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  • Paperback: 292 pages
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; 4th edition (May 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0395359686
  • ISBN-13: 978-0395359686
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsIndispensable
By Yggdrasil on February 12, 2006
Format: Paperback
I am writing this review from the viewpoint of someone who already speaks French and wanted to learn how to translate. The sad fact is that skill in the former does not necessarily promise skill in the latter. Stack asks: are you accurately translating ALL of the ideas in the original text into the next language? Does the result sound like natural English as written by a native speaker? His lessons in French grammar as well as translation exercises make this book a definite keeper (and while I already spoke French before I picked up this book, it was recommended to me by an engineer who had minimal French under his belt and merely wanted to be able to understand some written French that kept cropping up on the job).

Amazon lists this book's language as being English, and while this is true for instructions, half of it is in French including some very long passages.

The book starts out, however, explaining French structure: cognates, noun gender, definite and indefinite articles, irregularities, adjectives, adverbs, personal pronouns, personal pronouns as subjects, and moving right up into the different verb tenses. Included with every lesson (which is itself about a dozen pages, easily doable one per week) is a list of new vocabulary. Readings are from a variety of sources, from technical writing to Pascal and Descartes. There are translation exercises that stress keeping the original French's intent and ideas when turning it into English.

What I particularly loved about the book was the footnotes, especially when a new word could have multiple meanings (which could of course change the entire meaning of the sentence). Additionally, I, like many other learners to French, was taught the language almost solely through literature and poetry.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsBest study tool ever
By D. Lamendola on March 22, 2009
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I used this book to study for a French reading comprehension exam required for my Master's degree and it was invaluable. Because of this book, I passed the exam even though it had been almost a decade since I took a French class. It is incredibly helpful.
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent resource!
By Arlinora on April 2, 2010
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I used this book for my graduate school French language test - it's incredible! If you've never had French before then you can learn how to translate it, and if you've had French it will refresh your skills. It starts with the basics and moves up to some pretty complicated readings by the end. Every chapter has a quiz section with answers in the back, and there's a glossary. For me, the best part was the chapters on different verb tenses. They are all laid out and the book goes through how to differentiate them. This is truly an excellent resource for anyone studying French.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA little dry in content, but I learned how to read French!
By A Customer on February 8, 2000
Format: Paperback
I used this book as a textbook for an undergraduate course in Reading French. Not speaking, just reading. Since I already knew Spanish and was familiar with Portuguese, it was not hard for me to understand the language. However, my speaking ability is still non-existent. I just cannot wrap my mouth around French pronunciation.
The practices are grouped together very clearly. The vocabulary focuses on technical terms. Therefore, metaphors and literary complexity is not a problem here. Sometimes I wondered if I would ever have the need to describe a steam engine to anyone in French! Our class divided into groups to go over the exercises which were at just the right level for beginners. Several, like me, already knew Spanish. One spoke Italian. One spoke Portuguese, and one spoke German. Others knew English only. We combined our skills to use this book and learned how to read French.
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5.0 out of 5 starsEffective, interesting !
By Victor L. Nazaire on March 15, 2011
Format: Paperback
Reading French in Arts and Science, 4th Edition by Edward Stack has been an eye opener !

I speak and write French, so for me it was a way of brushing up on my reading skills and filling up eventual gaps.

I have now reached Chapter XI, page 94 and I find myself staying up late at 11:30 p.m. in the evening to read on some U.S. colonial history excerpt ( Victor Duruy ) or a Denis Diderot excerpt on Executive power from the L Encyclopedie. Yes, the reading excerpts are that good , not sentences or small paragraphs on a trip to the country by some French family.

Some excerpts are taken from Mathematics as on page 87 " Superficie des figures planes " or from Biology as on page 75 " Les Etoiles de mer " . In length,they run about 300 words.

These are excerpts a French high school level student would face in the course of his education.

Some of the authors of these excerpts : Voltaire, Chateaubriand, Beaudelaire, and strong writers from the field of the Arts (Camille Saint-Saens) , from the Social Sciences field ( Alexis de Tocqueville ).

I venture that even French mother tongue students would benefit from this methodical approach.

My only quibble : the price . I would reduce the book price to half .
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4.0 out of 5 starsA solid text that provides the basis for reading French
By GRob78 on August 29, 2013
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In Stack's "Reading French in the Arts and Sciences" one has a good text that has been well put together to enable a student entirely unfamiliar with any aspects of the French language to learn and apply basic principles for reading comprehension. Though not without flaws, the text is a worthwhile investment for interested parties that is as helpful as Wilson's "German Quickly."

As part of my PhD requirements, I must pass two reading competency exams in order to begin my dissertation work. So I signed up for a seminar on French reading and was assigned this text alone. This was a bit worrying as my previous German work had provided several texts to become acquainted with the research language. However, I wasn't disappointed. This was the only text I needed to become well acquainted with French, a language had no background in prior to the course.

The text is laid out with progressive lessons that build on each other while providing a helpful structure for the student. The writing is straightforward and keeps the student engaged. Each of the lessons ends with exercises and translation work that usually correspond with what has been covered. At several points the author reaches back into previous lessons to provide a refresher for the student in the exercises.

The end of the text provides several supplementary readings for continued exercise. After the content of the seventeen chapters there are additional appendixes with some essential matters for reference including conjugations of major verbs along with some grammar rules. A dictionary is included and the text ends with a index that is helpful for looking up specific words or topics that the student might need to reengage at different points.

Overall it is a standard text that aids the student.Read more ›
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