1. Technology in the French Phonetics Class Helene Ossipov, Ph.D. School of International Letters and Cultures Arizona State University

2. Teaching Tools Materials used CD’s Phonétique française (available from CLEAR)CLEAR Français de référence only Rhythm of French one chapter with Méridional and Québec together Websites French Pronunciation Workshop Français de référence only (work in progress) PHONO Québécois only

3. Transcription Practice IPA picker Phonetic symbol chart Hot potato exercises Vowel Match (match the symbol with the sound)Vowel Match Vowel Review (match the symbol with the sound)Vowel Review Netquiz exercises Phonetic Symbols (match the symbol with its description)Phonetic Symbols Vowel Review (match the symbol with its description)Vowel Review

4. Assessment Homework transcription exercises Wimba voice board Portfolio self-assessment and evaluation Written exams theory and transcription Oral exams oral production 4

5. Field work Jean-Benoi ̂ t Nadeau: “ la langue française est un univers, beaucoup plus large que la France.” Auger and Valdman, 1999 As we enter the 21st century, American classroom learners of FFL must be made to realize that French is no longer the means of communication and expression for a very restricted linguistic community--educated and cultivated Parisian middle-class speakers--but the medium by which many nationalities and ethnic groups, some multilingual and all of them multidialectal, express themselves and their cultures. p. 410 5

6. Field work Projet de phonologie française e-caduc liaison mid-vowels Francoidentitaire features of Canadian French Video-Tech short teaching videos of Canadian French