Using French Vocabulary

This textbook provides a comprehensive and structured vocabulary for all levels of undergraduate French courses.

Jean H. Duffy (Author)

9780521578516, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 11 March 1999

488 pages, 750 exercises
23.9 x 16.9 x 3 cm, 0.77 kg

This textbook provides a comprehensive and structured vocabulary for all levels of undergraduate French courses, including relevant higher and further education courses. It offers a broad coverage of concrete and abstract vocabulary relating to the physical, cultural, social, commercial and political environment, as well as exposure to commonly encountered technical terminology. Within each section, words and phrases have been grouped into manageable, assimilable units and broadly 'graded' according to likely usefulness and difficulty. The accompanying exercises for private study and classroom use are designed to reinforce the work done on lists, to develop good dictionary use, to encourage independent and collaborative learning, to promote precision and awareness of nuance and register, and to offer the opportunity for the development of cognate transferable skills, such as communicative competence, teamwork and problem-solving. The division of the book into twenty thematic sections allows it to be easily integrated into a modular course structure.

Introduction
1. Towns and buildings
household
gardens
2. The physical world
the animal world
weather
3. The human body and health
the Health Service and medicine
4. Physical appearance
gesture and movement
5. Personality
human behaviour
6. Clothes and footwear
food and drink
7. Perception
colour and light
materials and texture
8. Shapes and patterns
size and quality
containers
9. Visual and performing arts
media and popular culture
10. Literature and literary criticism
speaking, reading and writing
11. Leisure and sport
12. Tourism, travel and transport
13. Family, birth, death and marriage
religion
14. Education and science
15. Agriculture and industry
16. Business, commerce and employment
17. The office and computing
post and telecommunications
18. Geography, history and war
19. Politics and international relations
public services
social and environmental issues
Key to exercises.

Subject Areas: Usage & grammar guides [CBG]