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Random pairs:

Student dictates short passage to partner who transcribes the passage. Switch roles using a different passage.

Reading/Listening activity for pronunciation:

Student has list of rules for obligatory liaison (see below). Partner reads numbered list of word strings, student records the number of the string on paper next to the rule.

Liaison obligatoire: (Student A)

1. entre sujet et verbe
2. entre adjectif qui précède le nom
3. après est
4. après l'article indéfini les
5. après l'article indéfini un/une
6. après un chiffre
7. après pas
8. après les prépositions
9. quand il y a inversion
10. entre un adverbe et son adjectif

List of strings of words requiring liaison: (Student B reads:)

1. très important
2. en avion
3. deux ailes
4. C'est un ours
5. C'est une amie
6. les hôtels
7. vous êtes
8. les bonnes auberges
9. C'est une femme.
10. plaît-il
11. pas encore
12. dix hommes

Same exercise with forbidden liaison:

1. après la conjonction et
2. entre un nom et son verbe
3. devant huit, onze et oui
4. après am, em, om, um
5. après m final

Liaison Exercise 3.

Student A and B have the same list of word strings. Student A reads word strings. Student B marks the word string || to indicate where Student A didn't make the liaison, and a squiggle if he or she did make the liaison.

List of word strings:

1. Georges et Anne
2. les animaux ont faim
3. nous sommes huit
4. ils sont onze
5. le bébé a un an et demi
6. un référendum et une plébiscite
7. il a dit oui

Upon completion both students fill in the following statements according to their observations:

En faisant les liaisons:

les S et les X se prononcent comme un _______.

les D se prononcent comme un _______.

les F se prononcent comme un _______.

Teacher displays the structure of the sentence on the overhead.

Each student records part of a sentence according to the pattern below . When the teacher rings the starting bell, each student gets up and sits one seat to his right (the student at the end of the row goes to the first empty seat in the row behind him or her) where he records the next part of the sentence without listening to what is already on the recording. After five moves the students listen to the recording that is on next seat. They continue to rotate until each as heard 5 or 10 silly sentences.

Part 1 of sentence: Qui... (Who)

Part 2 of sentence: a fait quoi... (did what)

Part 3 of sentence: où... (where)

Part 4 of sentence: quand... (when)

Part 5 of sentence: avec quelles conséquences... (with what consequences)

Material:

Cards with pictures of fruit, vegetables, clothing, means of transportation/communication, furniture, etc.

Put students in random groups of 4. Teacher gives each student four cards. Student in the group must trhy to guess the contents of the cards of the others. To begin, it's better to start with one category of items for everyone in the group.

Student no 1 asks successively a question of the three partners. Student no 1 to Student no 2: Do you have the chocolate? Student no 3 says "I have the chocolate." adn he turns over teh card with the chocolate. Student no 1 continues and asks Student no 3: "Do you have the bread?" Student no 3 says "No, I don't have the bread." Then Student no 1 asks Student no 4 : "Do you have the wine?" Student no 4 says: "Yes, I have the bread!" and he turns over the bread card.

Then it's Student no 2's turn to ask each partner and the game continues until all cards are turned over.

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