My Favorite French Textbooks for Learning French

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Discover the best French textbooks to learn French! These are methods that I love and recommend, so you can make solid progress in all parts of the French language. You’ll learn how to create your own structured path to master French grammar, French vocabulary, French spelling and French communication!
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[@simarjotkaur8439]

1. 2:51 Orthographe 2. 6:28 Communication 3. 8:38 Grammaire 4. 10:09 Vocabulaire

[@airaemarrez237]

All these books are what we use in my university! They're amazing books and I highly recommend them!

[@speakfrenchfluently7142]

I agree :)

[@rattypattyz]

How do you understand them if they are all in French? Is there any English in them?

[@GoLongAmerica]

vienne murray no english is in these books. You probably should use them with an instructor if you’re a complete beginner.

[@hoppyjolene5425]

@@rattypattyz Using books completely in the language is honestly very good, its very repetitive on what it is asking (depends on the book), is it gonna be a pain to look everything up at the beginning YES. But its worth at the end.

[@ntatenarin]

I wish I used those books. My one textbook was soooo expensive because we needed the online part of it as well so we could do our homework. It was so expensive that I almost considered not taking a French class.

[@nadew.02]

French is the second language of my country and we start learning in third grade. Now as a university student I feel that my French can be improved in different aspects, especially grammar and spelling. So I decided to fill the gaps during this summer because my studies require fluency in the language. I've been looking for books to guide me until I found this video and I enjoyed a lot. Thank you so much for sharing these books.

[@ajc4762]

This was very helpful, thank you for suggesting these resources!

[@rare2b]

Thanks so much for the recommendations. Been looking for book recommendations that are really useful from beginner -advance

[@QamarBajwa]

Thank you so much for this video! I was looking for it. Your lessons are always great and you look so pretty!

[@rauldempaire5330]

Very useful info, merci beaucoup!

[@dancarroll6349]

Salut Géraldine. J'ai cherché sur Internet des cahiers d'exercices pour compléter mes études, mais je n'ai pas trouvé ce que je cherchais. C'était avant que je regarde cette vidéo. Je pense que votre série de manuels recommandés est exactement ce dont j'ai besoin. Vous êtes un professeur fantastique! Merci pour tout! Dan

[@Leo-hn8zm]

Bonjour! Thank you for sharing these resources, very useful information. Gracias!

[@sergiosum2274]

"Communications" series is really good. The exact one you introduced helped me to integrate my life at Paris. "B2/C1" by Miquel is superb -- the part on "comportements" is fantastique; while I found "C1/C2" of Rachine et Schenker a bit struck up, especially the "Faire une dégustation de vin." Questions like "Parlez nous l'impression en bouche de ce petrus (bordeaux rouge) au niveau de l'aspérité et de la persistance." Well, OK...

[@bubbalong7646]

Merci bien, mademoiselle!

[@prajrao]

Thank you very much for your dedication. Love you.

[@nicksavov9523]

Thank you for making this video! It was very helpful to me for good french student book as a beginner.

[@AlitoRaza]

Merci pour votre éclairage

[@rosangelaridgewell3885]

Merci, ils sont très utiles pour moi.

[@danielingrey8185]

Geraldine, thank you for this lesson. I think the reason I'm not improving too much at the moment is because I miss the written word. So will look out for these books. Dan

[@SS-wi4tm]

I love the litterature books the most. So engaging. And they even have one for a1-a2 level

[@NguyenGiang-lc7bm]

Merci beaucoup 😊

[@kafka1787]

Merci!

[@busayoesan5925]

Thank you so much. Bless you

[@zennicliffzennicliff]

Thank you so much!

[@thedaways]

Merci Géraldine

[@marieroslind1479]

I found them in our bookstore! I am so Happy to have found them, they are excellent!📚🇫🇷🌺

[@joseantoniovegaruiz3830]

c'est magnifique

[@betteurbain7911]

Hello! I really like the blouse or dress you're wearing. Thanks for the French lessons!

[@frenchistic4598]

wow.....thank you soo much....

[@kimberlynorton]

Starts at 3 minutes!

[@kazuhitoshi9701]

Thanks!

[@exploringearth07]

Thanks

[@SS-gj9vs]

Ty lol

[@hsun9810]

This is a just-in-time tip, after going through so many French courses with poor results I just happen to be looking for books that work the magic. Thank you for the recommendation.

[@anitawaters4745]

H Sun moi aussi! Je viens de commander. « Communication progressive du français -intermédiaire » !

[@speakfrenchfluently7142]

@@anitawaters4745 Excellent choix :)

[@monikanarula1794]

Hey! Can you help me?

[@tishymielgabrielle4688]

Je suis tout à fait d'accord et à part de ces ouvrages il y a une grande variété de matériel de CLE international comme "Les verbes et leurs prépositions" et "Les expressions idiomatiques".

[@dandharamaciel9447]

Obrigada por compartilhar!

