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| The Ultimate French Review and Practice (Book+ CD-ROM) (Uitimate Review and Reference Series) | 
| Authors: David M Stillman, Ronni L Gordon
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $11.61
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 30678
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 436
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.9 x 1
ISBN: 0071492429
Dewey Decimal Number: 440
EAN: 9780071492423
ASIN: 0071492429
Publication Date: June 24, 2007
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Condition: BRAND NEW
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I Bought a Second November 16, 2008
Good book for reviewing French grammar although I did not realize how much I had not learned. Marked through the first book so I bought a clean second to keep for reference. Certainly worth the price.
 Get the book only and forget about the CD October 11, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As other customers already pointed out, this book is good, and very well organized. I'm using it to complement the less than average French classes I'm taking in college.
The reason I took out 1 star is because this CD is bad. I had a lot of trouble to install it on my Windows Vista, and after installed, every time I open it or change chapters I get 4 different error messages asking to debug. That would be ok if the CD's audio part was great, but it isn't. It consist in 12 *very short* texts that give you only a tiny glimpse of pronunciation.
So save a couple of bucks and get the book only!
10/15/08 - EDIT to add: I've found a great free resource to learn french, full of audio files, it is a website made by the University of Texas at Austin: http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/index.html
Great book August 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is not for beginners, but for someone with a few years of basic high school or college French this is perfect to brush up and improve those lacking areas that were either missed the first time or have been forgotten a few years after taking French courses.
I leave it on the coffee table and work through the short exercises (with answer keys!) during TV commercial breaks or for half an hour before bed. The grammar rules are explained very concisely, chapters aren't very wordy. Most of the pages are taken up by the exercises and vocab tables with translations (most bang for your buck).
I took four years of French in high school but didn't pay too much attention in class during the final two years. After five years I am kicking myself for not absorbing the more complicated grammar and vocab in my later French courses. When I saw this book at the bookstore I flipped through it for five minutes and was sold.
Excellent Review Book May 9, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is an excellent review book, whether you want an overall review to "brush up", or whether you need to focus on some specific problem areas. The focus is on grammar, but with a medium-small vocabulary base, you will successfully use it to build common vocabulary, as the exercises are focused on everyday events. I did every exercise in the book and then bought the Spanish version!
Great practice! May 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great French review book. It is a very useful reference for anyone trying to better their French. It includes easy to follow grammar lessons along with corresponding activities. Answers are provided in the back of the book so you can easily check your work. Anyone trying to really keep up with the language needs a great handbook, I recommend The Ultimate French Review for this purpose.
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