You
don’t want to commit to a weekly
class but you still want your
teenager to be introduced to
French or practise through games
and activities? Or your teenager
enjoys the class but wants more?
So these workshops are for
them!
They are fun, they
are specially designed for
them and everybody can join.
So tell your teen’s friends to
come along so they can share the
fun together!
Upcoming workshops:
Improve your pronunciation
Workshop
Upcoming Pronunciation
Workshops:
Saturday 24
March
From 10.30am to 12noon
€15 / €10
AF Members
Online registration
Why is
good pronunciation important?
Speaking French is more than
just knowing the vocabulary and
grammar rules - you also
need to pronounce the letters
correctly. Before you start
trying to speak a foreign
language, you need to spend some
time tuning your ear to its
sounds and rhythms. French
pronunciation is the most
difficult aspect of learning
French for many students,
particularly English speakers.
It takes a lot of practice to
pronounce French correctly, but
if you really want to speak
French, good pronunciation is
essential. Nothing will kill a
conversation faster than an
inability to make yourself
understood.
So who should enrol? In a word:
EVERYBODY!
- Leaving Cert students: Did you
know that pronunciation
represents 25% of the marks in
the oral examination? That
means that a good student, who
has plenty of vocabulary but
poor pronunciation, is starting
with a handicap that represents
1/4 of the total mark.
- Pre-Leaving Cert students:
Students who begin working on
their pronunciation at an early
stage in their language learning
are more likely to master the
different sounds. Oral French
may not be assessed in school
prior to the leaving Cert.
However, it would be a mistake
to think that good pronunciation
can be left until then!
What do our classes offer?
Each class will be dedicated to
a different aspect of the
French phonetic system. The
aim of these workshops is to
introduce the trainees to these
aspects of the language, giving
them tricks to help them
pronounce the sounds and an
understanding of how they should
be performed.
While the art of phonetics is
very important, its practice,
in groups of 12 trainees maximum,
is fun and the best way to learn
is with vocal games and
tongue-twisters. |
