Phonetic Correction Methods for FLE

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[...] Thus, it is necessary to have a good knowledge of articulation methods. For this, the pronunciation exercises that will be proposed to the learner will go from the simplest to the most complex. First, we will have the Dominican person repeat the sound ensuring that their mouth, lips, and throat are positioned correctly so that the sound is pronounced correctly. Thus, the learner will repeat . several times until optimal production is achieved. In a second step, the sound will be placed in a syllable or a word with a similar sound. [...]

[...] Here, we start from the principle that a better perception of sounds will subsequently allow for a better production of them. The articulatory method, on the other hand, is more interested in the production of sounds and phonemes proper. According to this method, a better production will allow for a better understanding, a better perception. Thus, in the first instance, we will analyze the pronunciation error of a consonant and the possible corrections according to each of the two methods, and then, in the second instance, we will do the same for a vowel pronunciation error. I. [...]

[...] Each entering through a different approach, they therefore each have positive and negative points equivalent. It is up to the person proposing this type of phonetic correction exercise to choose the method that suits them best, but also to adapt to the person in front of them (not everyone can be receptive to the same methods and the same principles of correction). Note that there are many other types of phonetic correction exercises: mouth and jaw motor exercises, exercises on breath and breathing, exercises around the voice, communication exercises . [...]

[...] First, we can have the Dominican woman listen to the sound through headphones so that she can hear the correct pronunciation and her brain gets used to hearing this sound Then, in a second time, it will be possible to propose to the Dominican woman to record herself in a microphone, so that she can hear herself pronounce the sound, and compare it with the sound heard previously and articulated correctly; In this way, the foreign person will be able to practice again and again and self-correct, they will be able to reproduce the exercises at home and thus improve their phonological skills. B. According to the verb-tonal method In the verb-tonal method, as seen previously, the first principle is to well identify and analyze the error made. Here, the Dominican woman does not pronounce the first sound of the word 'brother', which gives ? to listen instead of r ? [...]

[...] That's why the and the are subject to many errors for people learning French. So let's see two remediation activities for this type of error, first according to the articulatory method, and then according to the verbal-tonal method. A. According to the articulatory method As seen in the first part, the articulatory method aims to work around the articulation of words and sounds. Although the proposed activity proposal for the articulation of the sound consonant, can be reproduced in a similar way for the sound of a vowel, in this case the sound [ we will see here another type of articulatory activity: working around a nursery rhyme. [...]