Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 81)
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116-225/325 "Spoken French: Theory and Practice" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. French, Faculty of Arts (v3, p81) : Next:116-227 | Prev:116-224
Credit points: 16.7 2nd or 3rd year
Coordinator: Assoc Prof Monique Burston.
Prerequisite: 116-115 or 116-202, or equivalent.
Contact: Two one-hour lectures and a one-hour tutorial a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should be able to:
- recognise, transcribe and describe the sounds of French;
- understand some of the mechanisms governing linking phenomena and intonation patterns;
- be familiar with two theoretical approaches of phonological description (structuralist and generative);
- be aware of grammatical and pragmatic rules specific to the colloquial language.
Content:
Articulatory phonetics; phonology (segmental and phrasal); the concept of phoneme; phonological features and phonological rules. Phonological and grammatical characteristics of the colloquial language; aspects of the French spoken by young people. The lectures will be predominantly in French.
Assessment:
one test (not more than 90 minutes) (40 per cent); one essay (not more than 1,200 words) (30 per cent); practical work and problem solving exercise (30 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
1. French, Faculty of Arts (v3, p81) : Next:116-227 | Prev:116-224
2. French, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p107) : Next:116-227 | Prev:116-233
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Monique Burston.
Prerequisite: 116-115 or 116-202, or equivalent.
Contact: Two one-hour lectures and a one-hour tutorial each week.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should be able to:
- recognise, transcribe and describe the sounds of French;
- understand some of the mechanisms governing linking phenomena and intonation patterns;
- be familiar with two theoretical approaches of phonological description (structuralist and generative);
- be aware of grammatical and pragmatic rules specific to the colloquial language.
Content:
Articulatory phonetics; phonology (segmental and phrasal); the concept of phoneme; phonological features and phonological rules. Phonological and grammatical characteristics of the colloquial language; aspects of the French spoken by young people. The lectures will be predominantly in French.
Assessment:
One test (not more than 90 minutes) (40 per cent); one essay (not more than 1,200 words) (30 per cent); practical work and problem solving exercise (30 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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2. French, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p107) : Next:116-227 | Prev:116-233
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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