Customer Reviews
Useful and engaging - By: K. Hannay, 11 Apr 2007 
As an advanced learner of French, I found this book very useful. I particularly enjoyed the thoughtful emphasis on identifying (and rectifying) errors of grammar consistently made by English speakers when learning French. Unlike other reviewers, I found the range of texts used to be varied & interesting - I went on to discover the stories of Prevert from reading extractsin this book. The analysis provided for each text is thorough & cross referenced throughout. It is truly hard to make this kind of book intersting, especially if you are reading them on your own but I think this is one of the best out there & I am a sad enough person to have read quite a few!
Concise but tough - By: , 26 Jul 2003 
This is a super concise book for French grammer but it's hard to use. The book is full of texts which deal with a variety of topics & are subdivided into their appropriate Grammatical sections (e.g one text for present tense, one for verbs etc..) & each tense when usedin the text is highlighted.There's also questions to answer at the end of each unit.
The book's layout is easy but boring. You won't find any adventerous info about France or any enjoyable pictures to look at & the language used to describe what should be relatively simple things can get a little too encumbering but as a learning aid it's good to have. The book isn't easy going & i wouldn't recommend it to beginners. I use itin conjunction with France Extra which is a follow up to A vous la France & it fitsin nicely but that's just me. There are easier books to use out there but if you want to learn all the rules about grammer then this might be the one for you. Still if you're not sure then i'd advise you to try & loan it out from the local library & see for yourself.
