Coucou!
In today's special episode, I'm interviewing my friend Marie, who speaks with a beautiful and warm Marseillais accent. Listen to her pronunciation, can you spot her accent at all? In this two-part exclusive episode, you'll listen to our informal interview in French, and next week, I'll break down the interview in more detail to help you pinpoint the main features of our respective accents. Watch with subtitles or read the transcript below :)
In this episode, you'll learn :
- why studying accents improves your listening and speaking
- the main accent differences between Paris and Marseille
- how we perceive other francophone accents
Today's takeaway:
1. Simply listen to the interview, familiarise yourself with our voices. Can you spot accent differences?
2. Use the transcript below to focus on phonetics and study our accents.
3. Make sure you check out next week's episode where I'll break down parts of the interview and do a follow-up phonetics exercise to help you improve your own pronunciation and listening skills.
Resources and references:
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Alors? Ça t'a plu?
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