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| daristani Senior Member United States Joined 7176 days ago 752 posts - 1661 votes  Studies: Uzbek | Message 1 of 10 09 October 2013 at 3:28pm | IP Logged |
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People looking to deepen their knowledge of French pronunciation might take a look at the book D'Accord - La Prononciation du Francais Internationale: Acquisition et Perfectionnement , by Silvie Carduner and M. Peter Hagiwara. First published in 1982, it's intended to teach the finer points of pronunciation to people who already have a fair knowledge of French, but who are trying to get as good a pronunciation as possible, and is probably mostly utilized by college students specializing in French and/or intending to teach French. Unlike the FSI Basic Pronunciation course, which is an introduction to the sound system for people just starting out in the language, this book really goes into the finer points. It's not a book of phonological theory, though; the emphasis is on enabling the reader to get a pronunciation that's as close to native as possible.
I bought a copy at a charity book sale for a couple of dollars several months ago, but hadn't been able to find audio for it until recently. But it turns out that the publisher, Wiley, has put the audio to the book online for free download at: http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=index&itemId=047109 7292&bcsId=3078 The book itself is expensive if bought new, but it's been in use in colleges and universities for quite a number of years, and so used copies are available for reasonable prices. With the audio drills available for free, it's a useful tool for people seeking to perfect their French pronunciation skills. Edited by daristani on 09 October 2013 at 3:39pm 10 persons have voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4739 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 2 of 10 09 October 2013 at 7:54pm | IP Logged |
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Oi, very useful for me! Does it also distinguish between regional variants?
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| tastyonions Triglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/UIdChYRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4697 days ago 1044 posts - 1823 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 3 of 10 09 October 2013 at 8:17pm | IP Logged |
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Listening to the first lesson now and seems like a really nice find. Thanks!
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| daristani Senior Member United States Joined 7176 days ago 752 posts - 1661 votes Studies: Uzbek | Message 4 of 10 09 October 2013 at 8:28pm | IP Logged |
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[Tarvos:] I've just thumbed quickly through my copy; it doesn't have any chapters devoted to regional variants, and there's no mention of such in the index. I did spot a paragraph about differences in the "R" in the south of France and in French Canada, as well as in the northeast of France, and I suspect there may well be some more such notes elsewhere in the book, but the main focus is to teach a standard "international" French, described as "a variety of French that is understood and accepted in all the countries of the world where French is spoken. It is devoid of regional, social, or national marks, or 'accents'. It is close in many ways to educated Parisian French."
The descriptions, and some of the taped exercises, focus on contrasting the French sounds with corresponding sounds in (American) English. Another source I've seen for this purpose is Barron's Pronounce it Perfectly in French, which also comes with audio, but doesn't go into as much detail as this book. [Tastyonions:] I'm glad you like it; the chapters provide some pretty detailed descriptions and explanations of how to form the various sounds, and how they "fit together", but I've also wondered if maybe, for someone who already has a fair basis in French, the audio alone might also be useful for practice. Edited by daristani on 09 October 2013 at 8:32pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| kam1892 Newbie United States Joined 4959 days ago 10 posts - 12 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Greek | Message 5 of 10 18 November 2013 at 5:25am | IP Logged |
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daristani, on the page you linked for the audio, the sound files don't appear to be "download-able." Is there
something I'm missing? A link will open in a new window, but no option to download. I tried several browsers, and some indicated the option to download (via right-clicking), but ultimately it didn't work. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| FelixKatze Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4196 days ago 20 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 6 of 10 18 November 2013 at 11:07am | IP Logged |
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kam1892-- perhaps your browsers are blocking a new window from opening?
Left-clicking on the links, should open a new window, which asks to save the file. It's working for me, in Firefox. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| daristani Senior Member United States Joined 7176 days ago 752 posts - 1661 votes Studies: Uzbek | Message 7 of 10 18 November 2013 at 1:18pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks, FelixKatze, for responding. I confess that it took me a few minutes to figure out how to download the files when I first found them, but this is indeed what I did, and it worked fine.
kam1892: I'm hoping that the above advice from FelixKatze enables you to download the audio files, but if for whatever reason you continue to have trouble, send me a PM with your e-mail address and I can send them to you. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5239 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 8 of 10 18 November 2013 at 3:02pm | IP Logged |
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Awesome, I'm always on the lookout for French pronunciation resources! I'll try to check it out soon and I'll report back.
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