Re: History of French

From: Mxsmanic (mxsmanic_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:12:20 +0200

Peter Dy writes:

> You can use pictures to show the points of articulation, sure. But you
> still have to describe what voicing is and how none of those sounds are
> voiced.

Yeah, well, I'm paid to do that (not very much, but I am paid).

> Just that is gonna give English-speaking students trouble. Then
> you need to explain aspiration, which will again give them trouble.

Why? I haven't had any trouble thus far, except with one or two
students who were not very intelligent generally.

> I want to see exactly how Mxsmanic goes about it, including what he says
> when he shows the pictures, since I've had trouble explaining the "rl" in
> "world" to friends.

I just pronounce it and then describe what I did to the student.

> It only takes him a few minutes and they leave doing it
> correctly, so I imagine what he says to them fits into a nice, little
> paragraph.

Actually, they do it correctly when shown and told how to do it.
Afterwards, though, they must practice to do it correctly without direct
reinforcement. The main advantage of the exercise is that it proves to
them that they can produce the sound perfectly, without an accent.
Making that perfect production habitual is just a matter of practice
thereafter. It has quite an effect on morale, to say nothing of the
ultimate improvement in their pronunciation once they know how to say
those sounds.

> Don't you think American "rl" might be hard to see?

Hard to see, but not hard to explain or articulate. 

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