The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning French, 5th Edition

Speak French like a Parisian ... Includes a CD! As the second most spoken language in the world after English, French continues to be among the most popular foreign languages for native English speakers. This helpful guide focuses on more academic topics, such as verb tenses, in useful travel-themed chapters dealing with everything from renting a car to visiting a doctor. • Includes a new CD that can be used with or without the book • Contains entire chapters on idioms, gender, and weather not offered in competitors' books • French as a foreign language is the second most frequently taught and spoken in the world after English