French Grammar: The Easy Way (Barron's Easy Way Series)

by Fabienne-Sophie Chauderlot

Books in the popular Easy Way series present basic subject matter in clear language. Material is presented in a way that makes these books ideal as self-teaching guides, but Easy Way titles are also preferred by many teachers as supplements to classroom textbooks. General readers seeking out information often turn to Easy Way titles for general background and orientation when starting out in new career-related fields. All Easy Way books contain both short quizzes and longer tests with answers to help readers gauge their learning progress. Subject heads and key phrases are set in a second color for quick and easy reference Emphasizing correct grammatical construction and word usage, this title concentrates on the intricacies of French grammar. It can be used as a companion text to Barron's French the Easy Way (0-8120-9505-7), which emphasizes proficiency in spoken French.

304 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2003

Reviews

[Monica Neth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall this was an okay way to get some basic french grammar knowledge. I would recommend watching a couple videos in french with french subtitles first, just to get an understanding of how the phonics work, (cause I'm sorry french phonics is a war crime that violates the Geneva convention) otherwise you won't be able to read the stories properly. I would say that up until about two-thirds of the way through this worked really well. I learned a lot in the initial chapters, but somewhere between chapter 16 and 19 it just started to get way to repetitive and I didn't feel like I was learning anything new. That would make some amount of sense if I was further than B2 in french I am not. I'm teetering between A1 and A2. I thought this would help me advance, it helped a little, but not much. I think for me at least the most effective things are watching movies and TV, Reading books and listening to audio books, and Journaling. Textbooks help to get a basic understanding of grammar rules, but they don't really help me learn a language. I would say if you are very beginner A1 to try this as soon as you understand phonics, but if your past A1 maybe skip this.