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The third novel in the easiest series of French novels in ex­istence for 1st- or 2nd-year students with a vo­cabulary of only 400 words. An engaging story, with a taste of romance, about an American girl who goes to high school in Brittany and two French boys, a nice one and a mean one. The mean one turns nice. Eight short chapters. Short and sweet!

Download Presque Mort French Edition Blaine Ray Pablo Ortega Lopez Books

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Product details Paperback 59 pages Publisher Blaine Ray Workshops and Command Performance Language Institute (October 31, 2002) Language French ISBN-10 0929724704

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Presque Mort French Edition Blaine Ray Pablo Ortega Lopez Books Reviews

• Yes, the third book (or "Livre C") of the first level French Blaine Ray series really is titled "Presque Mort" or "Almost Dead." Blaine Ray continues to provide compelling and interesting stories for beginners. The previous book ("Livre B" or "Fama va en Californie") deals with racism and this one delves right into death, or at least "almost death." No one should find this series boring. Plus, as the books progress the complexity of the language and grammar also increases, so the stories should just get better and better. Similar to the preceding books, this one also includes the full vocabulary with verbs conjugated and structures explained. Though a few words, such as "fest-noz" and "corsaires" don't appear, but the text usually explains missing terms in context. Plus, these days everything is available on the internet. If something doesn't show up or doesn't make sense, just type it into a search box. For verbs, expect present tense, passé composé (with both "avoir" and "être"), reflexive and subjective pronomials. Not surprisingly, this book takes the grammar and vocabulary up a notch from "Livre B." More complicated sentences and structures dot the story and readers at a true beginner's level will probably find the text fairly challenging. But true beginners should start with the considerably easier "Livre A," or "Pauvre Anne," anyway. As a gauge, the back cover states that second or third semester French students should have few problems. Outside of the classroom, anyone who mastered "Livre B" and has continued studying French at an early to mid intermediate level will not encounter anything insurmountable.
  
  Readers of this series will by now sense an enduring theme. Here, Ann Henry, a teenager from Billerica, Massachusetts and a French learner, has an opportunity to travel to France for three months. She travels to Saint-Malo in Brittany but first studies the area's culture. An entire chapter relates her studies about Brittany's weather, clear water, the "Emerald Coast," history, food, rock formations, dress and customs including holidays. Merlin, the druids, King Arthur and the Celts all figure in its rich history. Lace aprons and headpieces, black robes and embroidered vests all play a part in Brittany's culture. Ann writes often about her trip to France to her friend Lisa ("Lise"). Gasoline is more expensive. They allow dogs in restaurants. Her new family, the Trévezels, take Ann on a tour of Saint-Malo and to the incredible Mont Saint-Michel. At school, Ann meets new friends and the real drama begins when she notices that an unpopular student, Paul, can't seem to breathe. And his face is blue. Oh, what a "morceau de viande" can do. She seems to develop romantic intentions for Paul, especially after the school bully, Yannick Vilain, targets him as an easy victim. Her plot to get Paul to the July 14th dance works, but don't expect anything too saucy to happen. In the end, with the usual Blaine Ray poetic justice, the villain, Yannick Vilain in this case, receives a dose of his own malice. Yannick apparently didn't learn about the dangers of a "morceau de viande." Ann and Paul react quickly. The book's title reveals immediately that no one actually dies in this tiny story. Nonetheless, it manages a fair amount of drama and character development despite its self-imposed vocabulary and grammar limitations. Blaine Ray continues to present language learners with material that feels real and not overly contrived. "Presque Mort" once again should provide both a confidence boost and an incredible practice run for anyone seeking to heighten their French skills. "Au revoir!" Or maybe "adieu!" Whichever, depending upon whether one lives in Brittany.
• This is an odd little story about sixteen year old Massachusetts native and fluent french speaker, Ann, who visits Bretagne, France over summer vacation. What's odd about it is the main incident of the story. Spoiler alert Ann saves the life of teenage Paul by giving him the heimlich maneuver. Of course, this "plot" (I use the word tres loosely) has to facilitate learning the language, for example, variations of the words choking, breathing, blue--as in turning blue, and exclamations of alarm are a-plenty. Paul becomes friends with his literal life saver, Ann, all the while being tormented by another young man appropriately named Yannick Vilain. Ironically, he too, chokes on a morsel of food. Bizarre, right? Paul saves him then Yannick asks for forgiveness and all ends well before Ann heads back to the United States.
  Despite Presque Mort's contrivances, its 42 pages offer a great deal of exposure to french verbs, conversation, salutations, a bit of history and culture. Ann's letters to her friend are a helpful learning device as well; from now on I will be signing all of mine, like Ann, "Grosses and bises" (Love and kisses).
  P.S. Includes an additional 16 pages of vocabulaire.
  P.S.S. The description on the back cover states "can be read without difficulty by any 2nd or 3rd semester class." Perspective My freshman daughter was assigned this near the end of 1st semester french at a high school with an arduous curriculum i.e. one semester is the equivalent of an entire year. They read Pauvre Anne first, skipped the second book of this language series, and jumped to this.
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