With this new edition, our bestselling French immersion title moves to the front of the crowded language learning shelf. Heeding the input of language experts as well as our customers, French For Dummies, 2nd Edition, features more than 25 percent new and revised content, while preserving the book's unique qualities that customers appreciate. The book features a revamped, user-friendly organization building on the reader's knowledge and ability, plus expanded coverage of necessary grammar for the beginner as well as a more focused approach to major tenses and conjugations that readers at this level need to know. Added features include a fully updated and expanded audio CD (including real-life conversations); a refreshed and expanded mini-dictionary; more useful exercises and practice opportunities; and more.
About The Author
Dodi-Katrin Schmidt, Michelle M. Williams, and Dominique Wenzel are highly regarded French instructors and writers. Zoe Erotopoulos holds an M.A., M.Phil, and Ph.D. in French and Romance Philology from Columbia University in New York City.?? She has also studied in Aix-en-Provence, at the Sorbonne and at the Ecole Normale Sup??rieure in Paris. Her teaching experience in French ranges from elementary to advance level courses including literature and theater.?? Dr. Erotopoulos has taught at a number of institutions including Columbia University, Reid Hall in Paris, and Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.?? For the past fifteen years, she has been teaching in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Table Of Contents
Introduction Part I: Getting Started
- Chapter 1: The French You Already Know
- Chapter 2: Laying the Foundation: Basic French Grammar
- Chapter 3: Getting Started with Pronunciation and Basic Expressions
- Chapter 4: Getting Your Numbers, Dates, and Times Straight
- Chapter 5: Talking about Your Home, Family, and Daily Routine
- Chapter 6: Getting to Know You: Making Small Talk
- Chapter 7: Asking Directions and Finding Your Way
- Chapter 8: Bon App??tit! Dining Out and Going to the Market
- Chapter 9: Shopping Made Easy
- Chapter 10: Going Out on the Town
- Chapter 11: Taking Care of Business and Telecommunicating
- Chapter 12: Recreation and the Outdoors
- Chapter 13: Planning a Trip
- Chapter 14: Dealing with Money in a Foreign Land
- Chapter 15: Getting Around: Planes, Trains, Taxis, and More
- Chapter 16: Finding a Place to Stay
- Chapter 17: Handling Emergencies
- Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Pick Up French Quickly
- Chapter 19: Ten Things Never to Say in French
- Chapter 20: Ten Favorite French Expressions
- Chapter 21: Ten Phrases That Make You Sound French
- Appendix A: Mini-Dictionaries
- Appendix B: Verb Tables
- Appendix C: Answer Key
- Appendix D: On the CD
- Index
| Publisher | Wiley India Pvt Ltd |
| Publication Year | 2012 |
| ISBN-13 | 9788126534661 |
| ISBN-10 | 8126534664 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 2ndEdition |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | 384 Pages |
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