Easy French Step-by-Step: Master High-Frequency Grammar for French Proficiency--Fast! (NTC FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Starts at the basics and thus is suitable for absolute beginners who know nothing about French. It goes into detail about grammar and technicalities which is useful to know when applying it to words in the exercises or words outside of the book. It is not hard to follow at all

I have the kindle edition of this book and i love it. I have been studying for a while and have read and worked through many books which very often offer over complicated explanantions for grammar rules etc. This book takes a simple approach and also contains a good number of modern words and phrases. I love it and read it everyday. the exercises are excellent and i would recommend it to any beginner.

UPDATE: now i really like the book! what i wrote in my original review still holds... BUT now i also think: the book is concise, it explains well, everything important is there, the structure is logical and easy to follow. verdict: if you are a beginner, it will be hard work with this book. it is dry, it's full on, there are no pictures in it, it's black and white, etc. in sum there is nothing fun about this book. but it is a very good book nevertheless and if you clear the initial hurdles, you will appreciate its no-nonsense approach. i am happy i bought it and i recommend it, it is a must (but maybe not the only...) french grammar book. ORIGINAL REVIEW: i don't like it. first off, pronunciation: the book does give for each sound a lame 'phonetic attempt', but this often does not help you pronounce the sound at all and/or correspond to the real sound (as i learnt it from my french girlfriend), so this guidance is more confusing than helpful. i have no idea why this book does not apply the most sensible tactic of many language books: give an english word as an example where the same sound appears (e.g. for eau, 'a' in water)! this is even more of an acute problem, given that this book does not come with any audio supplement. how on earth can i self-teach myself french then if i am left without any help in pronunciation?! the book appears very thorough. this has an obvious advantage, but it also greatly discourages the learner... do i really want to be flooded with all the exceptions from the first pages on?! it appears to me that this book can be a good grammar book, but definitely not a self teaching material.

Perfect grammar book for beginners, you need to use it alongside other things in order to really learn French i.e. videos, podcasts, audiobooks etc , especially to get the pronunciation correct but for grammar and building my vocabulary this book has been super useful. By working my way through it slowly and making sure I understand every point I feel I have developed a decent knowledge of the language so far. Exactly what I was looking for.

In use for further French studies

Very well laid out is the easy fremch step by step well worth the money

Good grammar very helpful

For some reason this book smells strongly of those chalk candy sticks you get in the little match boxes. It's a really strong but very nice smell. I'm not questioning it but just enjoying it.

Si sabes inglés en un libro muy bueno para aprender francés, sobre toda gramática, pero es la base de todos los idiomas

It's perfect for beginners

Easy to use & great exercises for practice & building confidence in French.The free app is an added plus . Highly recommended

Really this book is one of the best books. Anybody can learn French easily with the help of this book

I really stress the word WRITTEN fluency in recommending this book and NOT for VERBAL fluency. You will have to get Cd's like Pimsleur in order to grasp the basic PHONETICS of French. Easy French, an oxymoron if I ever heard one, was a great buy. I am pretty methodical and went through the chapters one by one and will be finishing the final chapter soon. I got it in February of 2013. It is now the end of August and I can chat with my French friend on Whatsapp! I still make a lot of mistakes and she corrects me all the time, but she was shocked at how much I learned from just one book. So that should tell you something. However, I still have a hard time understanding French verbally. I have now finished Pimsleur French 1: sample size that was around 55$. With the knowledge I received from Easy French, coupled with a sample of Pimsleur really increased my verbal fluency. When I was depending on what I learned from Easy French, I would still struggle with phonetic French. Because of the great increase in my understanding of verbal French from the Pimsleur sample, I will buy the whole pack. But you have to understand that you have to couple Pimsleur with Easy French. There is NO WAY I would have breezed through the Pimsleur sample without having done the Easy French exercises first .Together they make a great combo! If you have a talent to pick up languages by ear, then I recommend you go through the Pimsleur French first and Easy French second. If you are like me, in which I do not pick up a language by ear and I am more fluent in the written language even in English and just learn better through grammar exercises, then do the Easy French first, complete it and then go to Pimsleur. I have always had french classes in my youth and somehow I retained a lot of the basic grammar, which helped in the easy way I swept through the first couple of chapters in Easy French. A big chunk of the chapters are dedicated to the present tense conjugations and a lot of introductions to many verbs and their conjugations. When they titled this book: STEP BY STEP, they really meant it. Which is great for beginners. I used IPHONE translator when I needed to know better pronunciations/meanings. The later chapters then give you the conjugations of the two past tenses, then future, conditional, past conditional, and finally the subjunctive. The in-between chapters deal with negatives, question set ups, reflexive verbs, use of prepositions etc. Each chapter ends with a list of nouns/adjectives and a small article written in the tense you just learned in that chapter, as well as follow-up exercises for your comprehension. If you have no idea where to start in order to start the process of learning the ever so difficult French language then look no further than Easy French Step-by Step for Written Fluency. Follow it up with Pimsleur French 1, 2, and 3 for Verbal Fluency. For further written fluency, The Ultimate French Review and Practice is a great way to keep increasing your knowledge. I also bought this and I already love it. It has an interactive CD where it has a diagnostic test, more exercises and verbal comprehension. Click on the links to direct you the additional material I bought and recommend with Easy French: French, Conversational: Learn to Speak and Understand French with Pimsleur Language Programs The Ultimate French Review and Practice