The Ultimate French Review and Practice with CD-ROM (UItimate Review & Reference Series) - Softcover

Stillman, David M.; Gordon, Ronni L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071744142 ISBN 13: 9780071744140

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Contemporary, 2011

Synopsis

Gain confidence in your French-language communication using the method trusted by more than 200,000 students

The Ultimate French Review and Practice gives you a good grasp of grammar so you can build your skills and confidence in communication. Each grammatical concept is explained and illustrated with engaging sentence examples; you'll also get extensive exercises offer practice at applying this knowledge in everyday conversation.

This book/CD-ROM package includes:

• More than 400 exercises, in addition to 200 exercises on the accompanying CD-ROM
• A Pre-Test that identifies your strengths and weaknesses and a Post-Test that helps you review your progress, both on the CD-ROM
• Bonus online content, including audio exercises as well as internet-based activities focused on key cultural website across the French-speaking world

Topics include: Verbs--Basic Forms and Uses, Present Tense, Present Tense of Irregular Verbs, Negative Sentences, Interrogative Sentences, Imperative, Passé Composé, Imperfect, Imperfect versus Passé Composé, Reflexive Verbs, Future and Conditional, Conditional Sentences, Pluperfect, Future Perfect, and Past Conditional, Passe Simple, Present Participles, Uses of the Infinitive, Nouns and Their Modifiers, Pronouns, Nouns: Gender, Number and Articles, Uses of Articles, Stressed Pronouns, Subject-Verb Agreement, Possessive and Demonstrative Adjectives and Pounouns, Interrogative Adjectives and Pronouns, Adjectives, Comparative and Superlative, Object Pronouns, Numbers, Time, Dates, Adverbs, Negatives and Indefinites, Prepositions, Prepositions with Geographical Names, Verbs in Two-Clause Sentences, Relative Clauses, The Present Subjunctive, The Past Subjunctive, Literary Subjunctives, The Subjunctive, Idiomatic Usage, The Passive Voice and Substitutes for the Passive, Important Idioms and Proverbs, Verb Charts

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Review + Practice = Confident Communication in French!

The Ultimate French Review and Practice, CD-ROM Edition, will transform the
way you look at French grammar--from a set of easily forgotten rules into
stepping stones toward accurate and confident communication. Combining
concise review with extensive practice, this book provides the ultimate way
to polish your French language skills.

Organized into 28 lessons, The Ultimate French Review and Practice offers:

Clear, concise explanations of all the grammar topics, illustrated from
examples from everyday life
More than 400 exercises with Answer Key to help you master French grammar
and vocabulary
Vocabulary boxes providing the terms and expressions that will enhance your
ability to express yourself
Exclusively on the CD-ROM

An innovative program of audio exercises that re-create authentic
situations and develop listening skills
Diagnostic and Review Tests with 180 exercises to determine your skills and
monitor your progress
200 varied and challenging exercises that cover all aspects of grammar
System requirements: PC only: Windows 2000, XP

About the Author:

David M. Stillman, Ph.D. is a well-known writer of foreign language textbooks, multimedia courses, and reference books. He holds a Ph.D. in Spanish linguistics from the University of Illinois and taught at Harvard, Boston University, and Cornell. He is a professor at The College of New Jersey where he teaches Italian, Spanish, French, and Hebrew.

Ronni L. Gordon, Ph.D. is a prominent author of foreign language textbooks, reference books, and materials for multimedia. She received her Ph.D. in Spanish language and Spanish and Latin American History and Literature from Rutgers University, and taught at Harvard and Boston University. She is an education consultant specializing in curriculum development in foreign languages, literature, and history, and teacher training.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Contemporary
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0071744142
• ISBN 13: 9780071744140
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 440