This textbook teaches the basics of French grammar, reinforcing its
lessons with exercises and key practice translations. A systematic
guide, the volume is a critical companion for university-level
students learning to read and translate written French into
English; for graduate scholars learning to do research in French or
prepping for proficiency exams; and for any interested readers who
want to improve their facility with the French language. In
addition, A Short Course in Reading French exposes readers to a
broad range of French texts from the humanities and social
sciences, including writings by distinguished francophone authors
from around the world. The book begins with French pronunciation
and cognates and moves through nouns, articles, and prepositions;
verbs, adjectives, and adverbs; a graduated presentation of all the
indicative and subjunctive tenses; object, relative, and other
pronouns; the passive voice; common idiomatic constructions; and
other fundamental building blocks of the French language. Chapters
contain translation passages from such authors as Pascal,
Montesquieu, Proust, Sartre, Bourdieu, Senghor, Cesaire, de
Certeau, de Beauvoir, Barthes, and Kristeva. Drawn from more than
two decades of experience teaching French to students from academic
and nonacademic backgrounds, Celia Brickman's clear, accessible,
and time-tested format enables even beginners to develop a
sophisticated grasp of the language and become adept readers of
French. There is an answer key for translation exercises and for
non-copyrighted translation passages available to professors and
teachers who have assigned this title in a class. Please provide
your name, title, institution, and number of students in the course
in an email to
[email protected].
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