Product Description

"Essential Reprise - A Complete Review of French Grammar, Communication, and Culture" is an ideal review and practice tool for intermediate through advanced learners of French. "Essential Reprise" offers clear, concise grammar explanations, with examples of everyday usage. These presentations of structure are easy to read and encourage students to see grammar as a stepping stone to communication.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #974973 in Books
• Published on: 1998-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Language Notes
Text: English, French

Customer Reviews

As nothing but a grammar review...
This book is very useful. It starts off with the most simple grammar (regular verbs), and eventually progresses into more complex tenses, moods, pronoun uses, and even includes 13 pages of idioms and their translations in the back (and activities for you to learn them!).

For somebody that already speaks a romance language, this could serve as a pretty smooth introduction into French, as well. For the advanced beginner, perhaps - or somebody who doesn't want to waste time with a hundred dollars' worth of "This is a verb. This is an adjective."

Granted, there is no conversational aspect to this book, unless you're working with a partner - every chapter includes an "oral exercise", which you could probably do on your own, but it would help to have a friend to help you out.

The only downside to this book is that it assumes you already know a lot of French - it doesn't explain much of the vocabulary. Granted, you can get through this book without knowing a single word of French, simply by following the grammar rules, but for a serious student of French who wants an intensive grammar workout, this book is a MUST!