Articles liés à High School French Grammar and Reader
Présentation de l'éditeur
The present volume has been compiled to meet the requirements of the various grades of High School work in French. Part I. consists of a series of lessons on the elements of grammar, and includes copious exercises. An effort has been made to render the exercises interesting in themselves by basing them, for the most part, on connected pieces of French dealing with topics of everyday life. Considerable prominence has been given to oral practice. Part II. consists of a systematic grammar of modern French. A series of exercises has been added, dealing with the various topics treated in the text. It was thought best to group these exercises together at the end of this part, in order not to impair the usefulness of the grammar as a book of reference by inserting the exercises immediately after the paragraphs to which they refer. Each exercise is furnished with section references, which will enable the pupil to turn readily to the theory upon which the exercises are based. The Reader is made up of interesting selections, for the most part complete in themselves, and aflfgrding a considerable range as to topic, vocabulary, and idiom. The exercises which have been inserted at the end of the Reader are based on the idiom and vocabulary of the text, and are intended to give practice in the reproduction in French of the substance of the selections. A word of explanation is required as to the indication of the pronunciation. The system of transcription employed is that of the Association Phondtique I nternationaley and in the case of doubtful or disputed pronunciations the authority of the Dictionnaire Phondtique of Michaelis and Passy has been followed. In order not to confuse the beginner with too minute distinctions, half long vowels have not been indicated, and the same rule has been observed for the most part with regard to such vowels in the stressed syllable as a
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