The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning French on Your Own (Complete Idiot's Guides)

by Gail Stein

This back-to-basics guide--along with its sister volume, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Leaning Spanish on Your Own--offers a quick and effective method for learning grammar and pronunciation that gets results fast. Gone are the days of rote memorization and endless drills. The exercises are designed to be both practical and fun. Included are tidbits of cultural information and annotated tickets and business documents that will help travelers and others cope in a foreign language.

Genres: France, Nonfiction, Reference

1 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1996

Reviews

[Kira · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is great. i am completely self-taught in french thanks to this great book! (in addition to other great books and great french films)...

the style is easy to read and understand -- didn't bother so much with the little quizzes or stories... just wanted to get down to the dirt of french grammar... there are other good books out there too... i'd say the "idiot's" guides are the most amusing...

[Dwayne Roberts · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed learning many things from this intro book. It's a casual read and often entertaining. Some parts are a bit dated (remember the French Franc? phone cards?), but in general it's quite good.

[Kumar Ayush · Rating 5 out of 5]

The chapter order and classification are what made the book a good experience for me. For example, things that you might need while talking in a hotel comes after what you might need at the airport.

[Jo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book, and find it a valuable resource. I did have french in school and have family who are French speaking first(which both have helped ) but I would still say I am a beginer and this book has taken me up a level to about advance beginer.

[Ray · Rating 2 out of 5]

So far I am enjoying the book. It teaches the basics of French and I would not expect more from a Complete Idiot's Guide book.

[M. Badawy]

The author is brilliant, she's a genius indeed.

[Madi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ha so I was trying to improve my french skills and i started reading this but i got bored.