D’indtifier des consonnes francais
(L) as in le, sol, londres, loue
(m) as in mot, femme
(n) as in Nigeria, une
() as in Agnes, agneau
() as in peigne, camping
(p) as in père, soupe
( r) as in soleil, ce, lecon, classe
(s) as in schema, chat
(t) as in tu, the, patte
(v) as in vous, vin reve
(z) as in zero, maison, dixieme, deuximee, zebra, zien, macon
(Ȝ) as in :je, manger, Georges
Les voyelles orales simples
a ,
i
o
u
culture et civilisation francaise qu’est-ce que c’est la culture ? la culture est la vie total.
Cultrue, whether in France, Europe or in general, consists of beliefs and values learned throug the socialization process as well as material artifacts. Culture consist of everything we learn in groups during the life course- form infancy to old age ———-
(i) as in: si, pyjama, vie, ici
(e) as in : été, dernier, completer, manger
(ε) as in : etre, lait, père, creme, merci, mais
(a) (anterieur) as in patter, plat, table
(q) (posterieur) as in part, bas, pate
(o) (ferme) as in beau, aux au.
(o) (ferme) as in beau au, aux
(ɔ) (ouvert)as in mort, donner, note, robe
(u) as in nous, ou, tout, tour, fou
WEEK 4
Les voyelles orales composees (compound oral)
(y) pronounced between u and i as in : rue, juge, tu, mur
(Ø) pronounced between o and e as in bleu, heureux, peu
(oe) pronounced between o and ε as in, peur, neuf, heure
Voyelles nasals (nasal vowels)
(ε) as in : vin, fin, mince, prince, matin
(á) as in tante, sans, vent
(õ) as in : bon, rond, oncle, on, ombre
(õĕ) as in lundi, brun, un, humble
Semi – voyelles/semi – consonnes
(semi vowels/semi-consonants)
(w) as in, oui, oiseau, nouer
(u) as in, lui, louis, huille
(j) as in, pied, viande, yeux, hier, famille, soleil
Exercices de pronociation pronounciation exercises
The folloiwng groups of words should be practised frequently to familiarise oneself both with the sounds adn with their various spellings.
(i) (y) (u) (e) (ε)
Il dit du ou, où ne, le nez pene, paire
Il lit tu doux, d’où j’ai guere, guerre
Ici la plume le loup mai, mes faire, fer
Fini le mur le coup alle, aller Chene
Qui il fut le trou passe, passer men reine
L’ami il fut le trou frappe, frapper mets, mais
L’ami la rue le genou l’ecole merci
idee
(o) (ɔ) (õ) (ɔ)
Le mot notre bon, son, non
Au, aux la robe le coton
Aussi la note le plafond
Chaud la porte ils ont
Le notic le soldat ils sont on oncle
WEEK 5
Culture et civilisation en Frnace
Qu’est-ce que c’est la culture ? la culture est la vie totale.
Culture is the total way of life.
France has a surface area of 549,000 square kilometers and a population of 59 million. This include not only metropolitan France, i.e. the main land.
France share borders with Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Span.
EDUCATION IN FRANCE
France has a centralized education system, controlled by the ministere de l’Education nationale
CENTRALIZATION
The curriculum is drawn up by the government and is handed down to schools in an official publication called Le Bulletin official de l’education.
From nursery to lycee:
- Nursery school (2-6) is optional but almost all the children attend
- Primary school (6-11) is structured in five levels: le cours preparatoire (CP), cours elemtaire 1 and 2 (CEI and CE2) and cours moyens 1 and 2 (CM1 and CM2). Here pupils acquire reading, writing and arithmetic skills
- College (11-15) involves four years study culminating in the firs national exam taken by students choose which subject area they want to specialize in and hence which type of lycee they attend.
ECONOMY
France is the fourth largest economic power in the world and belongs to the G7 (the group of the seven most industrialized countries). Its annual gross national product (GNP) is approximately and 1800 per person
- The system in Action: The working population of france represent 43% of all inhabitatants.
- The primary sector: Cosists mostly of agriculture, and emplys only 6% of the working population cereatls are grown mostly in the paris Basin
- The secondary sector: Which includes industry and construction employ about 30% of the labour.
Nuclear power now accounts for 74% of electricity production. Most successful are the telecommunicaitons, railway stock and aerospace industries.
- Working hours are fixed by law at 39 hours per week, with a daily maximum of 10 hours. Employee may work an extra 130hrs per year, pay at a higher rate. Paid annual holiday in 30 working days.