L'Expression Française

Synopsis of L'Expression Française

«L'Expression Française: écrite et orale» is the French (FLE) manual by Christian Abbadie, Bernadette Chovelon and Marie-Hélène Morsel, published by Presses Universitaires de Grenoble in paperback (197 pages, in French).

Advanced-level French as a foreign language manual that revisits intermediate grammar to deepen nuances of syntax and vocabulary, addressing language registers. Its 37 chapters, organized in five parts, combine grammar tables with varied exercises in observation, substitution, reformulation, creativity and analysis of authentic texts such as press articles, plus proposals for individual or group work.

Fifth edition, originally published in 1994. Includes, among others, chapters on sentence structure, nominalization, impersonal and pronominal verbs, the past participle, personal pronouns and demonstratives.

Designed for advanced-level French students, as well as for those preparing on their own with structured grammar and written and oral expression exercises.