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Claire Bretechers cartoons are an essential part of French life. Funny,controversial, and very true to life, they illustrate how to speak French as theFrench do in this new Cartoon-strip Vocabulary Builder. This innovative and fun vocabulary builder uses storyboards, with situations centred around a range of themes, to get you speaking French as it is really spoken. [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 Bretecher--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 ones 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. Titles of storyboards: Holidays The earth Travels Date and time Language: approval/disapproval Clothes Professions Love life/relationships Language: telephone Family Accommodation/home Leisure, including music Food and drink Computing/Internet Numbers Transport Going out All about me Emotions Money Diseases/Health/Fitness Education Religion and beliefs Art Communications My body/the human body Sports Economy Television Greetings 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 Bretecher -- an artist renowned in Europe for her witty and controversial cartoons -- to not simply explain but to illustrate the words and wording of a given foreign language in its common, everyday use.PWhile 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 ones 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.