French Step-By-Step: A Unique, Short-Cut Method to Learn and Speak French Fluently [Paperback]

Charles Berlitz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1990 | ISBN-10: 0922066337 | ISBN-13: 978-0922066339

Patterned phrases and dialogues are used to teach the basic skills of French usage including grammar, syntax, idiom, and vocabulary.

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Text: English, French --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 302 pages
• Publisher: Wynwood (March 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0922066337
• ISBN-13: 978-0922066339
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #969,990 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good to review translation skills, July 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: French Step-By-Step: A Unique, Short-Cut Method to Learn and Speak French Fluently (Paperback)

I didn't particulary care for this book as an instructional book. However, it is an excellent way to figure out how to translate from English to French. I used this book by covering up the French sentence and the phonetic sentence so only the English sentence showed and then translated it into French. Work through a chapter, and then go back and check your work. Great fun!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for conversational French, December 10, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: French Step-By-Step: A Unique, Short-Cut Method to Learn and Speak French Fluently (Paperback)

I have used this book among many others to study French. It is excellent for what it is written to do. That is teach you the everyday language that you need in order to make yourself understood in France.
After I studied French in College and taking some Self-study courses I was able to read literature like Voltaire. But who needs this nonsense.
If you want to communicate with French-speaking people without speaking phrase book French or sounding stupid, you should buy this book. Of course you need to practice and understand the language, just memorizing the phrases is not good enough.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars First French Review, July 24, 2000

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This review is from: French Step-By-Step: A Unique, Short-Cut Method to Learn and Speak French Fluently (Paperback)

In general, the Step-by-books by Charles Berlitz are usually pretty good. They provide an excellent way for one to become familiar with a new language at a reasonable cost.