Customer Reviews

Bravo! (with Audio CD)

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This textbook is difficult to use and doesn't adequately explain grammatical points, and it is not put together well. The tests with this book use idiomatic expressions and other grammatical points that aren't fully explained or expressed in the text. It doesn't offer any type of practice test program like its predecessor Rendez-vous. Personally, I don't like Rendez-vous or Bravo; the two books just don't present the material in a clear and concise manner. I would suggest to any instructor considering this book for his or her class to make another choice! Students would be better off buying a learn-it-yourself program at their local bookstore rather than taking a course with this book! If you're looking for a good intermediate French textbook consider Interaction - Révision de grammaire française 6th edition by Susan St. Onge, Ronald St. Onge, and Katherine Kulick. For advanced grammatical studies I recommend La Grammaire à l'oeuvre 5th edition by John Barson. Both of these wonderful books are published by Thomson-Heinle.

I bought this book for a class I am taking and the class requires the book key as well. I bought it "new" thinking the code would be included. But it was not. Now I have to buy the code separately which will be another 65 dollars.

Textbook arrived in good condition, and I have enjoyed using it. It not a hardcover, making it seem more like a workbook, which I enjoy.

Aside from being the Instructor's edition (I didn't know that until it was delivered), this book is in good shape and has just a little bit of water damage. I LOVE French (it's my major), so I'm super excited to get to dive into it and learn everything inside.

It's a french book I need to buy.