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Schaum's Outline of French Grammar (Schaum's Outline Series. Schaum's Outline Series in Languages)

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If you are seriously trying to learn French, you will eventually find that the cute stuff doesn't work. ( I know, I tried several "Learn French this weekend while doing your ironing" approaches first. )There is simply no substitute for spending a lot of time listening to recordings of native speakers, shuffling vocabulary flash cards, and doing grammar drills. Period. The cute stuff is like trying to burn calories by watching an exercise video. Sooner or later, you have to get on the treadmill and get all hot and icky. But that's what works. When you are ready to get serious, buy this.

I don't have to describe the content in detail as the self-explanatory nature of the title. I studied French in L'Alliance Francais for some time. Their communicative approach almost makes me paralysed until I have this book. I can't imagine how a middle age person can learn a new language by merely listening and imitating the sound of teachers. On the contrary the grammatical approach in this book systematically illustrate every single bit of grammar detail for beginner (and intermediate level student). By reading and reviewing the explanation as well as practising the exercise, I can make a lot sense in French now. And I am not just fantizing it. The most exciting piece of news is that my progress is noticed by both my French teacher and my classmates. The mastering of basic is so satisfying and giving me advancement and enjoyment.

French grammar is hard to learn because although there are rules there are more exceptions than rules. This book does a great job of organizing things in a way to deal with all the expections. I especially like the way it presents the verbs. I own quite a few books on French grammar but the way this book groups the verbs is really much better. In terms of reviewing for a test (or for real life if you live in France) a book like this is essential, since most normal French text book are just too disorganized to find what you are looking for. Also it helps me to see all the rules about a certain topic in one place at one time. There are lots of exercises and the answers are in the back of the book to check yourself. Learning French grammar isn't ever going to be easy, but if you use this book it will be a lot easier than if you don't. Highly recommended.

Having studied french in France for almost one year, this book proved to be a life saver many times. It gives clear, comprehensive explanations (IN ENGLISH) of dificult french grammar concepts. It is a must for any serious french student.

This book is great in that it can be used by a beginner or someone who is familiar with French but wants to improve their French grammar. Organized in coherent sections, you can easily find your area of concern, such as the imparfait tense, articles, etc. There are also exercises you can do, and (the major advantage) there are also answers in the back. Definitely worth your money!

This outline helped me studying for exams for college French I and II classes. My textbook was not organized well and it took me a long time to find informations I needed. This outline is so well organized that I could find the info quickly. The textbook did not provide any answers to the excercises, but the outline has the answers for all of its excercise problems so I worked on the excercise problems of the outline instead of the ones on the textbook.

Excellent outline of French Grammar for Intermediate students. Includes answers in back for self-study. Conjugations of verbs used in exercises included, as well common grammar references.

I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to review French grammar. I used it to supplement an intermediate French course and found it extremely useful when it came to explaining when various past tenses are used - like the imperfect, and the plus-que-parfait.

I've worked through this book a couple of times now to brush up my French skills. It's excellent as a companion to a course, or just to practise. I would recommend it from the beginner, to the more advanced speaker who would like to refine their knowledge of the language.

Schaum's Outline is an excellent resource for learning grammar, one of the best I've used by far. I'd definitely recommend this as a resource to someone with at least a basic knowledge of French who wants to learn/improve their grammar.

I study French at university and use this book alongside my classes even though it isn't a set text. It's in-depth, and there are plenty of exercises with answers at the back of the book to hammer the new concepts in with. It is less of a reference book and more of a 'learning' book. I particularly liked the fact that I was learning vocabulary while completing the exercises in the book, as translations to example sentences are included.

Five stars for good layout, easy to understand explanations, and plenty of exercises with answers!