Better French :

Achieving fluency with everyday speech

4th edition

 Who else wants to learn to speak French like a diplomat?

Information Points                         

• Authoritative  - written by a very experienced  internationally recognised authority
•  A growing market of IB students and undergraduate students and students taking college or university-based degree courses
• Ideal for students wishing to improve their fluency
• Worldwide market- Studymates are in demand all over the world
• A must have book for all students studying this area.     

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Who else wants to speak French like a diplomat?
Many people learn French for years at school, only to reach a plateau beyond which they never emerge. This book is an effective short-cut to fluency in French.

Now in its third edition, Better French helps the intermediate reader reach fluency by showing them the right way to use ‘problem’ words. It addresses the subtleties of the language: Are donc and alors interchangeable? What about grand or gros? When do you use c’est or il est?  When do you pronounce the final ‘s’ in plus?  Learning the answers to these and a host of other questions can finally steer you to success.

This book is ideal for:

• All students taking courses to improve their French-speaking skills

• Post 16-Level students and first-year undergraduates

• Adult education centres

• Teachers, tutors and lecturers

• School libraries, reference and public libraries

• University and college central libraries.

• Ideal for 1st and 2nd year undergraduates

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Reviews on amazon

Although I have a good knowledge of French, this book is invaluable for me. Often it is the simple things that throw me when I'm using French, eg when to use connaître or savoir, when to use emmener or emporter, etc. What is the difference between grand and gros and when should I use jour or journée? There is also a chapter on pronunciation - when to sound the 's' at the end of a word and how the word 'terrible' can have a different meaning according to the intonation you use.

This book is giving me more confidence in using French as I can be sure I am using various words and phrases in the right way.

The book is well-organised with chapters on separate topics. There are also French/English indexes of words. For example, if you wanted to check on how to use ce que, you can quickly find the page from the index. The layout of the book therefore makes it very easy to look up a particular query. You can dip into it and read up on one small section at a time.

The book has provided explanations of many aspects of the French language I wasn't quite sure of - or didn't know! I'm in a French conversation group and I'm going to recommend that everyone buys a copy of this book.

This excellent little book gives practical advice on how the French actually use their language. It is concise, well structured and has hundreds of examples.

Faults? The later chapters appear to have been hurried or cut short to squeeze them in.

Overall it does what the title says and does it well. Thoroughly recommended.

 

this book is very useful for students of French wishing to iron out small problems of language.

 

This excellent little book gives practical advice on how the French actually use their language. It is concise, well structured and has hundreds of examples.

 

Although I have a good knowledge of French, this book is invaluable for me. Often it is the simple things that throw me when I'm using French, eg when to use connaître or savoir, when to use emmener or emporter, etc. What is the difference between grand and gros and when should I use jour or journée? There is also a chapter on pronunciation - when to sound the 's' at the end of a word and how the word 'terrible' can have a different meaning according to the intonation you use.

This book is giving me more confidence in using French as I can be sure I am using various words and phrases in the right way.

The book is well-organised with chapters on separate topics. There are also French/English indexes of words. For example, if you wanted to check on how to use ce que, you can quickly find the page from the index. The layout of the book therefore makes it very easy to look up a particular query. You can dip into it and read up on one small section at a time.

The book has provided explanations of many aspects of the French language I wasn't quite sure of - or didn't know! I'm in a French conversation group and I'm going to recommend that everyone buys a copy of this book.

 

 

 

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