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looking for revision book
I studied French for seven years at school and university ( a number of years ago!) but since then for various reasons I´ve never had the opportunity to practice. I wonder if anyone can recommend a book which isn´t too much for beginners but has a general overview and some sort of exercises in grammar and verbs which could help me revise.
Many thanks in advance.
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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on
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In the book reviews section of the web site, check out a book called Correct your French Blunders.
The book contains a number of chapters with "summaries" of basic French grammar, along with exercises and, importantly, examples ofincorrectphrasing that learners often use. Generally, the material is intermediate in level-- not the absolute basics, but forst most people there'll almost certainly be a mixture of revision and "moving you on to the next stage", which sounds like what you're looking for.
I do have a few niggles with the book as I mention in the review, but I would still recommend it to most people-- it's not too technical and concentrates on being "pragmatic", even if that means that at times it glosses over the truth a little bit for the sake of pedagogy.
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P.S. You might also like to take a look at this site's own French grammar section-- it has quite a few on-line exercises, letting you practise forming some of the basic tenses etc.
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Permalink Reply by Frances Young on -
Thank you so much for your replies, Neil. The site´s grammar section looks like a good starting point for me while I order the book. I´m learning Spanish too so here´s hoping I don´t get too confused between the two languages!
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Permalink Reply by Ian Jones on
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Hi,
The BBC have a few online courses, totally free and I think that they are fairly comprehensive.
Ma France sounds like the one you need. It has 24 interactive videos with switchable french and English sub-titles. www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/mafrance
Ian
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Permalink Reply by Frances Young on
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Great, thank you, Ian, I´ll have a look at it.
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