Volume 1 Lessons/Units
1 Onze petits éléphants: The Rhythm of French
       A.  English vs. French rhythm
       B.  Rhythmic groups
       C.  Syllable division and rhythm practice

2.  Mulhouse: The high vowels
       A.  How to pronounce the high vowels
       B.  Special pronunciation cases
       C.  The high vowels in larger contexts

3.  Ferté: The mid front unrounded vowels
       A.  How to pronounce these vowels
       B.  Special pronunciation problems
       C.  A further look

4.  Voulez-vous du café? Intonation
       A.  Intonation - The basic contours
       B.  Real-life intonation
       C.  Intonation and emphasis

5.  Paris: The consonant 'R'
       A.  The basic articulation
       B.  Special contexts
       C.  Spelling - Sentences

Volume 2 Lessons/Units

6. Bordeaux: The vowel 'O'
       A.  Basic pronunciation
       B.  Special pronunciation problems
       C.  A further look at spelling/pronunciation

7.  La Rochelle: The consonant 'L'
       A.  Basic Articulation
       B.  Special Contexts
       C.  Spelling - Sentences

8.  Carpentras: The stop consonants
       A.  Consonants at beginning of words
       B.  Consonants within and at end words
       C.  A further look at stop consonants

9.  Harfleur:  The vowels 'O' and 'U'
       A.  Basic pronunciation
       B.  Special pronunciation problems
       C.  A further look

10.  Barsac: The vowel 'A'
       A.  Basic pronunciation
       B.  Spelling - Pronunciation
       C.  Short sentences

Volume 3 Lessons/Units

11.Mont Saint Aignan: The nasal vowels
       A.  Basic pronunciation
       B.  Spelling - Pronunciation
       C.  Larger contexts

12.  Mes amis américains: Liaison
       A.  Main cases of liaison
       B.  Special cases
       C.  Sentences

13.  Marseille: The semi-vowels
       A.  Basic pronunciation
       B.  More pronunciation
       C.  Sentences

14.  Place de la Madeleine:  Unstable e
       A.  Basic rules
       B.  A closer look at unstable e
       C.  Sentences

15.  Rivière-du-Moulin: Dialectal variations
       A.  Northern and Southern France
       B.  European and Canadian French
       C.  Sentences

Technical Data & Pricing

For Apple Macintosh computers running Softwindows 5.0

Distributed on CD-ROM.

Requires sound card and microphone for recording & playback.

Network ready.

The file is a 10MB self-extracting WinZip file.

Just place the downloaded file "rofdemo.exe" in a temporary directory, and then execute it from Windows. The Rhythm of French Demo will be unzipped, and the SETUP.EXE program executed. When prompted for a user id and password, please do two things: Enter a user id and password of only alphabetic characters (no numerics please) Write down your user id and password where you can find it again later.

If you need more information, please read the README.TXT file in your C:\ROFDEMO directory.

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