Product Description: Left detachment constructions (LDs) (e.g. un buffet de campagne, c’est un meuble) are examined in a corpus of informal spontaneous conversation between educated native speakers of French. The overwhelming majority of these constructions are shown to have a clearly pragmatic motivation...read more

Product Description: Many people learn French for years at school, only to reach a plateau beyond which they never emerge. This is an effective short-cut to fluency. "Better French" helps the reader by showing them the right way to use problem words. It addresses the subtleties of the language...read more

Product Description: Enjoy learning the French you need! Finally an entertaining, non-intimidating way for you to build speaking proficiency! This French course covers 10 key situations--from greetings and buying food and drink to shopping, asking for directions, and visiting locals--and includes two dialogues per topic...read more

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Product Description: Easy Learning Gem Phrasebook and CD combinations provide the perfect tools to hear and practice a language—with short and simple phrases, by listening two or three times, it is simple to pick up language essentials In all of the most common travel situations, travelers need the reassurance that they can communicate with ease...read more

Product Description: Unravel the mystery of speaking in French! Need a straightforward approach for fast and painless mastery of French speaking and comprehension skills? This easy-to-use guide from the popular Demystified series takes the mystery and menace out of speaking and understanding French by walking you step-by-step through the fundamentals of communicating in the language...read more

Product Description: The Starter Kit French is a new concept in language learning. It is a complete programme which has all the back up and additional support material you need to get you speaking French fast, and confidently.It has been specially written and designed for the complete beginner or the ‘false starter’ and does not assume that you know anything about learning a language...read more

Product Description: Learn a Language—Not Just Words. The Essential package is a unique, truly multi-media introduction to French that uses the Living Language Method™ to teach you to speak a new language, not just memorize vocabulary words. Our method presents the language in a natural and systematic way, combining linguistic science and proven techniques with an engaging experience to deliver real results...read more

Product Description: Learn a Language—Not Just Words. The Complete package is a unique, truly multi-media program in French that takes you from beginner to advanced level in one convenient package. It uses the Living Language Method™, which teaches you to speak a new language, not just memorize vocabulary words...read more

Product Description: Your students are changing. Technology is changing. The idea of the “classroom” is changing. Now, the way your students learn French can change as well! Inspiration. Confidence. Authenticity. At McGraw-Hill, we have conducted thousands of hours of research into student and instructor behavior and needs...read more

Product Description: Just the core concepts you need to write and speak French correctly If you have some knowledge of French and want to polish your skills, French Essentials For Dummies focuses on just the core concepts you need to communicate effectively...read more

Product Description: The Rough Guide French Phrasebook is the definitive Phrasebook to help you make the most of your time in France. Whether you want to book a hotel room, ask what time the train leaves, or buy a drink from the bar, this Phrasebook has a dictionary of more than 5,000 words and will help you communicate with the locals in no time...read more

LIAISONS is an innovative beginning-level French program firmly grounded in principles of communicative language teaching and research in second language acquisition. Components of the program are carefully linked together, showing students how they can make connections with their classmates, their instructor, their community, and the French-speaking world. With an engaging mystery film shot on location in Montreal, Quebec, and Paris, the program provides a rich array of communicative activities designed to stimulate interaction inside and outside the classroom. The underlying pedagogical framework in LIAISONS asks students to first discover new vocabulary and grammar through different mediums, then connect form and meaning through a set of confidence-building activities, and finally, actively create language.

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