The Bonjour Effect

The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed

Jean-Benoit Nadeau, Julie Barlow

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Duckworth
01 November 2016

Listening skills; Travel & holiday; Travel tips & advice: general; Language phrasebooks

"Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoit Nadeau spent a decade travelling back and forth to Paris as well as living there. Yet one important lesson never seemed to sink in: how to communicate comfortably with the French, even when you speak their language. In The Bonjour Effect Julie and Jean-Benoit chronicle the lessons they learned after they returned to France to live, for a year, with their twin daughters. They offer up all the lessons they learned and explain, in a book as fizzy as a bottle of the finest French champagne, the most important aspect of all: the French don't communicate, they converse.

To understand and speak French well, one must understand that French conversation runs on a set of rules that go to the heart of French culture. Why do the French like talking about ""the decline of France""? Why does broaching a subject like money end all discussion? Why do the French become so aroused debating the merits and qualities of their own language? Through encounters with school principals, city hall civil servants, old friends and business acquaintances, Julie and Jean-Benoit explain why, culturally and historically, conversation with the French is not about communicating or being nice. It's about being interesting. After reading The Bonjour Effect, even readers with a modicum of French language ability will be able to hold their own the next time they step into a bistro on the Left Bank."

By: Jean-Benoit Nadeau, Julie Barlow
Imprint: Duckworth
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 223mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 475g
ISBN: 9780715651254
ISBN 10: 0715651250
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 November 2016
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoit Nadeau are Canadian journalists and the award-winning authors of The Story of French, The Story of Spanish, and the bestselling Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't be Wrong. They live in Montreal.

Reviews for The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed

'Whether you're an expat in France, or simply dream of living there one day, The Bonjour Effect is a helpful resource to cracking the arcane cultural code.' Ann Mah, author of Mastering the Art of French Eating 'This book confirms what the English have suspected for many years, that French is not so much a language as a dance, a ritual, a code to be cracked. The Bonjour Effect cracks it. David Boyle, author of How to be English 'The Bonjour Effect is an indispensable linguistic roadmap. A highly enjoyable romp through French culture and its language, written with wit and aplomb.' Debra Ollivier, best-selling author of What French Women Know: About Love, Sex, and Other Matters of the Heart