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gram's end, the dialogue Is re- ated in precise, well-enunciated rench. The program has two main aims, says Jean-Marie Laurence, JEAN-MARIE LAURENCE (RIGHT) AND CAST DURING SUPPER HOUR 'Comment Parlez Vous? Success In Quebec Cily | sm By JOHN YORSTON Canadian Press Staif Writer |speak?), is broadcast by CHRC rvptions of English words. N QUEBEC, (CP) -- Public and Quebec during the supper hour|thing is exaggerated. The high sehool students--and their when parents not only can make|brand of French can be hear parents--are listening to a twice-|sure their children listen, but|almost anywhere in Quebec pro Weekly radio pro, Fam Mesighed can take advantage of fhe oppor-| ince. to raise the standard of spoken/tunity to improve their own 3 alae gas P [ERRORS CORRECTED The students have to listen--| The program format is simple. | they may he questioned about it| Marie and Pierre, two school-age|tion is finished, ment Parlez Vous? (How de you ciation, had grammer and cor same| When the two-minute conversa- two grownups|breakfast eonversation between 2 distinguished linguist who is its creator and writer. These are, to improve the standard of every: day French and "to interest par- ents in the work of the students," "The schools can never im. rove language by th ves. "Comment est-ce que ca va?" changed it to "Comment vas tu?" The youngsters were also told to pay attention to the distinction |between making and preparing |coffee. And in place of "un oeuf frit ou boulli" (a fried or hoiled egg) it was suggested they use *oeuf sur the plat" and "'ocuf a la coque." ey need at least the moral sup- port of the parents, We want the parents to have the good mental attitude of wanting their children to speak better." Chief dangers to the language were poor pronungiation "which eventually creates a change in the pronunciation of words," the tendency to substitute Anglicisms for French words, and poor vo. eabulary, "If people had a store of words, they wouldn't need to fill in the blank spaces with Ang- licisms." 20 BROADCASTS The first 20 broadcasts are tak- i ing place this spring. Ten are de. voted to phonetics and 10° to grammar and syntax. Roland Nadeau, director of studies for the - Quebec school commission, says he is eonvinced the programs are a success. A classroom survey showed that 44,48" students, parents and friends listened to one program. Of these, 10,500 were studenis-- more than one-third of the 28,000 under the commission. The programs are rebroadcast i jere, in the Saguenay re- them later. o-/FOUR IN CAST The parts of Marie and Pierre d/are played by Gisele Bertrand, v.10. and Robert Petit, 11. Elise DeMontigny and Benoit Thibeault, announcers at CHRC, are the critics. One typical program was a mext day in class. |voungsters, read a brief dialogue pick it apart line by line, ex- Marie and Pierre which opened The 15-minute program, Com-ithat is ehock-full of poor pronun- plaining the errors. At the pro-|with the awkward question: HAMPTON By M. HORN HAMPTON ~~ Mr. and Mrs, Charlie Wairen have returned from a holiday in the Rio Grande Valley. Mr, and Mrs. Bruce Hogarth, Joanne and Kathy, visited Mr and Mrs. Harold Salter, Sunday, Mrs. 8. G, Niddery spent the weekend with' Mr, and Mrs, Jack Niddery, Bowmanville. Mr. and Mrs. John Carrigan and Marie Prescott visited Mr, and Mrs. Herbert Prescott, En- niskillen, Saturday. Mary Niddery spent the week- end with Mr, and Mrs. R, Fer. nandez, Toronto. Mr. and Mrs, Tom Peters and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Henry, Osh- awa, called on G, Adcock, Sun- day. Mrs. Laverne Clemens visited Mr. and Mrs, Norman Clemens, Toronto, Friday. Mrs. Hilton Peters, Ralph Pe- ters, Toronto, and Keith Peters, Oshawa, called on Mrs. T. 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