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lelemds
Newbie ![]() Joined: 11 September 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 15 |
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which one should be done first?! phonology or basic?!
answer me please.... i dont know if i wait the texts or start the basic one.... help me! |
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daristani
Contributor ![]() Joined: 04 March 2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 104 |
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Just my personal opinion:
Ideally, one should probably start with the Phonology course first, since that will make it easier to work through the Basic course with proper pronunciation. (The Basic course doesn't anywhere explain pronunciation, or how the pronunciation and the writing system work together, and so you have to pick these things up by pure imitation.) The Phonology text is not yet on-line, however, and so until it becomes available, the Phonology course won't be all that helpful. You can start to work on the Basic course without the Phonology course first, and will learn a good deal from it, but I think that it would still be useful to go through the Phonology course when it becomes available, so that you can get a finer and more systematic understanding of the nuances of pronunciation. |
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lelemds
Newbie ![]() Joined: 11 September 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 15 |
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i was thinking this way too...
so i'll start the basic course and when the phonology text is here i study it... thanks!!!! |
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Ragtime Willie
Newbie ![]() Joined: 17 August 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13 |
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I've never seen the Phonology course, so I can't really say which is better to start with. For the record, the Audio Forum catalog has this to say about the Phonology course:
"Though the course may be used at any stage of learning, it is especially valuable for those who already have a technical mastery of the language." So for what it's worth, there it is... |
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Will
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lelemds
Newbie ![]() Joined: 11 September 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 15 |
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ohhh ok, i didnt know this....
thanks! |
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Ragtime Willie
Newbie ![]() Joined: 17 August 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13 |
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I have some updated information on this subject. I just got a copy of
the instructor's text for the phonology course, and in the preface it
says the folowing about the phonology course: "In its use at the FSI it
serves as the initial syllabus for beginning students, preceeding the
French Basic Course. It is the exclusive syllabus for the first three
to six weeks of full time French instruction for beginning students."
So it looks like Daristani's advice is the best way to go. By the way, the instructor's text is published by Audio-Form, so I can't share it. |
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Will
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