French All-in-One For Dummies, with CD

In 1963, my school introduced those of us with parents who wanted their children to attend a university, to a survey course in one of three foreign languages. Spanish had always been the number one language selected, presumably because of its practicality, followed by Fench, which almost exclusively selected by girls. No idea why . Latin . Why? Anyway, at the end of the year assembly, the principal pointed out that there was a significant increase in students electing to take up French. What he failed to mention was that the vast majority of those students were male. The French teacher ( no names, but you know who you are) was fresh out of college, and undoubtedly the best looking junior high teacher in the entire state. The average 13 year old boy. overflowing with poisonous hormones, was unable to resist the sirens' call of Sur le Pont, d'Avignon. But it was in high school where I encountered one of my two best teachers, who actually managed to teach me. foreign language that i retain to this day. Unfortunately, my language skills have deteriorated somewhat ( use it or lose it) and after over 60 years since completing French 6 at University, i am going to France for the first time, and I do not want to embarrass Miss Schreibstein. The book is a dream to navigate. I can read a French document, or listen to a French podcast, and then jump into the appropriate section of my Dummies book in order to straighten out my deficiencies . I do not believe that the book would work for someone with no French skills, but it would be a great asset for struggling beginners who do not have the highly skilled teaching that I experienced, as well as people with virtually any level of French short of being bilingual.

In 1975, while in the U.S. Army, I studied French language at the "Presidio of Monterey, Ca, Language School (DLI) for 25 weeks. I graduated at the top of my class. I am using this book as my “Bible” for my continuing French foreign language study. In my opinion, this is best book available to study French with. The pronunciation guides are “spot on.”

These days there are many non-professional videos on YT which are better than most of the material commonly found on the CD's and DVD's of books to teach French. This book covers a round of basics serving as a tangible visual reference. More so than some other languages French needs to be seen as well as heard and spoken to comprehend it. No one will ever learn to speak a foreign language merely listening and repeating words and phrases. No one will learn a language merely reading books. You have to interact with French speakers and preferably at least a few who speak informally like you are going to encounter in an environment of French speakers. I cannot say what you ideal conditions are for learning but I know I need to recall how the words are spelled and how sentences are constructed in a fraction of a second as I hear what is said around me and think of what and how to respond. Of all the books available on Amazon this one seems to fill some of the void as I attempt to familiarize myself with the French language.

Always love these Dummies books, so informative and easy to read.

Excellent for anyone who once took high school French and wants to refresh their learning. The CD is helpful for pronunciation. It includes quite a bit of information.

The book is really clean and there is no misprint of words on any of the pages. plus the Cd disc that casme with it is clean as well.

I used to speak French in HS and College, but had basically forgotten about it, especially when working 60 hour weeks. I retired a couple of years ago, and now have time to dive back in to it. French is a gorgeous language, I'd love to go to Franch someday, but even if I don't, I love it enough to want to refresh and learn more. Highly recommend, as it's easy and intuitive. My daughter got the Spanish version and loves hers too.

wish i had bought this book early on in my french studies! so much information, presented in an easy to follow manner-audio work allows you to hear the conversations. since is really 6 books combined into one, gives you a lot of language learning all in one place. do think a little previous french study makes it easier to follow-but information and bullet points here really add so much to a fuller understanding of French. grammar is well presented in an easily learned manner-hits the important points, but doesn't bog you down in heavy detail. am still working my way thru, but enjoying the process. highly recommend!

I ordered this French for Dummies book because the ‘complete edition’ was cheaper than buying all the other books separately. However, it is extremely large and cumbersome, and I’m unable to take it places when I want to go and study French. Which is why we therefore recommend the individual additions which can work on separately and take easily with you.

Tal y como me lo esperaba. De todos los libros que miré, este me pareció que estaba escrito en el mejor orden. Me está gustando:)

Es muy bueno, buenas bases del francés, la verdad si siento que he aprendido, si tú eres de hacer ejercicios manuales, no creo que sea tu libro, en cambio si eres como yo que lo lees y posteriormente escuchas audios sin necesidad de escribir tanto porque tienes buen autoaprendizaje creo que es ideal para ti, buen libro, es grueso y algo grandesito eso sí, se parece aprox... En tamaño a un libro mediano, de 3 dedos de grueso

Firstly thanks a lot to '' amazon.fr ''... And also, ''French Dummies'' is a super grammar book, examples, easy way to learn French /telling/teaching and everything...Thanks..

It works