Speed Up Your French - Strategies to Avoid Common Errors

Speed up your French is a unique and innovative resource that identifies and explains the errors most commonly made by students of French.

From false friends to idiomatic expressions and the use of prepositions, each of the nine chapters focuses on an aspect of the language where English speakers typically make mistakes. Full explanations are provided throughout with clear, comprehensive examples, enabling students to acquire a surer grasp of French vocabulary and idiom, as well as grammar.

Key Features:

carefully selected grammar topics and examples based on the most commonly made errors

extensive exercises and answer key to reinforce learning, link theory to practice and promote self-study

use of mnemonic devices, including visual illustrations, to aid understanding

Supplementary exercises and answer key available at www.routledge.com/cw/Jubb

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Suitable for either classroom use or self-study,¿Speed up your French¿is the ideal resource for all intermediate learners of French wishing to refine their language skills.

Table des matières

1. Gender and number 2. Mastering false friends: verbs 3. Mastering false friends: nouns 4. Mastering false friends: adjectives and adverbs 5. Common verb phrases and idiomatic expressions 6. Pronominal verbs 7. Non-existent words, words with double meanings and other misused expressions 8. Use of prepositions and the translation of English phrasal verbs 9. Spelling, accents, elision, capitalization and punctuation

A propos de l'auteur

Margaret Jubb is Honorary Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Aberdeen.

Résumé

Speed up your French is a unique and innovative resource that identifies and explains the errors most commonly made by students of French.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Margaret Jubb, Margaret (University of Aberdeen) Jubb, Jubb Margaret
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 24.03.2016
• EAN: 9781138850002
• ISBN: 978-1-138-85000-2
• Pages: 254
• Thème: Speed up your Language Skills
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Formation pour adultes/université populaire > Matériel de cours/formation adultes langue; French, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), LANGUAGE STUDY / French, nous;avons;elle;est;ils;ont;past;participle;direct;object