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Lebel, Jean-Guy – 1974
Students of French learn to pronounce the syllables of the same rhythmic group with the same stress and the same intonation while lengthening slightly only the last syllable uttered. Several techniques designed to help students acquire correct French rhythm patterns are described here. They include: (1) counting aloud, (2) syllable division, (3)…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), French, Intonation, Language Instruction
Hutchinson, Sandra P. – 1973
Two experiments conducted at the University of Texas at Austin are discussed in this paper. One experiment deals with the production of final syllable lengthening and stress in Spanish and English by native Spanish speakers learning English. The other experiment deals with judgments about the Spanish speakers' production of English by native…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), English Curriculum, English (Second Language), Intonation
Nine Curt, Carmen Judith – 1976
This manual, intended for elementary and advanced learners of Spanish who still have pronunciation problems, contains 18 lessons dealing with the pronunciation of vowels, consonants and diphthongs, stress and intonation. Each of the lessons begins with an explanation, in Spanish, of the sound and the way it is pronounced, and includes a variety of…
Descriptors: Consonants, Instructional Materials, Intonation, Language Instruction
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1973
The fourth volume in this series contains nine contrastive studies in phonetics and phonology. They are: "Remarks on the Physical Manifestation of Internal Open Juncture in the English of Romanians," by Andrei Avram; "The Back Vowels of Romanian and English--A Contrastive Study," by Laurentia Dascalu; "Remarks on the English Diphthongs and…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics
Bowen, J. Donald – 1975
This pronunciation manual for the study of English as a foreign/second language can be used with beginning as well as intermediate or advanced students. The text is organized in three parts or cycles. Part One is an introduction to selected features of pitch and stress and an inventory of the vowels and consonants, with contextual illustrations of…
Descriptors: Consonants, English (Second Language), Guides, Higher Education
Niedzielski, Henri – 1975
A method for teaching French oral reading is presented. Prior to the actual oral reading, the student should: (1) read the text attentively for meaning and in order to decide on the appropriate tone; (2) determine the rhythm appropriate to the text; (3) indicate, by means of arrows, the general intonational curve; (4) indicate the "liaisons" to be…
Descriptors: Drama, French, French Literature, Intonation