1st Edition

Speed up your French Strategies to Avoid Common Errors

By Margaret Jubb Copyright 2016
264 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Speed up your French is a unique and innovative resource that identifies and explains the errors most commonly made by students of French. From false friends to idiomatic expressions and the use of prepositions, each of the nine chapters focuses on an aspect of the language where English speakers typically make mistakes. Full explanations are provided throughout with clear, comprehensive... Read more

1. Gender and number 2. Mastering false friends: verbs 3. Mastering false friends: nouns 4. Mastering false friends: adjectives and adverbs 5. Common verb phrases and idiomatic expressions 6. Pronominal verbs 7. Non-existent words, words with double meanings and other misused expressions 8. Use of prepositions and the translation of English phrasal verbs 9. Spelling, accents, elision, capitalization and punctuation

Biography

Margaret Jubb is Honorary Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Aberdeen.