[@danielecanci4893]

i use Francofolie books and exercise-books for self-teaching))

[@abcd-hw8io]

I wish French texbooks publishers would creat textbooks like Get’s Set Go. I have been looking at so many textbooks for kids and none of them are as good. Get Set Go has lots of dialogues in comic format, very good to learn to speak and easy to understand what is going on.

[@malaikayele6346]

I like thank you🤗

[@rosag7386]

Bonjour Ms Geraldine: I do love your channel so much and Thank you so much for your recommendations . I also wanted to ask you if you know a good french English dictionary that you can recommend me ?

[@raymundofantastico]

Bonne vidéo. Est-ce qu'il y a des manuels scolaires français que vous pourriez recommander pour les élèves anglophones à l'école élémentaire ou préparatoire?

[@noynordon1821]

Thank u for your great information but in which shoop can i get the second blue book about communication? In fect i m in france now.

[@felipes9395]

starts at 2:45 if you are in a hurry.

[@aldistoteles2919]

Thanks

[@La-meiga-celtibera]

Thanks I was looking for this comment.

[@arnabkundu465]

Bonjour, Can you plz plz make a vidéo on Il faut Ul faudeait Il faudra Il fallait Merci...

[@raghuramteke1952]

Would you please provide the list of the books for learning French language?

[@umaobasi5352]

Are any of these books available as ebooks for download on my Kindle?

[@matcradle]

J'habite à Grenoble aussi! Où'est-ce que je peux trouver ces livres à Grenoble? Quel bibliotheque ? Merci!

[@RicardoGarcia-fx6qp]

There are a few components to teaching yourself to talk French online . A place I found that successfully combines these is the Magic language method (google it if you're interested) without a doubt the most helpful resource that I've seen. Check out the great information .

[@devendra1956]

Bonjour Ms. I am from India & very much interested to learn French. So where from I can get those books ?

[@diegoalexandre-garcia7561]

Hello, you know if you buy the book, the audios can be downloaded online? Is because I do not have a CD reader anymore.

[@Hope-ww4iw]

Please make class video of these books.

[@Garghamellal]

Please let me know what do you think about "Nouvelle grammaire du français" by Y. Delatour

[@andrewwhitehead2002]

Thank you Geraldine, very helpful. In english an “exercise book” is an empty notebook that you write in. What you were showing us were “text books”. If only my french was half as good as your english.

[@jefflehman5278]

I would call these "workbooks" rather than "textbooks". A similar series from an English-based publisher (the Practice Makes Perfect series) are described as workbooks.

[@Ystadcop]

You have decorated your cell most tastefully.

[@koawells9971]

Thank you for the video! If I am a complete beginner learning French and I want to teach myself, is the beginner book good? I noticed that it is all in French.

[@hayleybourgeois5109]

Right, I was confused how to use a book completely in French if you’re a beginner

[@mirunapopescu]

They have a level for super beginners called "Débutant Complet". I jumped straight to "Débutant" because I already knew a bit of French, and I use it together with the answer book. It's not that difficult really, the explanations are tailored to people who understand close to nothing. You might just need to make use of a dictionary when you don't understand something. Learning a language takes effort, after all

[@kirstieadjei1675]

Do you have links to these books?

[@junomance]

this video is exactly what i needed!! i’ve looked at three different videos and all of them had the intermediate grammar workbook you showed so i think i’m settled on getting that one but do you think i need to get that exact version? i’ve seen that they’ve made a few newer versions of the same book but i don’t want to get a newer one if it’s not as good obviously haha. if anybody knows the answer to this please let me know!!

[@jefflehman5278]

The latest edition of the intermediate grammar includes online exercises, which is a nice bonus. They are similar to the exercises in the book, but are self-marking. I'm not sure if it's best to do the online exercises at the same time as the book (i.e. finish a chapter in the book, then do the online exercise), or save them up for review later.

[@donnasveinsvoll2606]

Merci beaucoup, Madame! J'aime bien votre channel. Pouvez-vous me dire s'il vous plait, ou je peux acheter ces livres? Merci!

[@3DWhispers]

Sur Amazon

[@donnasveinsvoll2606]

3DWhispers Merci!

[@donnasveinsvoll2606]

Merci!

[@dragobowman2814]

Aussi ici Book Depository .. www.bookdepository.com/Orthographe-progressive-du-francais/9782090382174?ref=grid-view&qid=1574526465238&sr=1-2

[@jasoncollins865]

Jeez! That first book is rather pricey considering the size of it

[@manonbimmel3985]

Hi how do I join this course? I have just finished B1 at Alliance Française online in a zoom class. I live in France, cordialement, Manon Bimmel

[@sketchur]

Bonjour ! Quel est le meilleur dictionnaire français ? (livre imprimé, pas d'en ligne.) Merci pour vos vidéos, Géraldine ! Je les aime !

[@nsevv]

Are these for self-learning?

[@johnknight9150]

Is that a Minitel in the background?

