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The Oxford French Cartoon-strip Vocabulary Builder

French Edition by Marie-Hélène Corréard (Editor), Claire Bretécher (Illustrator)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
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[SERIES COPY:] This informative, colorful, and fun-to-use series of guides is perfect for anyone who wants to learn a second language quickly and easily. Each volume employs the amusing and always true-to-life cartoon strips of Claire Bretécher--an artist renowned in Europe for her witty and controversial cartoons--to not simply explain but illustrate the words and wording of a given foreign language in its common, everyday use.

While there are other cartoon dictionaries on the market, most of them provide only single cartoons. This attractive series, on the other hand, provides whole strips which tell a story and effectively bring context and other memorable features to one's learning. And only this series offers cartoons done in full color, and written by a popular cartoonist. These vocabulary-builders are the perfect starting place for people who want to begin, or else strengthen, their acquisition of French, German, or Spanish.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0198602677
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0198602675
  3. Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  4. Publication date
    July 13, 2000
  5. Language
    English, French
  6. Dimensions
    8.25 x 0.25 x 12 inches
  7. Print length
    80 pages
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Book Description

Each volume contains 30 colourful storyboards with situations centred around a range of themes--from movies and music to relationships

About the Author

Marie-Hélène Corréard was the managing editor of the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press (July 13, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English, French
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198602677
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198602675
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 0.25 x 12 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 24 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Joanne Wilder
5.0 out of 5 stars Appreciated as a gift.
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2011
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My 26-year-old daughter was given this as a birthday gift. After reviewing it, she gave it to her sister and French brother-in-law to record some of the dialogue for her so she can get the accent just right. The cartoons are cute and the aditional information on each page is useful. This was, by the way, purchased as a used copy of the book. It arrived in pristine condition.
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Kenneth Camper
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent French Tool
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2012
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This is an excellent book for gaining knowledge of general vocabulary and idioms in particular. My French teacher says it is dead on and our class loves it.
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Kalnin
5.0 out of 5 stars Resource book for fun
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2014
Fun way to review vocabulary.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent language learner comic book
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2011
I have the Spanish Oxford Vocab. builder comic book, they are both great for learning useful terms, I highly suggest them especially if you want to learn more useful French terms.
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Charles
4.0 out of 5 stars Variety ! A good MORALE LIFTER for intermediate/advanced.
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2000
Here is a collection of about thirty full-page cartoons. Each cartoon has a title: La Vie, L'Amitie, Le Cerveau, etc. The drawings are reminiscent of the French media (Paris Match?). Please examine the cover photo that AMAZON offers: it shows a good sample of these pictures.
The book uses a two-page format. The left page has the cartoon; the right page has three "helps" for the student.
1. Understanding the Text: a simple vocabulary list of the words.
2. Key Structures: translates "hard" expressions. Eg.: Ce que tu es bete! You sure can be dumb!
3. A supplemental word/expression list related to the cartoon's theme. These words/expressions are not actually in the text.
At the end of the book, there is a helpful glossary and a perfectly usless chart of fifty verbs.
CHEERS: Cartoons will add variety to your studies. Some of the drawings are funny: most are not. The vocabulary is a challenge to intermediate/advanced students. "Real life" conversational expressions are often used: (eg. "des tas de" and "flics").
JEERS: The cartoons could be a lot funnier! There is no pronunciation guide. A table of phonetic symbols is presented on page 7, but it's never used elsewhere in the book. Warning: there's nothing to inform students that such constructions as "Tu es" would normally be pronounced "Tay". (It's often written as "T'es", but this book sticks with "Tu es".)
BOTTOM LINE: This book is a pretty good value for the money. It offers a chance to read some colloquial expressions normally encountered in the movies rather than in print. Not as much fun as it could be, though.
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EdmondMe
5.0 out of 5 stars The best
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2003
I cant say enough about this book. It has helped me so much in building a french vocabulary. However my only advice is, that this is definitely not for a beginner, but for someone who has had years of instructions and is frustrated and wants to learn the spoken words. Teachers might hate this book, but I love it.
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Sergio Santamaria
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun to learn French!
Reviewed in France on March 19, 2017
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The comic features stories of Agrippine, a teenager living in France in the 90s in a middle-class family. Each lesson gives small hints on grammar and general vocabulary on a specific topic together with the comic.
The stories themselves are ok, not superfunny, but pleasant to read. The vocabulary repeats in several stories, making it easy to be remembered. It includes informal words and expressions, so you can learn things like "un coup the fil" (=give someone a call) or "flics", slang for "cops".
All in all, a good complement to your French lessons.
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Sergio Santamaria
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun to learn French!
Reviewed in France on March 19, 2017
The comic features stories of Agrippine, a teenager living in France in the 90s in a middle-class family. Each lesson gives small hints on grammar and general vocabulary on a specific topic together with the comic.
The stories themselves are ok, not superfunny, but pleasant to read. The vocabulary repeats in several stories, making it easy to be remembered. It includes informal words and expressions, so you can learn things like "un coup the fil" (=give someone a call) or "flics", slang for "cops".
All in all, a good complement to your French lessons.
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Ayesha
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in India on December 28, 2016
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Kinda fun way to learn vocab n makes easy to get the meaning in a clear manner
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bérengère
5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo Bretecher et Marie-Hélène !
Reviewed in Canada on September 5, 2014
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fun and practical. I use it with my students, from intermediate to advanced level. Good for discovering French as spoken by youth today, and regular idiomatic expressions in their depicted context.
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CarefulandGreen
5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny and excellent way to revive your knowledge of French before a holiday
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2013
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The cartoons are very funny. ALL the vocabulary used in them is on the opposite page (so no searching or necessity for a dictionary at hand) and is accompanied by brief summaries of the relevant grammar/idioms that the cartoons portray. I used it for a few weeks before a recent holiday and revising my French was a pleasure!
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ノリ+ノリ
5.0 out of 5 stars 楽しんで覚えようフランス語。
Reviewed in Japan on November 10, 2003
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左のページのまんがを読み、わからない単語や言い回しを右のページで確認し、それに関するヴォキャブラリーを覚える。単純な作りですが、設定が面白く、パラパラめくっているだけでも楽しめます。若者が使っていそうな言い回しがたくさんある上、フランス独特のものの説明が分かりやすくしてあります。例えば、電話番号の読み方、有名なテレビ番組名など。強いて言えば、内容が濃縮されているので、字が細かすぎて、目の悪い人にはつらいかも？
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