Book Summary:
Get up and running with French
“Easy French Step-by-Step” proves that a solid grounding in grammar basics is the key to mastering a second language. You are quickly introduced to grammatical rules and concepts inorder of importance, which you can build on as you progress through the book. You will also learn more than 300 verbs, chosen by their frequency of use. Numerous exercises and engagingreadings help you quickly build your speaking and comprehension prowess
Amazon Reviews ( 5 Stars – 9, 4 Stars – 1, 1 Star – 2):
1) Excellent French Language book for Teachers and Students,September 28, 2009
As a French tutor and French native, I love this book. It teaches all aspects of the French language: Conversation, Grammar, Vocabulary and includes excellent Exercises (with answers in the back).
I recommend it highly to everyone, both beginners and those wanting to perfect his or her skills.
2) Absolutement!, October 11, 2010 (4 Stars)
I had looked for this version at our local book-seller and they did not carry the series. Such a shame because it is a great book for learning a second language and has fabulous resources for verbs and grammar.
3) Way beyond beginning French, July 27, 2011 (1 Star)
If you are looking for book to help with travel to France… parle passed this puppy. It is too advanced for people who want to learn how to say, “Where is the train station?”
4) Too easily written, too cheap perhaps., January 7, 2011 ( 1 Star)
This book is cheap and the first chapter is okay. But I just started chapter two and I can tell already this isn’t going to work. There is no cohesive quality. Information like nouns, prepositions and rules for French syntax are just thrown around. Yes, the book does offer the information in a step by step method, but nouns are all over the place making it difficult to reference them if you’ve forgotten a few. The author then will give exercises asking for information that hasn’t been presented. Wake the F up, you can’t do that to someone trying to learn. Mrs. Rochester does that all the time, at least once or twice for each exercise. Some exercises demand answers that have prepositional phrases in them, when the fracking book HAS NOT even introduced the prepositions. Instead they sometimes offer little hints for the preposition in the exercise itself – wake up, that is not how you teach someone the rule for a preposition, especially when they seem to be shifting every time so that once I think I learn a prepositional pattern it changes in the next question for the same fracking exercise. It’s quite frustrating and I’m already convinced that I must trade this book in for a more expensive text. I’m not saying the money always denotes quality, but when it comes to learning a subject, especially language I think the author creates a good text when they know they will get compensation. I’ve taken Latin before and the text was so high quality for around forty quid, while Mrs. Rochester’s text runs less than half that. I need to do some more searching. I need a text that organizes its nouns, verbs, prepositions and other atoms of sentence. Then I need to make sure that the information is presented before there is a question for said information.
Google Books Reviews ( 5 Stars – 1, 4 Stars – 1):
Jeanne‘s review ( 5 Stars) Jul 17, 11
The best French textbook I’ve even read. Although this book is for beginners, sometimes I still have to revise it because of its interesting way of introducing French.
bienfille’s review ( 4 Stars) Feb 17, 2011
This product is superb for a self-learner such as myself. I am already able to hold my own when conversing in French and I am only on the second chapter. The book is very engaging and I find it hard to put it down. If you are a beginner whom is enthused about teaching yourself French, this would be the introduction product for you.
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