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Binding: Audio Cassette
Dewey Decimal Number: 448.3421
EAN: 9780679034100
Edition: Bk&Cassett
ISBN: 0679034102
Label: Living Language
Manufacturer: Living Language
Number Of Items: 2
Number Of Pages: 278
Publication Date: April 15, 1997
Publisher: Living Language
Release Date: April 15, 1997
Studio: Living Language

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
·All the essentials for learning to speak and understand French for your travels in a single package
· A 288-page phrasebook with a two-way dictionary and more than 3,800 words and phrases
·Two 45-minute cassettes, accompanied by an audioscript, with essential phrases and sample dialogues spoken by native speakers
· Easy-to-use phonetics, grammar basics, English translations, travel tips, and more
· From the most respected names in travel and language instruction.




Rating: - Tres bien!
We used the book while we were in Paris quite a bit to help with vocabulary. The CDs weren't the most useful part of the package and were a little boring. We all have some fluency with French. However, if you are completely new to the language, it may be good to hear the proper pronunciation.

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Rating: - Terrible CD!
I went through three lessons before canning this CD. The lessons were terrible! Sometimes they stated the French word before the English word and sometimes afterward, which meant you could be learning the wrong word! The pronounciations were nowhere near the way the French speak; they were like what a HS French teacher who'd learned from a book and never been to France would speak.

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Rating: - This book is not for the novice
This book is not for someone who just wants to pick up enough French to get them through a trip unless they have a good ear and memory. I found "French in 10 Minutes a Day" much better as you must write what you learn in a workbook.

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Rating: - Stop thief!!
Get this set if you plan on having a bad time. Barely will you be in to 'Good evening' when the lessons quickly turn to "Stop thief!" or "He stole my watch" or better yet, "I want an attorney" -- all of which are phrases I have NEVER used in France. Fodor's should have had the good sense to give practical lessons first, etiquette, directions, service, culture etc. before launching into rude commands and pick-pocket paranoia.

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Rating: - A must if you're traveling to a French-speaking country!
Having had a year of French in college, I was concerned that this Audio book would be too basic for me, but I found out it wasn't! It does cover some very basic things (greetings, numbers, etc.) which would be more helpful for beginners, but it also covers typical situations in a trip (airport, restaurant, accommodations, etc.), for which the vocabulary and grammar may not be learned until advanced level courses.

It comes with 2 Audio CD's of about 70 minutes each, broken into 12+ lessons. ... Read More

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