Unnamed native speakers (male and female) voice the 72 lessons, which are grouped into 20 "chapters". Text was published by Macmillan Company (New York, 1969).
Collection Technical Notes:
Tapes are the copies sent from the publisher. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Introduction (including pedagogical suggestions); Conversations 1-41; Grammar Units 1-25; Reference Materials; The relation between French spelling and French pronunciation, verb forms, common units of measurement, vocabularies, etc.
Collection Technical Notes:
Tapes were dubbed starting in November 1962 from the publisher’s tapes on loan to the LLA. The accompanying text and companion recording are referenced here.
Reading of the texts inserted between pages 216 and 217 of the text:;“Arrivée à Paris”, “La cuisine française”, “Scènes parisiennes”, “Voyage à Reims”, “En province”, etc.
Chapters 1-22; Dictation for Chapters 1-22; Pronunciation Drills for Chapters 1-10
Collection Technical Notes:
Masters were dubbed from the 3.75 ips, half-track publisher’s tapes (on seven-inch reels) lent to the LLA by Gerald Honigsblum; JJT, rec. eng., Sept. 1984. The LA collection does not have a copy of the text.
Masters are dubs of the 3.75 ips, half-track publisher’s tapes on seven-inch reels (recorded at the University of Hawaii), lent to the LLA by Gerald Honigsblum; JJT, rec. eng., July 1981.