Teach Yourself (Improve Your French) - Softcover

Jean-claude-arragon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340870613 ISBN 13: 9780340870617

Publisher: Teach Yourself Books, 2004

Synopsis

Graduate from the fundamentals to fluency! For language learners stuck at rudimentary greetings and memorized phrases, this new Teach Yourself Improve Your Language series is the ideal way to move beyond beginners' basics. By building on existing knowledge, readers improve the competency of their spoken and written communication. Lively, authentic dialogues cover a range of situations, such as making invitations and suggestions; writing job descriptions; talking about past events; conveying hotel requirements; making complaints; shopping; and describing ailments. The course also expands sophisticated linguistic skills, such as expressing obligation and needs; probability; contrasting ideas; and regret. Features include: Clear explanations of key structures Extensive vocabulary lists Easy-access verb tables Useful practice exercises

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About the Author

Jean-Claude Arragon is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Huddersfield. Educated in France, he has taught French in English schools and universities for over 30 years. He was Chief Examiner for French A/AS Level Speaking Examinations for AQA from 1988 until 2001. He has also been a member of the inter-board development team for the new generation of AS and A-level language examinations and was responsible for the recruitment of students from French institutions within and outside the ERASMUS SOCRATES scheme. He has written French course materials for the Open University and dramatic material for the BBC television French Beginners' course 'Ensemble'.

Edition details

• Publisher: Teach Yourself Books
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340870613
• ISBN 13: 9780340870617
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256