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Xiaoluan Liu; Yuanyuan Liu – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2024
The present study examined the cross-modal cueing effect of musical rhythmic beats on non-native speech rhythm production. Two groups of Chinese learners of French were cued respectively with rhythmic beats that either matched (matching group) or mismatched (mismatching group) the rhythm patterns of the target French sentences. The participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Second Language Learning, Language Rhythm
Baills, Florence; Prieto, Pilar – Language Teaching Research, 2023
This study tested the effects of hand-clapping to the rhythm of newly learned French words on the pronunciation of these words by 7- to 8-year-old Catalan children. In a short training experiment with a pre- and posttest design, 28 children either repeated cognate words in French (e.g. French "aspirateur," Catalan "aspirador"…
Descriptors: French, Language Rhythm, Motor Reactions, Pronunciation
Baills, Florence; Zhang, Yuan; Cheng, Yuhui; Bu, Yuran; Prieto, Pilar – Language Learning, 2021
The present study explored whether listening to songs and singing can improve second language pronunciation and vocabulary learning at beginning stages of language acquisition. One hundred and eight Chinese students underwent a 4-min training session to learn 14 words from a meaningful French song about the parts of the body in either one of two…
Descriptors: Singing, Instructional Effectiveness, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Henny Yeung, H.; Bhatara, Anjali; Nazzi, Thierry – Cognitive Science, 2018
Perceptual grouping is fundamental to many auditory processes. The Iambic-Trochaic Law (ITL) is a default grouping strategy, where rhythmic alternations of duration are perceived iambically (weak-strong), while alternations of intensity are perceived trochaically (strong-weak). Some argue that the ITL is experience dependent. For instance, French…
Descriptors: Language Rhythm, Phonology, Acoustics, French
Zhang, Yuan; Baills, Florence; Prieto, Pilar – Language Teaching Research, 2020
Though research has shown that rhythmic training is beneficial for phonological speech processing, little empirical work has been carried out to assess whether rhythmic training in the classroom can help to improve pronunciation in a second language. This study tests the potential benefits of hand-clapping to the rhythm of newly learned French…
Descriptors: Language Rhythm, Teaching Methods, French, Second Language Learning
Jalilian, Sahar; Rahmatian, Rouhollah; Safa, Parivash; Letafati, Roya – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
Simultaneous bilingual education of a child is a dynamic process. Construction of linguistic competences undeniably depends on the conditions of the linguistic environment of the child. This education in a monolingual family, requires the practice of parenting tactics to increase the frequency of the language use in minority, during which,…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Bilingual Education, Indo European Languages, Child Language
Trofimovich, Pavel; Isaacs, Talia – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2012
The goal of this study was to determine which linguistic aspects of second language speech are related to accent and which to comprehensibility. To address this goal, 19 different speech measures in the oral productions of 40 native French speakers of English were examined in relation to accent and comprehensibility, as rated by 60 novice raters…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Syllables, French, Pronunciation
Hilton, Heather – CALICO Journal, 2009
This article presents the methodology adopted for transcribing and quantifying temporal fluency phenomena in a spoken L2 corpus (L2 English, French, and Italian by learners of different proficiency levels). The CHILDES suite is being used for transcription and analysis, and we have adapted the CHAT format in order to code disfluencies as precisely…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Language Fluency
Tempel, Liz; Roubaud, Marie-Noelle – Francais dans le Monde, 1988
An examination of different types of hesitation in the speech of learners of French as a foreign language reveals several times as much hesitation as native speakers experience, with slowed speech apparent in the speech of foreign language learners. (MSE)
Descriptors: French, Language Fluency, Language Rhythm, Language Styles
Staddon, Sally – Babel, 2007
In 2004, in response to the need to revise oral practice and assessment in the second semester of Beginners French at Monash University, an eight-week group-based theatre project was developed and trialled. A specially adapted version of Tardieu's absurdist play "Le Guichet" was used to give students the opportunity to focus on oral…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Role, Grammar, French
Firges, Jean – Fremdsprachliche Unterricht, 1974
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, French, Intonation, Language Instruction
Wioland, Francois; Wenk, Brian J. – Francais dans le Monde, 1983
Transcripts of 11 dialogs based on rhythmic syllable groups, which make clear the rhythmic structures at the base of spoken French, are presented. Phonetic, lexical, and grammatical variation within the same rhythmic structure strengthen the exercise. The exercises are for intermediate and advanced adult students. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Audiotape Recordings, Dialogs (Language), French

Scanlan, Timothy – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Reviews the different categories of native pauses and describes techniques for incorporating them cautiously into the spoken French of anglophones (especially Americans), suggesting that proper pause behavior is actually a definite mark of authentic sounding and well-controlled speech. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), French, Language Fluency
Mueller, Theodore – 1974
The English speaker learning French tends to interpret the sound characteristics of the second language according to English conventions. The term "sound characteristics" as used here refers to the phonetic aspects, the rhythm, and the intonation of French. A number of examples are given to support the theory that insufficient knowledge of these…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Differences, English, French
Foster, Mary – Francais dans le Monde, 1993
A variety of classroom activities using songs to enhance French language learning are described. Strategies include sensitizing learners to aspects of the music; looking at themes, key words, and symbols; and manipulating music and language in relation to current cultural issues. A list of singers and themes is offered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Education, French
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