Better Reading French : A Reader and Guide to Improving Your Understanding of Written French

by Annie Heminway

New reading series brings foreign language acquisition into the 21st century While the world produces more and more reading material each year, from magazines to newspapers to websites, why are most language learners still relying on contrived texts and classic literature for language acquisition? Providing entertaining contemporary texts in the original language, the Better Reading Language series is for those who want to brush up on a foreign language. With the authentic materials provided in this series, readers will be able to peruse a Latin Grammys write-up in Spanish, a feature on Alain Ducasse's favorite recipes in French, or a review of a Milan fashion show in Italian. Readings on everything from music and sports to cinema and contemporary family life are arranged in increasing difficulty within chapters. Along the way, learners will find instruction and exercises to help develop improved reading speed, comprehension, and vocabulary.

Genres: France, Nonfiction, Language, Education, Reference, Textbooks

223 pages, Paperback

First published March 11, 2003

Reviews

[Jenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fabulous book for teaching beginning and intermediate French students to enjoy reading. Each chapter's exercises begin easy and get progressively harder to encourage students to keep going and to use the vocab from the beginning for the writing activities in the end. Great classroom tool because of the worksheets and vocabulary/grammar activities.

[Nadine · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good resource, if difficult to navigate due to the lack of an index.