic meters and versification), functionality of the French phonetic system

Objectives-
-To improve one's understanding of spoken French
-To learn how to pronounce what is written
-To be able to write what one has heard

(Note that the level "high beginning" on ISA's website is equivalent to "elementary" at the Catholic University of Paris.)