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The world?s greatest language. teacher is at your side.. “There’s no such thing as a bad student–just a bad teacher.”
–Michel Thomas. No books. No writing. No drills. And nothing to memorize–. ever! With his patented method, Michel Thomas. has taught languages to top celebrities and–through. his bestselling audio programs–more than a million. everyday learners around the world. At the end of this. ten-CD beginner?s… More >>
Michel Thomas Speak French For Beginners: 10-CD Beginner’s Program
#1 by Uogio on July 2nd, 2010
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I took high school and 2 years of college french (B average). I knew some vocab and the simple present and past tenses, but was very insecure about my knowledge and pronunciation of the language. I always shied away from impromptu French conversations and felt stupid for not “getting it” after all that class time. But WOW–now I am always eager for a bit of conversation whenever I meet a French person or someone who knows the language. I actually understand the language. I am halfway through this program and already advanced beyond my classroom lessons. For the first time, I am confident and comfortable with French.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Paul Jacks on July 2nd, 2010
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This course is truly extraordinary. I have been a student of French for many years and while possessing decent reading and vocabulary skills, I have always felt uncomfortable when speaking French. I have purchased many study aids over the years and none have really helped much. I have generally despaired that I would never attain my desired level of fluency. That was until I ran across an advertisement for Michel Thomas’s course. Although I have some knowledge of the French language, I decided to start at the beginning, in order to progress through the entire course. Although skeptical at first, I really enjoyed each CD. Michel Thomas’s teaching style is truly incredible. He breaks down pronunciation and elements of grammar in ways that I never learned before. His pacing is just about right (much quicker than Primsleur, but not too fast), especially for someone with a background in the language. The CDs already have me more comfortable constructing sentences than any of the collegiate or other coursework that I have undertaken previously. I look forward to each CD and the beginner course has proven to be very useful for both review and enrichment. I cannot wait to start the next series and I feel that by completing the full course and supplementary CDs, I will definitely attain my desired level of fluency. I strongly recommend this course for absolute beginners or for those students, like myself, who want to improve their skills in French.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Robin J. Morris on July 3rd, 2010
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I bought this program in hopes that I could learn a little conversational french. My boyfriend’s family is French Canadian and it was awkward for me at family gatherings because I didn’t understand what was being said. This program is easy to use. I listened in my car on my 30 minute commute to work. In 2 weeks I had completed the whole thing! There are 2 awesome review CD’s and every bit of the program is interactive. It’s not about memorizing….it’s truly about learning. It covers the basics, it advances to a conversational level and it explains the sentence structure so you can create your own conversation and not just use simple sentences. My boyfriend will say things to me now that I actually understand and can resopnd to. If you purchase this program you won’t be disappointed!
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by More0ver on July 3rd, 2010
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I came to this Amazon page to get details about these CDs that I’ve been recommending to someone looking for good beginning French instruction for her family. Years ago, I had spent a little bit of time listening to the CDs before heading off to France on my own; I was surprised and relieved to find that I was able to communicate with a fair amount of confidence and dignity, eliciting friendly and respectful responses from the French. It’s not as if I could actually carry on a conversation, but I could at least figure out how to ask basic questions in a pretty comfortable and confident manner and to understand responses. He slowly and methodically teaches you how to think it out word by word without doing a lot of rote memorization. I gave his set of Spanish CDs to some friends who were about to spend a lot of time in Mexico, and they loved them – they bought the more advanced ones to continue.
I was surprised to see comments here about this not being real French. That got me to wondering whether I should be recommending them. So I did an online search to find out about Thomas’ background. I was astonished. Not only has he lived in France, but he was in the French army in WWII; served in the intelligence corps; was in infamous concentration camps (one of which he escaped from); worked in the French resistance; he was even tortured for information by the Gestapo and French police, but didn’t break down. He went on to be a lieutenant of the French Forces of the Interior, and commanded a group that destroyed telephone lines in coordination with the landing of the Allies in Normandy. And on and on and on – there’s even a book about him by Christopher Robbins called A Test of Courage! So I think it’s safe to assume that what he’s teaching is real French – and this whole thing has inspired me to dig those CDs out again and really use them to learn more instead of waiting till the last minute when I’m off to travel again.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by C. Carpenter on July 3rd, 2010
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We’ve tried several methods for language learning. This promotes understanding, as opposed to memorization. It’s a unique method where you learn along with two other students as Michel teaches them the language. We’ve done Italian and German using his method, and recommend it very highly.
Rating: 5 / 5