French

Marsha s'en va en Haiti raconte l'histoire d'une fillette de 8 ans lors de son premier voyage en Haiti, pays d'origine de sa mere. Debordante d'abord d'enthousiasme par l'idee de ce voyage, elle devient extremement curieuse et emerveillee des les premiers moments de son arrivee d...ans ce pays ou l'on parlait une langue differente. Ses reactions devant le panorama et aux sons qui lui sont tout a fait nouveaux nous font decouvrir des petits moments partages en famille; cette famille composee de ses deux freres, de ses parents et ses grands-parents. A travers ses reactions avec ses derniers, les enfants decouvriront Haiti avec les yeux de Marsha, un monde different mais qui emerveille. Aux adultes, ce livre leur permettra de contempler le monde avec les yeux d'une enfant.
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This textbook teaches the basics of French grammar, reinforcing its lessons with exercises and key practice translations. A systematic guide, the volume is a critical companion for university-level students learning to read and translate written French into English; for graduate ...scholars learning to do research in French or prepping for proficiency exams; and for any interested readers who want to improve their facility with the French language. In addition, A Short Course in Reading French exposes readers to a broad range of French texts from the humanities and social sciences, including writings by distinguished francophone authors from around the world. The book begins with French pronunciation and cognates and moves through nouns, articles, and prepositions; verbs, adjectives, and adverbs; a graduated presentation of all the indicative and subjunctive tenses; object, relative, and other pronouns; the passive voice; common idiomatic constructions; and other fundamental building blocks of the French language. Chapters contain translation passages from such authors as Pascal, Montesquieu, Proust, Sartre, Bourdieu, Senghor, C??saire, de Certeau, de Beauvoir, Barthes, and Kristeva. Drawn from more than two decades of experience teaching French to students from academic and nonacademic backgrounds, Celia Brickman's clear, accessible, and time-tested format enables even beginners to develop a sophisticated grasp of the language and become adept readers of French. There is an answer key for translation exercises and for non-copyrighted translation passages available to professors and teachers who have assigned this title in a class. Please provide your name, title, institution, and number of students in the course in an email to coursematerials@columbiauniversitypress.com.
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