Notes mostly to self after session, so I don't lose this stuff. Accent tonique, say all words smoothly, without any additional stress on any syllables. Messieurs, don't say the R l'enquêteur, make sure you say the R so that it doesn't sound like l'enquête prATiquer, not pra*c*tiquer moto, make both o's sound the same sortez, sort, make sure you say those R's R problems: fruit (ends up sounding like fuit), le fruit fuit rouge ceinture trois (risk sounding like toi) tarte parfum exprés noir rose ou vs u problems: douze rouge (in combination with the R!) sucre (in combination with the stupid R) jupe Stress problems: comment embouteillage Other: bonbons, get your nasalized vowel sounds beau should sound like bo un hopital, no liason from n to h été should sound different than était learn how to say jambon (was vowel+m, vowel+n, need to be nasalized) une pharmacie, don't say the 'e' at the end Do you hear the difference between Asterisque-Asterix, Obelisque-Obelix? 'an' should sound like 'en', so "balence" will more resemblance to balance than...balen whale? ein=in sound wagon...don't care for now. 'w' hardly exists in French. http://phonetique.free.fr/indexphonvoy.htm