Better Reading French, 2nd Edition

Sharpen your French language skills through readings about its speakers' daily lives and culture Better Reading Frenchoffers you entertaining, "real world" texts to help you understand and learn more French vocabulary and phrases. Each chapter features articles that cover a specific topic, such as cuisine, music, sports, film and theater, art, the family, today's lifestyle, or politics and history. Along the way, you will find instruction and exercises to help develop improved reading speed, comprehension, and vocabulary. The articles become gradually more difficult as you proceed through the book to keep you challenged and engaged. Better Reading Frenchis an easy, engaging way to boost your language skills and learn more about the language and its speakers as you go.

Annie Heminway teaches grammar, creative writing, translation, African cinema, and classic and Francophone literature at New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies. She is also a translator and an editor for Francophone publishers. In 2006 she was awarded the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Acadmiques by the French government in recognition of her work in promoting the study of French.