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Fluent French
Experiences of an English speaker by Erik T. Mueller
Citation: Mueller, Erik T. (1998). Fluent French: Experiences of an English speaker. New York: Signiform. Available: http://www.signiform.com/french/
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Contents
1. What would it be like to speak French fluently? 2. Section 1: Words and expressions 1. The basics of spoken French 2. Conversational tics 3. Synonyms for good 4. Hedges 5. Interjections 6. Inventing new words 7. Everyday differences 8. Television 9. Common knowledge 10. Tu versus vous 11. Meeting and parting 12. Politeness 13. Yuppies 14. Cyberspeak 15. The newness of language 16. Language change and "bad" grammar 17. Learning new words 18. Cute words and expressions 3. Section 2: Comparisons with English 1. French sounds more complicated 2. French sounds simpler 3. French sounds too categorical 4. French gives a more negative impression 5. Learning new words in English via French 6. An explosion of words 7. Nonexistent words in French or English 8. Number of words for expressing a given concept 9. Inversion in statements 10. English-sounding French expressions 11. Proto-Indo-European 12. False friends 13. Phrasal verbs 14. Noun-noun combinations 15. Punctuation differences 16. Acronyms 17. Common mistakes made by English speakers in French 4. Section 3: Fine points 1. Tense agreement 2. Antecedents 3. Negatives 4. Numbers and letters 5. Pronouncing vowels 6. Pronouncing consonants 7. Intonation 5. Looking Back 6. Acknowledgements 7. Further Reading 8. Additional commonly-used words and phrases 1.
Fluent French
Experiences of an English speaker by Erik T. Mueller
Citation: Mueller, Erik T. (1998). Fluent French: Experiences of an English speaker. New York: Signiform. Available: http://www.signiform.com/french/
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Contents
1. What would it be like to speak French fluently? 2. Section 1: Words and expressions 1. The basics of spoken French 2. Conversational tics 3. Synonyms for good 4. Hedges 5. Interjections 6. Inventing new words 7. Everyday differences 8. Television 9. Common knowledge 10. Tu versus vous 11. Meeting and parting 12. Politeness 13. Yuppies 14. Cyberspeak 15. The newness of language 16. Language change and "bad" grammar 17. Learning new words 18. Cute words and expressions 3. Section 2: Comparisons with English 1. French sounds more complicated 2. French sounds simpler 3. French sounds too categorical 4. French gives a more negative impression 5. Learning new words in English via French 6. An explosion of words 7. Nonexistent words in French or English 8. Number of words for expressing a given concept 9. Inversion in statements 10. English-sounding French expressions 11. Proto-Indo-European 12. False friends 13. Phrasal verbs 14. Noun-noun combinations 15. Punctuation differences 16. Acronyms 17. Common mistakes made by English speakers in French 4. Section 3: Fine points 1. Tense agreement 2. Antecedents 3. Negatives 4. Numbers and letters 5. Pronouncing vowels 6. Pronouncing consonants 7. Intonation 5. Looking Back 6. Acknowledgements 7. Further Reading 8. Additional commonly-used words and phrases 1.