Learning French from Spanish and Spanish from French

a Short Guide

Patricia V. Lunn, Anita Jon Alkhas, Patricia V. Lunn , Anita Jon Alkhas

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Georgetown University Pre
01 June 2017

Language self-study texts; Languages & ESL; Methodology; French - Beginner Self-Study; Spanish - Beginner Self-Study; Language Reference

Learning French from Spanish and Spanish from French provides adult English speakers who have learned either Spanish or French as a second language with the tools to learn the other language as a third language. All human languages have some common elements, but certain languages-because of their shared history-have a great deal in common. French and Spanish are ideal candidates for an approach that highlights their differences in the context of their commonalities. Research in the growing fields of third-language acquisition and multilingualism documents how successful third-language learners intuitively build on the knowledge they acquired while learning a second language. The book takes advantage of the fact that learners with intermediate proficiency in a second language are used to thinking consciously about language, know themselves as language learners, and can capitalize on what they know about one language to understand the other. For students, travelers, and budding multilinguals, the book will accelerate the learning of French or Spanish as a third language.

By: Patricia V. Lunn, Anita Jon Alkhas
Contributions by: Patricia V. Lunn, Anita Jon Alkhas, Patricia V. Lunn
Imprint: Georgetown University Pre
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 204g
ISBN: 9781626164253
ISBN 10: 1626164258
Pages: 156
Publication Date: 01 June 2017
Recommended Age: From 17
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Introduction 1. ¿Cómo se escriben los sonidos?/Comment s’ écrivent les sons? 2. ¿Cómo se clasifican y se describen los sustantivos?/Comment se classifient et se décrivent les noms? 3. ¿Cómo funcionan los pronombres?/Comment s’ emploient les pronoms? 4. ¿Cómo se conjugan y se interpretan los verbos?/Comment se conjuguent et s’ interprètent les verbes? 5. ¿Cómo se estructuran las frases?/Comment se structurent les phrases? 6. ¿Cómo se clasifican las palabras?/Comment se classifient les mots? 7. ¿Cuál es la lengua más difícil?/Quelle langue est la plus difficile? Answer KeyParallel TextsVerb Conjugation ChartsGlossary

Patricia V. Lunn is a professor emerita of Spanish at Michigan State University. She is the coauthor of, among other books and articles, En otras palabras: Perfeccionamiento del espanol por medio de la traduccion, segunda edicion (GUP). Anita Alkhas is an associate professor of French at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has contributed articles to the Contemporary French Civilization, the French Review, and Georges Sand Studies, among other journals.

Reviews for Learning French from Spanish and Spanish from French: a Short Guide

Lunn and Alkhas do not present the book as a textbook but rather a short guide to these two languages that have a lot in common. The best potential audience for this short guide may be teachers of French and Spanish because it serves as a reference for those who are regularly switching between the two languages. * The French Review * A useful book that offers a contrastive view for English speakers who have knowledge of either of those languages and who wish to study them through similar and differing linguistic aspects of each. * Hispania *