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Learn French with "The Snow Queen"
The English text and the literary translation are placed in parallel vertical columns side by side. (Parallel Text, Bilingual Text)


At the beginning of the story a wicked sprite invents a mirror. It reflects all which was
good and beautiful as poor and mean. In this mirror the most beautiful
landscapes looked like boiled s... More

Learn French with "The Snow Queen"
The English text and the literary translation are placed in parallel vertical columns side by side. (Parallel Text, Bilingual Text)


At the beginning of the story a wicked sprite invents a mirror. It reflects all which was
good and beautiful as poor and mean. In this mirror the most beautiful
landscapes looked like boiled spinach, and the best persons were turned into
frights... Read what happens next together with your child or on your own.


Spend some valuable time with your child and learn at
the same time French.


Maybe you can learn French together (depending on the
age of the child). Or you brush up your French with this bilingual edition.
Your advantages:
You can choose to read in French or English, switch between the two languages or just
insert some French words if you read to your child
The original text and the literary translation areplaced in parallel vertical columns side by side.
Therefore you can check almost instantly whether you understand or not. This is ideal to increase your vocabulary significantly very fast.
To be able to look them up faster the sentences are alternately colored.
So you can truly enjoy the story since you need only a split second to check the translation.
The French translation is very close to the English version. This makes understanding simple and lookup of difficult words fast.
It makes it very suitable for learning both French and English.

Why use H.C. Andersen in this translation to learn French?
Andersen became famous worldwide for his fairy tales. His books were translated in many languages.
The themes of his books are timeless. The fairy tales are still read by young and old.
Beautiful and engaging stories make learning both French and English interesting and easy.

Extensive reading and learning French with parallel texts: Why?


Extensive reading means reading a lot in a foreign language. It is not important to understand every word. You just continue to read in order to find out
what happens next. The pleasure of reading is really what increases language abilities. Kato Lomb was a Hungarian interpreter who spoke
several languages fluently. She described in her book "How I Learn Languages" how she used extensive reading to increase her vocabulary
fast.

The American linguist Stephen Krashen has said that free voluntary reading is "the most powerful tool we have in language education".

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