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95/28 Fagon de Parlor! (Book 1) ( (2nd edition) Angela Aries and Dominique Debney Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1994, 362 pp., ISBN 0-- 340-60897-8, 799 (18.05 with two accompanying cassettes)
The UK is now physically linked by the Channel Tunnel to France and mainland Europe and the demand for language courses is set to increase dramatically. An article in The Times (22 July 1993) claimed that "an estimated 10 per cent of all jobs advertised now require a language qualification". In schools in Great Britain, French is by far the most commonly taught foreign language. With such a buoyant market for French language course books, Facon de Parler is likely to prove popular, an eminently worthwhile addition to the stock of academic and public library language departments.
Facon de Parler, first published in 1986, is a comprehensive course...