Improve Your French Book/CD Pack (Teach Yourself Languages) - Softcover

Arragon, Jean-Claude

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340870621 ISBN 13: 9780340870624

Publisher: Teach Yourself Books, 2004

Synopsis

This synopsis refers to the book + CD pack.

Are you looking for a course to help you achieve A-level standard in French? Perhaps you are taking the language up again after a break from it? Teach Yourself Improve your French is the ideal way to extend your language skills if you already have some knowledge of French. Whether you ve completed Teach Yourself French or any other beginners French course, either by yourself or at evening class, you will find this the perfect course for building on your existing knowledge and improving your spoken and written language.

The book covers a wide range of topics of the sort you will want to talk about when in France and teaches you the kind of everyday language and features of speech that will enable you to communicate with confidence and feel comfortable taking part in conversation with native speakers of French. The choice of material aims to give you something of the flavour of France today and each unit is based around a single theme with lively interviews and conversations on the accompanying recording. There are activities based on the interviews and texts to help you remember what you ve learnt and put your knowledge into practice. The units are divided into sessions to help you organize your learning time and break up the material into manageable chunks -and there are reminders throughout to refresh your memory of points you have learnt.

The accompanying double CD provides approximately 2 hours of listening material. The CDs (0 340 87063 X) and book (0 340 87061 3) can also be purchased separately.

About this title

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
• ISBN 10: 0340870621
• ISBN 13: 9780340870624
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256