La France contemporaine | William Edmiston, Annie Duménil

La France contemporaine | William Edmiston, Annie Duménil | Too expensive.

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La France contempo...

	La France contemporaine William Edmiston, Annie Duménil Heinle, 2004 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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Immerse yourself in the France of today with LA FRANCE CONTEMPORAINE! Through up-to-date information concerning the political, social, technological, and cultural forces that affect the society and its people, this French text helps you improve your understanding of the Francophone world and your communication in French. End-of-chapter comprehension and discussion activities, sample quizzes, and a fully integrated website help you master the material and bring you even closer to everything that makes France French.

An excellent text book

This book was NEVER meant to be used as a French reader, which is what the books "Easy French Reader" and "Better Reading French" are.
La France Contemporaine is a bit pricey because it was written as a classroom TEXT BOOK to teach students about contemporary French culture. It is written entirely in French with the expectation that the reader ALREADY KNOWS the language. The text is straight-forward and accessible, and it teaches students about the complex French government, school and health systems, regional heritage, and more.
So if you are looking for a great intermediate-level French text book, this is it. However, you will be sadly disappointed if all you want are simple, educational stories to improve your French reading skills.

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Too expensive.

I read this book almost form back to back, nice reading material, simple and accessible, plus a little knowledge of modern french society. That said, I have to mention its price, it's a thin book that doesn't require a lot of energy to write, and nothing irreplaceable, same kind of thing you can read as much as you want in internet. And if you don't like look at the screen, there's plenty of books at less than one-fifth of the price, like Dover's parallel text, or Penguin's, or Mcgraw-hill's 'Easy french reading' and 'Better french reading', non of these is in any way inferior for reading. As for learning, 'French in action' is for superior for pedagogical purpose. I can only think that too many lazy french instructors use this as textbook, so as to give the publisher and authors a chance to rob our students. I am disgusted, even though it's a helpful book, it can be written by anyone. Nothing special about it.

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