Description: A unique method of learning and sharpening your French language skillsFor the advanced beginner or intermediate-level learner, reading offers you the most convenient way to practice and sharpen your French and monitor your progress. Better Reading French brings you short passages that reflect real-life, contemporary issues and situations taken from magazines, the Internet, books, and newspapers.Covering such topics as cuisine, love, music, travel, technology, politics, and history, each chapter features reading selections that become more challenging as the sections progress. Here you will find a feature on Alain Ducasse's favorite recipes, a letter from nineteenth-century actress Juliette Drouet to her lover Victor Hugo, descriptions of France's many museums, and more than fifty other selections to help you improve your reading speed and understanding.Following each article is a set of exercises that help your comprehension and develop invaluable reading skills including:Skimming material for general meaningScanning for detailsUsing word formation, cognates, and context to determine meaningUnderstanding idioms and artistic expressionsAn appendix provides suggestions for further reading. Better Reading French will not only help you improve or revive your language skills, it also will open up the enjoyable and exciting world of reading in French.ANNIE HEMINWAY is an author and teacher at the French Institute/Alliance Francaise.
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Subject Area: French
Personalized: No
Level: B1 Intermediate, B2 Upper Intermediate
Source Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: Languages, French
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.6in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Annie Heminway
Publication Name: Better Reading French : a Reader and Guide to Improving Your Understanding of Written French
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, T.H.E.
Publication Year: 2003
Series: Better Reading Language Ser.
Type: Language Course
Item Weight: 11.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
