Duffy Jean H. Using French Vocabulary

Cambridge University Press.
Release year: 2003
Genre: Thematic dictionary with exercises.
ISBN: 0-511-022123 (virtual)
Pages: 476This textbook provides a comprehensive and structured vocabulary for all levels of undergraduate French courses. It offers a broad coverage of the concrete and abstract vocabulary relating to the physical, cultural, social, commercial and political environment, as well as exposure to commonly encountered technical terminology.
Within each section, words and phrases have been grouped into manageable assimilable units and broadly graded into three levels according to likely usefulness and difficulty. The accompanying exercises for private study and classroom use are designed to reinforce the work done on lists, to develop good dictionary use, to encourage independent and collaborative learning, to promote precision and awareness of nuance and register, and to offer the opportunity for the development of cognate transferable skills.
The division of the book into twenty thematic units allows it to be easily integrated into a modular course structure.