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French diphthong
On peut noter le é long et diphtongué de différentes manières, en plaçant le i en exposant ou en réduisant sa taille par rapport au é le précédant. L'exposant est techniquement peu évident à mettre en application, il faut l'abandonner, reste alors la réduction de taille. Ainsi pour inciter le lecteur à prononcer correctement le mot bête on peut l'écrire béite, voire bééite, ce qui n'est pas très rapide sur un clavier.
On peut aussi envisager de conserver la même taille de police pour les deux ou trois voyelles : béite ou bééite.
Il reste encore une solution, qui n'a pas le mérite de l'évidence mais qui peut se justifier par l'originalité de cette diphtongaison : la création d'une voyelle spécifique. Il se trouve qu'une solution simple est à notre disposition, le ë. En effet le tréma ne surmonte le eque dans deux ou trois mots (ambiguë, aiguë, poële*, plus quelques noms propres comme Noël). Rien ne s'opposerait à ce que le Tseu s'enorgueillisse d'une nouvelle voyelle, bien à lui. On écrirait alors déblâtrë, la fëte, la bëte. En attendant une éventuelle prise de position de l'Académie du Tseu, je vais sagement me contenter d'écrire fééite, bééite, carrément avec deux é et ne pas toucher au é final dans des mots tels que déblâtré. Qu'en pensez-vous ?
* et encore, depuis 1990 on écrit ambigüe, aigüe ; quant à poële, il est remplacé par poêle, la place est donc libre pour un ë tseu.
diphtongué : transformer une lettre en diphtongue en modifiant son timbre (intonation)
gliding vowel, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable. Technically, a diphthong is a vowel with two different targets: that is, the tongue (and/or other parts of the speech apparatus) moves during the pronunciation of the vowel. In many dialects of English, the phrase no highway cowboys /ˌnoʊ ˈhaɪweɪ ˈkaʊbɔɪz/ has five distinct diphthongs, one in every syllable.
Language Camps In the Puget Sound
Hello Families,
Long time, no post. I'm proud to say that I've started my French Language School. I already have students and currently planning our summer camps. It's been a lot of work, and very exciting.
Adults Learning Italian
http://www.percorsoitaliano.com
http://www.centro-italiano.com/Italian_for_Beginners.html
http://www.centro-italiano.com/Italiano_per_Bambini.php
https://afseattle.extranet-aec.com/classes/view/0-all/0/0-all-groups/0-all-levels/0/
http://www.abcgermanschool.com/about.htm
Long time, no post. I'm proud to say that I've started my French Language School. I already have students and currently planning our summer camps. It's been a lot of work, and very exciting.
Adults Learning Italian
http://www.percorsoitaliano.com
http://www.centro-italiano.com/Italian_for_Beginners.html
http://www.centro-italiano.com/Italiano_per_Bambini.php
https://afseattle.extranet-aec.com/classes/view/0-all/0/0-all-groups/0-all-levels/0/
http://www.abcgermanschool.com/about.htm
Organizing the bookshelf
A few youtube videos I found about how other language learners organize their book shelves.
http://papoulemanchot.com
Teaching my little boy French with this website. Finding these sites is not an easy task. I am planning on using this site with my son.
http://papoulemanchot.com/dictionnaires.html
http://papoulemanchot.com/dictionnaires.html
How much exposure?
For the summer of 2015, my three year old son will be taking some private French lessons with a charming young girl. His teacher is only about fifteen years old, but she is a native French speaker and very enthusiastic about teaching children French.
This leads me to the question, how much time should a toddler spend on foreign languages? Should there be a certain daily allotment to foreign language learning? The amount of daily exposure depends on your goal. My goal is simple, I want my son to naturally absorb syntax (natural arrangement of words) and phonological awareness (basic sound units). A systematic exposure to language is more important than huge amounts of time surrounded by the language because the toddler brain works on QUALITY more than quantity. Therefor, regular systematic exposure with stable speakers will help a child reach my goals.
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