french grammar?

[pjssully]

My daughter just finished the first year of Rosetta Stone and though she liked it, she wants more grammar so she can understand the language better. Does anyone know of a french grammar program that she can use that won't require a lot of help from me-i don't know ANY french.

thanks

pam

[Brindee]

Live Mocha is a fun place to learn!

http://www.livemocha.com/

 

Visual Link has many different languages and you can do some practicing on-line, without buying the program. DD is doing the Spanish and loves it! Click on the link for French and it will show you what they offer.

http://www.learnalanguage.com/

Edited May 6, 2011 by Brindee

[Julie in MN]

My older dd used Barron's Easy Way (now called E-Z). It has answers in the back of the workbook :)

 

So far, my ds just had one grammar question and we looked it up online.

 

Julie

[LatinTea]

Julie, I have French Grammar, The Easy Way, recently published by Barron's books. Not sure if there is another one called E-Z, but it's probably the same book. Did your dd go through the whole thing? And if so, how long did it take her? 2 or 3 years? Did she ever achieve proficiency in the language using this method?

 

I am considering continuing Tell Me More and adding in this grammar book OR chuck it all and sign my dd up for French with TPS. But the cost of all that is staggering.

 

FWIW, I do like how the Barron book is laid out. Nice graphics, answers in the back, and cheap! Here's a link to Google books. They have the book there for review. http://books.google.com/books?id=fhqZ5_w_quYC&pg=PR9&lpg=PR9&dq=alariviera+french+grammar&source=bl&ots=tTZR8Zy0mY&sig=1z96FJAPV-RGQRa2JHQeaE6rzxU&hl=en&ei=BGDFTcfYEsj00gHghdSvCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=alariviera%20french%20grammar&f=false

Edited May 7, 2011 by LatinTea
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[Julie in MN]

Julie, I have French Grammar, The Easy Way, recently published by Barron's books. Not sure if there is another one called E-Z, but it's probably the same book. Did your dd go through the whole thing? And if so, how long did it take her? 2 or 3 years? Did she ever achieve proficiency in the language using this method?

 

Yes, that's the book she used. Here's the newer ones I've seen:

http://books.google.com/books?id=7H_3QwAACAAJ&dq=barron%27s+french+e-z&hl=en&ei=U3_FTeffHIGmsQPXz62dAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CFYQ6AEwBA

 

 

My dd's French went like this:

 

- French I in public school

 

- French II at home using just a mishmash of things like Pimsleur, French In Action, movies in French, etc., and Barron's for grammar (about the first half of the book or maybe a little more, up through the perfect tense I think, but I could look). At the end of the year, a French teacher spoke with her for several sessions to evaluate her. She said she was proficient at French II.

 

- French III and IV at public school. Year 3's big thing was attacking the reading of The Little Prince (& I don't think they even finished it?). Year 4 had the class decide if they wanted college credit (for college year 2, semester 1) or just high school credit, and my dd chose high school credit. But I would assume that the same material was used for both options, as the school didn't have enough French IV students to carry 2 classes.

 

HTH,

Julie