Learning French from Spanish and Spanish from French: A Short Guide - Softcover

Lunn, Patricia V.; Alkhas, Anita Jon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626164258 ISBN 13: 9781626164253

Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Learning French from Spanish and Spanish from French provides adult English speakers who have learned either Spanish or French as a second language with the tools to learn the other as a third language. Research in the growing fields of third-language acquisition and multilingualism documents how successful language learners intuitively build on their existing knowledge as they learn a new language. In this vein, Learning French from Spanish and Spanish from French takes advantage of the fact that learners with intermediate proficiency in a second language are used to thinking consciously about language, know themselves as language learners, and can capitalize on what they know about one language to understand the other. With chapters conveniently organized by grammatical concept and including supplementary resources such as exercises, parallel reading texts, and audio files, this book will benefit students, travelers, and budding multilinguals alike.

About this title

About the Author:

Patricia V. Lunn is a professor emerita of Spanish at Michigan State University. She is the coauthor of, among other books and articles, En otras palabras: Perfeccionamiento del español por medio de la traducción, segunda edición (GUP).

Anita Alkhas is an associate professor of French at the University of Wisconsin―Milwaukee. She has contributed articles to the Contemporary French Civilization, the French Review, and Georges Sand Studies, among other journals.

Review:

"Learning French from Spanish and Spanish from French is the perfect quick-start guide for your next language. Lunn and Alkhas have cut to the chase with their succinct contrastive grammar and just enough targeted examples. Get the basics here, and then apply these lessons to your preferred form of practice." ― Terrell Morgan, Professor Hispanic Linguistics, Ohio State University

About this edition

• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1626164258
• ISBN 13: 9781626164253
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160