{"id":3276,"date":"2013-01-21T19:28:02","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frenchcourses-paris.com\/a-short-course-in-reading-french-by-celia-brickman-2.html"},"modified":"2026-07-23T09:05:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:05:04","slug":"sharpen-your-french-reading-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frenchcourses-paris.com\/fr\/french-courses-paris-fr\/sharpen-your-french-reading-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"How to improve your French reading, grammar, and pronunciation skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"_booktitle\"><strong><em>A Short Course in Reading French (<\/em>by Celia Brickman) helps you improve your French reading skills and master French pronunciation and grammar<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\n<h3><strong>This textook teaches the basic rules of French grammar, reinforcing its lessons with exercises and key practice translations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3273 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frenchcourses-paris.com\/images\/2013\/01\/reading-french-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Reading French Course Paris\" width=\"255\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frenchcourses-paris.com\/images\/2013\/01\/reading-french-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.frenchcourses-paris.com\/images\/2013\/01\/reading-french.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">A systematic guide, the volume is a critical companion for university-level students <strong>learning to read and translate written French into English<\/strong>; for graduate scholars <strong>learning to do research in French<\/strong> or prepping for proficiency exams; and for any interested readers who want to improve their facility with the French language. In addition, <em>A Short Course in Reading French<\/em> exposes readers to a broad range of French texts from the humanities and social sciences, including writings by distinguished francophone authors\u00a0from around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"_desc\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The book begins with\u00a0<strong>French pronunciation<\/strong>\u00a0and 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; <strong>common idiomatic constructions<\/strong>; and other <strong>fundamental structures of the French language<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7932 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frenchcourses-paris.com\/images\/2016\/01\/8672906847_379ff357f5_z-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Improve or perfect your reading skills\" width=\"245\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frenchcourses-paris.com\/images\/2016\/01\/8672906847_379ff357f5_z-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.frenchcourses-paris.com\/images\/2016\/01\/8672906847_379ff357f5_z-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.frenchcourses-paris.com\/images\/2016\/01\/8672906847_379ff357f5_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chapters contain translation passages from such authors as Pascal, Montesquieu, Proust, Sartre, Bourdieu, Senghor, C\u00e9saire, de Certeau, de Beauvoir, Barthes, and Kristeva. 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