Complete French

by Gaëlle Graham

Complete French with Two Audio CDs provides a clear and comprehensive approach to French, designed for anyone who wants reach an intermediate level in all four skills-- reading, writing, listening and speaking

Genres: France, Language, Nonfiction

416 pages, Paperback

First published June 17, 1998

About the author

Gaelle Graham studied at La Sorbonne where she obtained a licence-es-lettres. She also has an MA in linguistics from the University of Kent. She has over 25 years of experience teaching French in secondary schools and as a teacher trainer.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked up this book to revive my rusty French. After a while, the language started to come back to me. I enjoyed the dialogues and audio component. I felt like some of the answers in the back were inaccurate and/or didn’t match the exercises, however.

[Kayleigh Parrett · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was helpful but in some places there were typos and some answers were incorrect. I certainly don't feel confident to converse in French after but it has helped me to understand some concepts better.

[Dermot Nolan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Currently using this to aid my preparation for a DELF exam. I like the structure and style of the book . And I have found that the lessons are sized appropriately to allow me to study one in a single sitting without feeling overwhelmed and exhausted.

[栋澈 张 · Rating 4 out of 5]

a little bit too hard for beginner like me

[Constance · Rating 4 out of 5]

Complete French : Teach Yourself a été un facile lire pour moi. J'ai renoncé à prendre des notes et juste apprécié l'expérience. Je suis déçu que je suis totalement confus et perdu par le format audio- livre, je veux dire que je ne pouvais pas trouver où lire le long et trouver les transcriptions appropriées dans le dos du livre tout en écoutant. Soit je suis trop lent ou pratiquer le français est débilitante mes normalement d'excellentes compétences en organisation. Mais ayant une audio est toujours un vrai plus pour ceux d'entre nous qui luttent avec la prononciation et le vocabulaire. Merci Gaelle Graham. ~A Google Translation

Complete French: Teach Yourself was an easy read through for me. I gave up taking notes and just enjoyed the experience. I was disappointed that I was totally confused and lost by the audio-book format, by which I mean I was unable to find where to read along and find the appropriate transcripts in the back of the book while listening. Either I was too slow or practicing French is debilitating my normally excellent organization skills. But having an audio is still a real plus for those of us struggling with pronunciation and vocabulary. Thank You Gaelle Graham.

[Ben Mizrahi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall I think the self-studying course was structured extremely well, the story around which the course revolves was a good idea not found in many other "Teach Yourself" language books.

One major problem for me was that the CD did not work properly at times and I had to abandon it altogether roughly at the midpoint of the book.