This is an introduction to the French slang and colloquial language used in everyday commerce, conversation and writing. The book teaches the essentials of colloquial French and French slang in 15 lessons. Each lesson describes the language and sentence structure commonly used in a variety of practical settings. Each lesson is broken down into five parts: dialogue, vocabulary, vocabulary practice, grammar and exercises. In addition to the lessons, the book also includes a useful thesaurus, a glossary of all of the French slang terms used in the lessons, and a listing of English words commonly used in colloquial French.