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A Helpful and Free Book
So like a lot of people here I can read a book and newspapers but my oral skills leave a lot to be desired. Until now.
Back in 1908 a gentleman by the name of Raphael D'Amour wrote a booked called "Practical French Course in Fifty Lessons". Due to its age it is out of copyright and Google has rather kindly scanned in and it's available for free download. Simply search for it and voila!
I have also found it to be an indispensable reference guide (You can only imagine how long I struggled with "J'en ai")
Anyway to the oral skills. There are some very helpful chapters on when to drop sounds, when to carry and when to slur (yes it's technically called slurring - a few Gin and Tonic's may assist the slurring technique).
I hope that someone else will find it helpful.
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http://books.google.com/books/about/Practical_French_Course_in_Fifty_Lessons.html?id=OX0SAAAAIAAJ
This is the link to the downloadable version. Thanks BastouXII for posting the link. I didn't know how to make it short like you have.
I'm pleased to hear that you folks like the book.
To make it short:
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[Here (or whatever text you would like)](http://books.google.com/books/about/Practical_French_Course_in_Fifty_Lessons.html?id=OX0SAAAAIAAJ)
which becomes...
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I couldn't get it from his link either (that's why I posted the Archive.org one). It's mostly out of curiosity, but how did you do it?
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Strangely enough, I thought it might be something like that, so I signed in, added it to my library and still nothing... It redirects me to the Canadian google site though (seems I can't force it to use the american (.com) one), I don't know if it has anything to do with my inability to download it though.
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Well, as I said, it's mostly out of curiosity as I can get it from that other link I posted, and I don't really need it as French is my first language. I already heard about "Hola" and planned to try it out soon, but I haven't got to it yet. When I finally install it I'll try to use it to download the book and keep you updated, if you're also curious about it.
And here you can find various versions such as .pdf on the left. Priceless =) Thank you so much for sharing this book!
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Here is a link to it to save you the search.
Thanks!
Edit : since my comment is much higher than MultiLinguAlex's, here's the link to the main page for the book, with links to downloadable versions in various e-reader formats, including PDF (to read on a PC, Mac or regular tablet or smartphone that doesn't support e-book formats).
Merci beaucoup! I've read just a few pages of it, and it is a great resource that you've found! I've already downloaded it!
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BiaPLC, I just gave you a Lingot because yours is the first link to this book that I could actually download! I don't have an e-Reader so all I could do was read in on-line, your link allowed me to D/L a PDF. Thanks.