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Excerpt from Fundamentals Of French: A Combination Of The Direct And Grammar Methods
The first two weeks should be spent on the sounds of the French language. A short paragraph 1 of French read to the class daily by the teacher will keep the student in mind of the goal toward which he is aiming and prevent him from losing his perspective in the midst of the details necessary for the acquirement of a language. The student is not to read himself but to listen carefully. From this reading (if slightly emphasized) the student will learn first that each group of words bears a slight stress on the last syllable (or the one before if the word ends in a mute and second, that there is a slight raising of the voice on the last syllable before the minor pauses. The word - group is determined by the sense and by the breathing and will di?'er slightly according to taste and desired emphasis.
The following paragraph from les Trois Mousquetaires illustrates the above points, the final syllable of the word group being italicized. The voice is not raised before the period, colon or semi - colon.
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