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VSAO2313: French Essentials for Singers
2024 unit information
This unit of study provides the specialist language needs of the vocal performer, with the objective of students achieving basic French language and lyric diction skills. The students will be introduced to French grammar including music and voice-specific vocabulary and the phonetics of Modern French through familiarization with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). There will be an emphasis on the student's ability to introduce themselves and their music programs to an audience, talk to fellow students about singing, the practice of IPA transcriptions, and the performance of French Songs commensurate with the vocal skill level of each student.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Performance
| Code | VSAO2313 |
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| Academic unit | Performance |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. use basic French to talk about singing and to introduce their songs
- LO2. recognise simple grammatical structures in their songs
- LO3. learn to read and write the IPA
- LO4. understand the production of French vowels, nasal vowels, consonants and glides
- LO5. understand the content of their chosen repertoire and prepare the diction of it for further study with their voice teachers, in vocal performance class, performance practice and voice exams
- LO6. practical application of acquired knowledge from other disciplines and the development of entrepreneurial skills by engaging in teamwork to organise, market and run a professional event.
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