Primary French Course, First Part (Otto Siepmann's Primary French Course)

First proposed and thoroughly tested over a century ago, the teaching method described and implemented in this revised edition of Siepmann's Primary French Course series remains a solid approach in learning the French language. Led by the “sound maxim that only one difficulty should be offered to a pupil at a time”, the student incrementally gains confidence as he moves from chapter to chapter. Each lesson is constructed to gradually introduce syntax and grammar, followed by questions which reinforce comprehension. With the assistance of illustrations, new vocabulary may be easily grasped through the visual element. Along with the introductory material appearing in each chapter, there is additional prose, poetry, idioms, and puns, or word games (“jeux de mots”), with which the ambitious student will be sufficiently challenged and entertained. Also included is an alphabetical vocabulary, exercises for translation, English and French word lists, translation helps, and complete verb conjugations introduced by phrases which help to mentally prepare the speaker for the required tense.