Colloquial French: The Complete Course for Beginners

Valérie Demouy, Alan Moys

Taylor & Francis, 2006 - Foreign Language Study - 278 pages

COLLOQUIAL FRENCH is easy to use and completely up to date!

Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken French. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

What makes COLLOQUIAL FRENCH your best choice in personal language learning?

Interactive - lots of exercises for regular practice

Clear - concise grammar notes

Practical - useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide

Complete - including answer key and reference section

Whether you're a business traveller, or about to take up a daring challenge inadventure tourism, studying to teach or even looking forward to a holiday - if you'd like to get up and running with French, this rewarding course will take you from complete beginner to confidently putting your language skills to use in a wide range of everyday situations.

Course components:

The complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, ebook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CDs can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack.

Paperback: 978-0-415-34013-7 (please note this does not include the audio)

CDs:978-0-415-34014-4

eBook: 978-0-203-46220-1 (please note this does not include the audio, available to purchase from http://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx)

MP3s: 978-0-415-47091-9 (available to purchase from http://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx)

Pack: 978-0-415-43163-7 (paperback and CDs)

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Pronunciation guide: 5
• First contacts: 10
• In town: 22
• Eating and drinking: 35
• Meeting people: 48
• Holiday plans: 60
• Shopping: 72
• Planning a business trip: 84
• What a journey: 97
• We are enjoying ourselves: 111
• In Paris: 123
• Health problems: 134
• Memories: 146
• Appointments and invitations: 157
• A weekend spent cooking: 168
• Clothes and shoes: 180
• Looking for a house: 193
• Talking about the house: 204
• Negotiations: 215
• Reference grammar: 223
• Key to exercises: 236
• FrenchEnglish glossary: 261
• Grammar index: 277
• Topic and functions index: 279

About the author

Valerie Demouy completed her M.A. in teching French at the University of Pau in France. While teaching French in various British institutions, she developed a strong interest in beginner and intermediate levels. She is currently a Lecturer in French at the Open University, UK, where she has contributed significantly to the new beginners course. "

Bibliographic information

• Title: Colloquial French: The Complete Course for Beginners; Colloquial French: The Complete Course for Beginners, Valérie Demouy, ISBN 0415340160, 9780415340168; Colloquial series
• Authors: Valérie Demouy, Alan Moys
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 2006
• ISBN: 0415340136, 9780415340137
• Length: 278 pages
• Subjects: Foreign Language Study / French; Foreign Language Study / General; Foreign Language Study / Romance Languages (Other); Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Reference; Language Arts & Disciplines / Study & Teaching