FOCUS CLASSES FOR ADULTS

FOCUS PRONONCIATION & COMPREHENSION 1

Learn techniques and tips to sound more French by avoiding common mistakes such as :

- the difference between U and OU (douze voitures),
- the difference between I and U (un livre sur les voitures),
- the difference between U and UI (je suis sur), the sound R (bonjour, je pars). 

Learn about letters pronounced or not pronounced at the end of the word              

- with the E not pronounced (ie: elle s’appelle Marie)
- with most consonants except for a few at the end of the word (ie: vous parlez francais)
- with the S (‘Z’ sound pronounced or not pronounced at the end of the word (ie: un anglais / une anglaise)

- The elision : L’ami, J’ai, C’est fini
- The rhythm in French : word groups  (un verre d’eau + un café crème) & regular syllables (un cho-co-lat chaud)

With the support of communicative activities including listening and reading exercises. 

Improve your Listening and Pronunciation skills over this 6-week course.

FOCUS PRONONCIATION & COMPREHENSION 2

Do you wish to sound more French, understand better French people and be better understood? Here is a course for you!

This course will cover a range of revision and tips to help you achieve your goal.

We will look at

- the nasal sounds (difference between the sounds ON and AN (le manteau est long), between the sounds AN et IN (les grands magasins), between the sound A and AN (la tante de Lea).

- the nasal sounds change in the feminine (les voisins / les voisines).

- specific sounds :

difference in OU et EU (deux feux rouges)

difference in  U and EU (je veux du sucre)

- Make the difference between the sounds Z and J (elle visite le Japon)

- Revision of all linking  words (  the ‘z’ sound, the ‘t’ sound, the ‘n’ sound)