The Oxford French Cartoon-strip Vocabulary Builder

by Marie-Hélène Corréard (editor)

[SERIES ] This informative, colorful, and fun-to-use series of guides is perfect for anyone who wants to learn a second language quickly and easily. Each volume employs the amusing and always true-to-life cartoon strips of Claire Bretécher--an artist renowned in Europe for her witty and
controversial cartoons--to not simply explain but illustrate the words and wording of a given foreign language in its common, everyday use.

While there are other cartoon dictionaries on the market, most of them provide only single cartoons. This attractive series, on the other hand, provides whole strips which tell a story and effectively bring context and other memorable features to one's learning. And only this series offers
cartoons done in full color, and written by a popular cartoonist. These vocabulary-builders are the perfect starting place for people who want to begin, or else strengthen, their acquisition of French, German, or Spanish.

Genres: Nonfiction, Language

80 pages, Paperback

First published July 13, 2000

Reviews

[Alex Craigie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've bought three of these books now and given them to learners of French who want to sound authentic and who like to learn with a bit of humour thrown into the mix. It's a great book and includes some slang along with the standard vocabulary. For me, Bretecher's illustrations are what takes it up to the five stars. I suspect it's more suitable for adults than young learners but I could well be wrong!

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great, fun book for learning French vocabularly and how French is spoken. It is written around a teenage character Agrippine. There are various cartoon strips covering different situations. The relevant vocabulary and grammar are listed alongside to help you understand the French.

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