Essential Reprise: A Complete Review of French Grammar, Communication and Culture

by National Textbook Company

Book Overview

This new version of the popular worktext Repaso is non-consumable and intended for in-class use. It contains all the grammar review material and activities in the original Repaso, but is designed for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844214515
• ISBN13: 9780844214511
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

As nothing but a grammar review...

This book is very useful. It starts off with the most simple grammar (regular verbs), and eventually progresses into more complex tenses, moods, pronoun uses, and even includes 13 pages of idioms and their translations in the back (and activities for you to learn them!). For somebody that already speaks a romance language, this could serve as a pretty smooth introduction into French, as well. For the advanced beginner, perhaps - or somebody who doesn't want to waste time with a hundred dollars' worth of "This is a verb. This is an adjective." Granted, there is no conversational aspect to this book, unless you're working with a partner - every chapter includes an "oral exercise", which you could probably do on your own, but it would help to have a friend to help you out. The only downside to this book is that it assumes you already know a lot of French - it doesn't explain much of the vocabulary. Granted, you can get through this book without knowing a single word of French, simply by following the grammar rules, but for a serious student of French who wants an intensive grammar workout, this book is a MUST!

This book has what the dictionary won't tell you!

I've used this book for my Spanish IV class this year, and I plan on purchasing one of my own to take to college next year. Not only does it contain all the verb conjugations, but it also goes into the common mistakes made when learning Spanish, and each section has examples and practice problems. It's a great reference material!