Synopses & Reviews
It's easy to teach yourself French! Complete French provides you with a clear and comprehensive approach to French, so you can progress quickly from the basics to understanding, speaking, and writing French with confidence.
Within each of the 25 thematic chapters, important language structures are introduced through life-like dialogues. You'll learn grammar in a gradual manner so you won't be overwhelmed by this tricky subject. Exercises accompany the texts and reinforce learning in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This program also features current cultural information boxes that reflect recent changes in society.
The accompanying audio CDs include audio exercises--performed by native speakers--that reinforce communicative skills.
You can also visit teachyourself.com for tests, extension articles and a vibrant community of like-minded learners. And if you don't have much time, don't worry--this book gives you one-, five-, and 10-minute bites of learning to get you started.
About the Author
Gaelle Graham was born in France. She studied at la Sorbonne where she obtained a licence-es-lettres and has an MA in Linguistics from the University of Kent at Canterbury. She taught French in comprehensive schools in the London area for 25 years. She now works full time for the National Union of Teachers.
Table of Contents
01 Salutations
02 Premiers contacts
03 On fait connaissance
04 Un voyage en bateau
05 On visite la vieille ville
06 Ou stationner?
07 Lhebergement
08 A lhotel
09 Une si jolie petite ville!
10 Choisir un restaurant
11 La pluie et le beau temps!
12 Au restaurant
13 Sur la route
14 On cherche un appartement
15 Dans les grandes surfaces
16 A la maison du peuple
17 On cherche du travail
18 On prend le TGV
19 A lhopital
20 On prend le metro
21 Si on gagnait le gros lot...
22 Les greves
23 La vie de famille
24 Un repas familial
25 Si on achetait une maison?
Revision unit
Key to the exercises
Transcripts of listening exercises
Grammar summary
Verb tables
French-English vocabulary
English-French vocabulary