Foreign Language Study : French

New reading series brings foreign language acquisition into the 21st century. While the world produces more and more reading material each year, from magazines to newspapers to websites, why are most language learners still relying on contrived texts and classic literature for language acquisition? Providing entertaining contemporary texts in the original language, the Better Reading Language series is for those who want to brush up on a foreign language. With the authentic materials provided in this series, readers will be able to peruse a Latin Grammys write-up in Spanish, a feature on Alain Ducasse's favorite recipes in French, or a review of a Milan fashion show in Italian. Readings on everything from music and sports to cinema and contemporary family life are arranged in increasing difficulty within chapters. Along the way, learners will find instruction and exercises to help develop improved reading speed, comprehension, and vocabulary. more...

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With The Everything French Verb Book , mastering idiomatic verbs is a cinch! You'll not only learn basic and advanced verbs and how to use them, you'll also learn the subtleties that distinguish similar verbs. more...

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Practice your way to French fluency. Practice Makes Perfect: French Verb Tenses goes beyond other verbbooks to coach you in when and why verb tenses are used.In addition to an array of fully conjugated verbs, you will findclear and concise explanations that pinpoint why specific tenseswork in given situations as well as tons of engaging examples andnumerous skill-building exercises. Combine those features withthe renowned Practice Makes Perfect format and you havethe ideal reference/workbook to learn to speak andwrite French with fluency. more...

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The French you learned in school won’t get you far! Pardon My French is an entertaining and useful guide to the words and phrases every Francophile, traveler, student, and word maven should know, with fascinating lore and tidbits that make sense of the Gallic mind-set. Englishman Charles Timoney was thrown into French life headfirst twenty-five years ago when he and his wife moved to her native France. He had studied French in school, but his memory of vocabulary list and verb-conjugation drills proved no match for day-to-day living and communicating with French coworkers. As he blundered toward fluency, he collected the idioms and phrases that no one ever taught him in a classroom and that wonderfully (sometimes wickedly) epitomized l’esprit francais. Pardon My French includes insider’s language tips for dining, shopping, understanding French slang, and more. Selections include:. • Faire un canard, which literally means “to do a duck,” but also refers to dunking sugar lumps in coffee and is the preferred way to get a kick of sugary caffeine in France. • Tablette de chocolat, which literally means “chocolate bar,” but is also the term for a finely muscled male stomach in France, Since the English equivalent is a six pack,” it’s a splendid example of how differently we see things! more...

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Polish your French grammar with practice, practice, practice. Unlike typical language books, Practice Makes Perfect: Complete French Grammar is a combination language guide/workbook that provides you with the knowledge you need to understand the subject and the practice you need to master it in minimal time. more...

Price: $12.95