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French Rules of Pronunciation

Or How to Read French

Language: english

Note: 4.8/5 (246 notes) 11,110 students

Instructor(s): Florence Rosario

Last update: 2018-12-04

What you will learn

• Read and pronounce French more accurately.
• Understand people better.
• Transcribe what they hear more accurately.

Requirements

• A prior knowledge of French is helpful but it is okay if you don’t know any: it’ll help you with any other French course you take.

Description

A series of  French rules of pronunciation explained in detail and put into practice, plus some fun tongue-twisters at the end. The course is divided in small chunks separating vowels, consonants, and combinations of letters, demonstrating the pronunciation compared to sounds you know.  Each section is followed but some practice.

Who should attend

• People who know some French and want to perfect their pronunciation.
• People who know some French and don’t really get why some words are pronounced a certain way.
• People who want to start learning French: Any French course that shows words will require you to be able to read the words correctly, so these rules will help you.