Skills and Techniques for Reading French

Informationen zum Autor Lester G. Crocker (1912-2002) was a professor of History at Case Western Reserve University and the University of Virginia. He specialized in French literature and Enlightenment philosophy. He is also the author of An Age of Crisis: Man and World in Eighteenth Century French Thought , Rousseau's Social Contract: An Interpretive Essay , and Diderot's Chaotic Order: Approach and Synthesis . Klappentext This book offers a tested method for teaching yourself to become proficient in reading French, quickly building your vocabulary, and enabling you to extract meaning without word-for-word translation. If you have had two years of high school or one year of college French, it will enable you to read with ease and enjoyment French periodicals and newspapers, or works in your special field of interest.Designed for auxiliary use outside the classroom, the book offers systematic training in those special skills and techniques which promote efficient reading. It can be used independently by the student who has acquired a modest vocabulary, and a rudimentary knowledge of grammar and sentence structure.

About the author

Lester G. Crocker (1912-2002) was a professor of History at Case Western Reserve University and the University of Virginia. He specialized in French literature and Enlightenment philosophy. He is also the author of An Age of Crisis: Man and World in Eighteenth Century French Thought, Rousseau's Social Contract: An Interpretive Essay, and Diderot's Chaotic Order: Approach and Synthesis.

Product details

• Authors: Lester G. Crocker, Crocker Lester G., Louise C. Seibert, Louise C. Crocker Seibert, Seibert Louise C.
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.2002
• EAN: 9780801868597
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-6859-7
• No. of pages: 249
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; French, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Reading Skills, Reading skills, Language learning: reading skills, LANGUAGE STUDY / French