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A First French Reader
159 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1967
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March 25, 2023
3 étoiles. C'est un livre très vieux et j'adore le portrait qu'il donne de la France des années 1950, de la campagne à Paris, même les attractions touristiques, et tout simplement la vie quotidienne. Étant bilingue, je ne peux pas dire à quel point il enseigne le français, mais je l'ai trouvé utile pour aider un adolescent avec des difficultés à pratiquer sa lecture, car il y avait suffisamment d'interactions entre les personnages et l'histoire pour maintenir son intérêt. Il l'a même trouvé assez drôle à certains moments.
Contient des jurons ; beaucoup de bagarres entre les enfants ; un certain manque de respect pour les parents.
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3 stars. This is a very old book and I love the portrait it gives of 1950s France, from the countryside to Paris to the tourist attractions, and just plain everyday life. Being bilingual, I can’t comment on how well it teaches French, but I did find it useful to help a struggling teenager in practising his reading, since there was enough plot and character interaction to keep him interested. He even found the story quite humorous at times.
Content: swearing; lots of scrapping between the kids; some lack of respect for the parents.
Contient des jurons ; beaucoup de bagarres entre les enfants ; un certain manque de respect pour les parents.
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3 stars. This is a very old book and I love the portrait it gives of 1950s France, from the countryside to Paris to the tourist attractions, and just plain everyday life. Being bilingual, I can’t comment on how well it teaches French, but I did find it useful to help a struggling teenager in practising his reading, since there was enough plot and character interaction to keep him interested. He even found the story quite humorous at times.
Content: swearing; lots of scrapping between the kids; some lack of respect for the parents.
March 12, 2010
A bit of an old-fashioned, but rather readable introduction to reading in French. The Book is set out in small, progressively difficult chapters completely in french, with a mini-dictionary of all the words in the back and covers places that might be visited in the north of France, the sights of Paris and aspects of french life.
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