Jane Peterson travaille dans une librairie de romance. Un jour, la star de cinéma Hank Cooper entre dans la boutique. Il cherche un livre spécifique. La boutique ne l'a pas, mais Jane a le livre chez elle. Le livre mène à un baiser, puis bien plus qu'un baiser... Mais sortir avec une star de cinéma peut être difficile.
Ceci est une romance courte et simple écrite en français très simple . Elle est au niveau CEFR B1. Les phrases sont courtes et utilisent des mots simples. Elle a dix courts chapitres. Chaque chapitre se termine par un résumé, cinq mots de vocabulaire et quatre questions à choix multiples.
I'm not really into romance books, but found this when looking for a book on Kindle Unlimited to practise my French. It was just the right level for me - 22 ish years after I learned French in school. I really appreciated the definitions and comprehension checks at the end of each chapter. Will be reading the other book in the series next!
C’est une courte romance idéale pour travailler avec les adultes en francisation ou en tutorat. Il y a des définitions de vocabulaire et des questions avec leur corrigé.
Another fast read. This one took me less than an hour to read. I enjoyed it better than the Speed Dating book, and maybe part of it is because the level is higher and the language is more natural. Because it is a novella written for language learners, don't think you will be getting any deep character arcs. If you are ok with basic little stories that can hold your interest, you should be good with this. I will say, there is some adult content (I was pretty surprised!).
One thing I especially liked about this leveled book was that it gave definitions of a few words at the end of every chapter and the definitions were explanations in French. I don't know why, but I absolutely LOVE getting an explanation of a word that I might not know in the target language. The downside is that for most English speakers, the words chosen were extremely easy words, like radio or TV. Maybe they are written with a broader audience in mind of people who speak another language natively other than English, andt these words are challenging. :)
Anyway, the reading was a breeze and fun, which is 100% a win when reading in the target language. Can't wait to read another one by Kit Ember!
I would recommend this book for learners if you usually like Romance, etc. Unfortunately that isn't my genre of choice and so I'm not sure it's for me- very cliché and trope-y. They are good value though, and nice and short and digestible. I like the questions at the end of each chapter. For Anglophones the choice of translations of key words could definitely be improved- the majority of the key words are easily understood even if you've never encountered them or seem below B1 level so likely vocab you already have, so a bit redundant (with some exceptions). Overall although I didn't particularly enjoy the story, for the cost they are a good learning resource.