Lesson Plan 1 Using Podcasts

Lesson 1

• Title: Liaison
• Type of Web 2.0 Tool: Podcasts
  
• Objectives: Linguistic goal - Students in French 1 will be able to understand and perform liaison to link words in French.
• Brief Description of Overall Lesson: Students are provided with a podcast on liaison with script in their class web page.
  What is la liaison? Examples of pronunciation such as un ami, un Américain, un Anglais, un artiste. In general, the n of un is silent. However, in the above words, the n in un is pronounced as if it were the first letter of the next word. This is called LIAISON.
  When does it occur? Liaison occurs between two words when the second one begins with a VOWEL SOUND, that is with a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes h and y.