Phonetics in Foreign Languages Teaching and in Textbooks of French as a Foreign Language

Abstrakt

The article deals with the importance of phonetics and especially prosody in a foreign language teaching, while the focus is on French language. It deals with the concept of phonetics (segmental and supra-segmental language level) in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

The results of a critical analysis of current French textbooks are presented, available in the Czech Republic. Its aim was to find out whether French teachers find in these pedagogic materials methodological support for a better production and perception of their pupils (students).

Klíčová slova

• French as a foreign language
• phonetics
• prosody
• French language teaching
• the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages