FREN1010
Module Reading List
Amanda Deacon
a.deacon@leeds.ac.uk
Tutor information is taken from the Module Catalogue
Reading list:
Prescribed texts (you must have your own copy of these books)
Hawkins & Towell, French grammar and usage, 4th ed., Hodder 2014
Jubb & Rouxéville, French grammar in context, 4th ed., Hodder 2014
http://www.routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9780415706681/default.php
Recommended books (we also strongly recommend that you buy your own copy of the following)
A good bilingual dictionary: either Collins Robert or Oxford Hachette ( French Dictionary, latest edition)
A verb table, such as Larousse de la conjugaison : tous les verbes du français, les tableaux types, les règles d'emploi.
Additional reading for consultation and self-study (Copies of all these books are in the University libraries)
Vocabulary:
Chambers Harrap's French students' dictionary.
R.E. Batchelor & M.H. Offord, Using French - A guide to contemporary usage.
Grammar books
J. Morton, English grammar for students of French : the study guide for those learning French, 7th ed., Arnold 2013.
G. Price, A comprehensive French grammar.
M. Coffman Crocker, Schaum's outline of French grammar.
M. Jubb, Upgrade your French.
M.E. Surridge, Le ou la? : the gender of French nouns.
Further reading:
A. Lodge, N. Armstrong, Y. Ellis, J. Shelton, Exploring the French language.
P. Thody and H. Evans, Faux amis & key words : a dictionary-guide to French language, culture and society through lookalikes and confusables.
Study Skills:
S. G. Donald & P. E. Kneale, Study skills for language students : a practical guide.
The language learner's good study guide by the Open University's centre for Modern Languages.
Suggestions for on line resources
Dictionaries
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-french
http://www.larousse.com/en/dictionaries/french-english/tacheter/75466
Grammar
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr Tex’s French Grammar (la grammaire de l’absurde).
A pedagogical reference grammar that combines explanations with surreal dialogues and cartoon images. Originally designed for students at the University of Texas as a user-friendly guide to French grammar.
http://www.lepointdufle.net/grammaire_conjugaison.htm
http://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french.html
http://french.about.com/library/verb/bl-subjunctivator.htm
http://pomme.arts.sfu.ca/pomme/
http://www.translationdirectory.com/article286.htm tips on how to determine the gender of French nouns.
http://grammarist.com/french/french-noun-gender/
Radio and Television
Radio Londres http://www.frenchradiolondon.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/tv/
You can also listen to podcasts on RFI, an international radio site which propose some listening exercises as well as transcripts. You will find it at the following address:
http://www.rfi.fr/ www.france3.fr
This list was last updated on 22/08/2019