10.30am to 12.30pm, with a half-hour break for students' croissant and chocolat chaud.

Overview:
The Pronunciation workshop is suitable for Year 7 - 12 students; activities are adapted according to the level of the participating year group(s). Activities enhance French pronunciation, particularly of the French nasal sounds (e.g. raisin, pain, gant, etc.) through games, songs, rhymes and tongue-twisters.

The Phonetics workshop is suitable for second-time visits to the Alliance Française, and for students in Year 11 - 12 desiring a fun introduction to reading and interpreting the phonetic alphabet. Includes a contemporary song "La tortue" by Christophe Willem, where students have to decode the phonetic alphabet to solve a "chanson à trou". Students also learn to "think phonetically", while making the distinction between the sounds
- [ e ] (année) & [ ɛ ] (poète); and
- [ y ] (usage) & [ u ] (roue)
The [ e ], [ ɛ ], [ y ] and [ u ] sounds were selected since they pose significant problems for English speakers learning French; this workshop is designed not only to draw students' attention to this distinction but to give them tools to improve their accent with exercises led by French native speakers. 

Please click here to download a registration form for these workshops!

2010 TIMETABLE - PRONUNCIATION AND PHONETICS WORKSHOPS

	Monday	Wednesday	Friday
Term 1	22 March	17, 31 March	See "Ateliers de la Francophonie"
Term 2	10, 17, 24 May June: See "Ateliers de la Révolution Française"	28 April 19, 26 May 16 June	23, 30 April
Term 3	16, 30 August 6, 13, 20 September	28 July 4, 11, 18, 25 August 1, 8, 15 September	27 August 3, 10, 17 September
Term 4 (Note: "Noel sous la neige" workshop; end of Nov. / early Dec.)	18, 25 October 8 November	13, 20, 27 October 3, 10, 17 November	15, 22, October 5 November

Fees:
$30.00 per student

Additional details:
- Minimum 10 students per group. If registration is for less than 10 students, booking considerably in advance is advised so your French class may be put on a waiting list; the workshop will be confirmed once we have another school registering for the same session to make up the required number of registrations.
- No charge for accompanying teacher(s).

BOOKING AND FULL PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED AT LEAST TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE EXCURSION. 

Please advise whether students have already participated in our Pronunciation or Phonetics workshops to avoid repetition of activities.