|
The Ultimate French Review and Practice (Book+ CD-ROM) (Uitimate Review and Reference Series) | 
 enlarge | Authors: David M Stillman, Ronni L Gordon
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $11.22
You Save: $8.73 (44%)
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 9625
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 436
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.9 x 1
ISBN: 0071492429
Dewey Decimal Number: 440
EAN: 9780071492423
ASIN: 0071492429
Publication Date: June 24, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand new item. Over 4 million customers served. Order now. Selling online since 1995. Few left in stock - order soon. Code: M20090107104648H
| |
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
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
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Better with Behind the Wheel French January 6, 2009
Commuter Learner (Seattle, Washington)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
As unlikely as it might sound, I have gotten fabulous results by combining The Ultimate French Review and Practice with Macmillan Audio's new Behind the Wheel French book and 8 CDs. Behind the Wheel - French 1
Ultimate French gives me the structure and rules that sometimes come in handy while learning French.
Behind the Wheel French allows me to actually practice speaking real French everywhere I go. I spend a great deal of time in my car, but I take Behind the Wheel with me to the gym and shopping too.
Great combo. I recommend them both.
Excellent Review - useful for real French life! December 29, 2008
A. Gebhardt (New York, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book a couple of weeks after moving to Paris. Having taken 1 year of high school French and struggling through the college requirements, I arrived in Paris being able to say my name and that i was American (not the two best sentences to know in Paris!). I had basics (avoir and etre), but there was just SO MUCH missing. I found this book to be a very practical tool for real French speaking and French life, not just textbook French. The text is very instructional as the lessons are very concise and easy to understand, each one building on the previous. There is also an index where you can look up necessary vocabulary, and the sayings and expressions in the last chapter of the book are extremely helpful. Lots of good grammar but also vocab, and some cultural info. I've recommended this to many English-speaking friends who moved to France and need a refresher course. That said, you do need SOME knowledge of the French language before beginning this book - it starts out basic but it's not for a complete beginner. Bon chance et bon courage!
Love this french review December 17, 2008
Ambar Picon (Stamford, CT United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is not for the novice who is just learning french. It is however a great book to review those grammar rules and maybe learn some new ones. I took french in high school and college but found myself straying a little from the grammar rules so I bought this book to refresh and perfect it. I love this book because I think it is thorough and I actually enjoyed going through the lessons. A great book to keep that french fresh in your mind. It may be useful for the beginning if you use this book as a complement to others but like the title states, it is a "review" not a book to use as the main learning tool. Enjoy!
Taking Good Care of Your French December 7, 2008
R. Earle Harris
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't get to use my French. But I love it enough to keep it alive. I have kept it alive and even growing since high school back in the 1970s. I worked through this book -- Adrienne's French in 32 Lessons (The Gimmick Series) -- three times over the years before I found this Ultimate French Review. Adrienne is very good for vocabulary and for making you figure out everything else for yourself, which might not be everyone's favorite approach. This Ultimate Review is far more methodical in covering just about everything the French language has to offer and has hundreds of pages of exercises, all with answers in the back for those who think that helps.
If you would like to take good care of your French, I recommend this book strongly and suggest the following low-stress method of working through it. Figure out how many days a week you can sit down with it. Then sit down with it that many times a week until you are done. This sitting down regularly is the hardest part -- but you CAN do it. Here's the easy part: each time you sit down fill one side of a spiral notebook page with the answers to exercises. One answer per line. Write everything out the long way though. You are doing this for practice, right? The only practice you can get here is writing it out and maybe speaking, or mumbling, it out at the same time. Mumbling dramatically, like a disappointed Talleyrand, is perhaps the most fun way to accompany the writing out.
The point, mumbling aside, is that IF you will fill one notebook page with answers three or four times a week you will finish this huge and excellent and ultimate review in about a year. Tre`s cool, non?
I Bought a Second November 16, 2008
Joseph Hladky (Staunton, VA United States)
Good book for reviewing French grammar although I did not realize how much I had not learned. Marked through the first book so I bought a clean second to keep for reference. Certainly worth the price.
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