[@dougarnold7955]

Merci. 🙂 In my university classes I had ...uh...Entre Amis... ??? I think. It was a long time ago...'94...

[@dreamcanadian1997]

I don't know anything about French but i want to learn French. In these books mainly french is used. How i should start?

[@djaidirabdelkader2973]

Grammaire en dialogue c'est une série pour apprendre le Français, que je choisis

[@mondo_burrito]

I don’t have a single machine that will play a CD!! 😂

[@ramalsrougi]

❤️❤️❤️❤️🤩🤩

[@heavenisnttoofaraway4663]

I'd like it if you would put the names of the books in the comments box

[@user-bp6dq9yw2f]

Je trouve que j'apprends mieux le français en écoutant différents programmes sur you tube comprenant bien sur: Comme une Francais, KwiziqFrench, et français avec Pierre. Je crois qu'une personne peut apprendre une langue plus rapidement avec la méthode audiovisuelle. Mais J'ai des livres à consulter quand j'en ai besoin, tels que: français dans 3 mois, {série Hugo}, dictionnaire bilingue anglais-français / français-anglais; et «la France en direct», qui est un manuel que j'ai utilisé lorsque j'ai appris le français à l'ambassade de France à Tel-Aviv, en Israël. J'ai aussi le livre de conjugaison français des verbes.

[@docbb4961]

I found some pdf versions of the books mentioned but they are not in english so if anyone has a link can you please comment it down below :)

[@oikujhygt5483]

The books aren’t in English that’s why

[@michelgolabaigne595]

Salut Géraldine, Les livres de grammaire promettent beaucoup, mais ils donnent peu ... :( Nous devons transformer les livres en cartes mémoire,(flashcards) créer constamment nos propres histoires et mettre nos propres exemples en pratique. Sinon tout est trop abstrait et cela n'apporte que de la frustration... L'homme ne peut apprendre que des histoires .... :) Merci pour votre présentation, vous nous donnez envie d'apprendre la grammaire…, je trouve ça génial! Votre vidéo m'a vraiment motivé et je suis sûr que ce sont les autres aussi. M E R C I Michel

[@aryanalavi6970]

Could you possibly give some links for us to find the exact books.

[@aryanalavi6970]

Sorry, I found them and I will link them below: Orthographe Progressive Du Français : amzn.to/3iKsFpN Communication Progressive Du Français : amzn.to/33PGC18 Grammaire Progressive Du Français : amzn.to/30Mhiat Vocabulaire Progressif Du Français : amzn.to/2PM5vCQ

[@dunemae]

@@aryanalavi6970 thanks so much!

[@dedeadam9698]

@@aryanalavi6970 THANKSS

[@maryma1013]

@@dedeadam9698 why are you saying thanks were links posted?

[@dedeadam9698]

@@maryma1013 yeah but now it's deleted

[@Shahrukh-st4np]

Wow vous ressemblez Anne Hathaway 😮

[@fiorebella3179]

Could you please recomend books for intermediate or advance, please thanks.

[@MemeFunnyV]

Any books contain pronunciation, speaking, listening as similar as a Cambridge English book? many worlds are hard to speak

[@partiufrances4397]

Try the Compréhension Orale and the Expression Orale series (1, 2, 3 ans 4). They are part of the collection Compétences, also by CLE.

[@abcd-hw8io]

I find the Cambrige/Oxford/Pearson English textbooks are better than the majority of the French textbooks out there. The English textbooks include much more audio to help with pronunciation.

[@danielschaper1359]

I'm at an intermediate level learning to build my French vocabulary and sentence structure to write formidable essays, personal statements and buisiness letters in French. Are there any certain work books or reference books perfect for this?

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[@ronlugbill1400]

I hate textbooks. I have never seen one that wasn't boring. The only exception is the Communication progressive du français. There are also free video versions available on KZbin.

[@jerrydurk1]

I cheat, when reading French. I have Google translate so when I get stuck on a word I don't know I will translate it. Sometimes I have to look at the third level translation before I get the context.

[@petrajakab1272]

you could also try context.reverso.net, it's free, it gives you the pronunciation as well, plus lots of sentences in both your mothertongue and the target language

[@user-ox3ql7uy6f]

mark

[@yasin4949.]

Dammmmmn, you look like Anne Hathaway 🥰

[@joelgp627]

hey im am absolute beginner so can u suggest me a book with also has English translation

[@abcd-hw8io]

assimil french textbook give you dialogues in French and English

[@peterlee9902]

I don’t have time to note the book titles down.

[@tamimahmadsalehy3657]

Send my french class in youtub

[@frenchwithbonjouracademy1656]

French grammar was made by a drunk person .. cz it makes no sense at all

[@Nina-cc7sc]

🤣

[@dhirpratap2460]

If you're there,mam, we don't need books to learn French .🙏🙏 Jai ho.

[@theoldone3485]

J'utilise le site . C'est très sophistiqué.