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Breakthrough French 2: Euro Edition (Book & CD)
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #191619 in Books
- Published on: 2005-05-20
- Original language: English, French
- Binding: Paperback
- 224 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
The best-selling Breakthrough courses are aimed at Adult Education classes and also at the self-study learner. Each course offers authentic, lively, conversational language through a coherent and carefully structured approach. The books have a wealth of full colour illustrations including attractive photographs and artwork giving a real sense of the country and its culture. There are three hours of audio material to accompany this course. This intermediate level course is designed for learners of French with some basic knowledge of the language and aims to extend the learner's vocabulary and improve conversational skills. The new edition has been brought bang up-to-date with the inclusion of the Euro. A tapescript is available on the companion website. Contains 3 Audio Cds.
About the Author
STEPHANIE RYBAK has worked in several universities including the University of Cambridge, UK, and the Open University, taking a particular interest in adult foreign language learning. She is also the author of Breakthrough French 1 and co-author of Breakthrough French 3.
BRIAN HILL is Head of the School of Languages at the University of Brighton, UK. He is an experienced and respected author, series editor and teacher and has worked on the Breakthrough Series since it was first conceived in 1982.
Customer Reviews
Not really suitable for independent home study
Generally, this course is quite good, but it is best used when it forms the centrepiece of a proper french class; it depends quite heavily on authentic conversations from native speakers, and some of them are spoken very fast with a lot of "distortion" due to local dialect. However, there are several exercises that have no associated transcripts (although they do have answers to questions about the conversation in the exercise). This can be extremely annoying if you are trying to use the book independently by yourself.
