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Learn French in Your Car
- Common Phrases and Sentences for Beginner and Intermediate Learning. Language Lessons for You to Enjoy While You Drive, Meditate (or Even Sleep)!
- By: Glenda Greco
- Narrated by: Marie-Pierre
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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There are a lot of different ways to learn a language—studying books, taking a class, or even watching foreign movies. But I’m an auditory learner. I have to hear and repeat the language to make it stick. When I was a teenager taking French classes, I would often make my own (cassette) recordings and study for my tests by listening to them. All learning methods are valid! But there is only one you can so anytime and anywhere. And that’s what you’ll experience with this audiobook. I have taken great care to choose vocabulary and sentences that you can actually use!
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You will not learn French with this alone
- By Calvin Chan on 07-15-23
- Learn French in Your Car
- Common Phrases and Sentences for Beginner and Intermediate Learning. Language Lessons for You to Enjoy While You Drive, Meditate (or Even Sleep)!
- By: Glenda Greco
- Narrated by: Marie-Pierre
The right pace and repetition for a car listen
Reviewed: 11-20-23
The speaker speaks the English once, then the French, then the English again, slightly differently, then the French again. This is slow enough to enhance comprehension, but not so slow as to be irritating where you've already learned the phrase. Excellent selection of phrases. In the car, you really can use hearing the English the second time and the problem with other audiobooks is that they do not have the second English phrase. Slight criticism - some of the idiom translation is more by overall meaning than by literal, and the differences could be identified.
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Learn French with 1144 Random Interesting and Fun Facts!
- Parallel French and English Text to Learn French the Fun Way
- By: French Hacking
- Narrated by: Emilie Mauchaussé
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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French Hacking’s Learn French with 1144 Random Interesting and Fun Facts! will allow you to progress your French and learn what and how to talk to sound like a native. Learning French doesn’t have to be difficult. Most of what you learn in class and grammar books are rarely used in real-life scenarios. Stop wasting your time, and begin learning more efficiently.
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Buy the paper or Kindle book first!
- By Chaz on 09-20-23
- Learn French with 1144 Random Interesting and Fun Facts!
- Parallel French and English Text to Learn French the Fun Way
- By: French Hacking
- Narrated by: Emilie Mauchaussé
Buy the paper or Kindle book first!
Reviewed: 09-20-23
As another reviewer has mentioned, the narrator blows by the English/French, barely stopping to take a breath. You thus have to listen to this with a text before you. There is also no free .pdf here. The book, which I bought in an inexpensive Kindle format after I bought the audiobook, has the needed text. And the book is excellently formatted in columns, French and English, for efficient review and understanding of the speaker while listing. Amazon says the audiobook is free with purchases of some kinds, so apparently you should look at purchasing that first. Alone, this audio reading is incomprehensible but its usefulness is absolutely completely saved by the necessary book version. They work very well together.
Apart from all of that, this is a major tome with a lot of useful vocabulary and phrasings. I also like the fact that the phrase numbers are said in English and French, so the time spent hearing the number is not just wasted and the phrases are easy to locate in the book.
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2000 French Phrases
- The Most Frequently Used Words in Context to Increase Your Vocabulary and Make You Conversationally Fluent (French Edition)
- By: French Hacking
- Narrated by: Elodie Nowodazkij
- Length: 21 hrs and 28 mins
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Did you know that by knowing the 2000 most commonly used words in the French language, you'll be able to speak 80 percent of the language? By reading, listening, or doing both simultaneously, you'll be able to master the language in no time!
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No PDF
- By Jason newquist on 04-29-20
- 2000 French Phrases
- The Most Frequently Used Words in Context to Increase Your Vocabulary and Make You Conversationally Fluent (French Edition)
- By: French Hacking
- Narrated by: Elodie Nowodazkij
Pretty good intro to phrases; intermediates only
Reviewed: 09-20-23
Not sure if this is still available for buyers in September 2013 as I think it has been supplanted. But its a good introduction to complex French phrases. There is a .pdf available for download for purchasers. It has the English and French translations and I highly recommend listening to the phrases with that .pdf in hand. It makes the first listening of the phrase phrase set much more efficient. There is no other explanation, so it is really only for intermediate learners.
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Clean French Slang
- Complete Written Listening Guide/2 One-Hour Audio Lessons
- By: Mark Frobose
- Narrated by: Mark Frobose
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
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Finally you can trust a French program to teach you the best in clean and decent French slang. Avoid the fear and embarrassment than comes from using filthy language while abroad in France and learn to speak decent and authentic colloquial French like a native. Clean French Slang teaches you how to speak and understand the real spoken French of the French-speaking world that is considered classy and acceptable by the majority of native French speakers worldwide.
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Say it in French Like Real French People Say It
- By Patrick on 12-02-13
- Clean French Slang
- Complete Written Listening Guide/2 One-Hour Audio Lessons
- By: Mark Frobose
- Narrated by: Mark Frobose
Excellent; a bit short
Reviewed: 09-20-23
A little gem with an introduction to a number of idiomatic phrases. Clear explanations. A bit short however, as it leaves you wanting more of the same.
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Power French Verbs I (English and French Edition)
- By: Mark Frobose
- Narrated by: Mark Frobose
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
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Power French Verbs I is a cutting-edge, fast and easy to learn five one-hour lesson program that teaches authentic French verbs in native context. A variety of teaching approaches are employed to encourage the learner to speak. A trained English speaking American instructor guides the listener through the program in English while a trained and educated native French speaker teaches beginning to high-intermediate French verbs the way they are really spoken in France today.
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Got Me Speaking French Verbs in Context - Great Ed
- By Harry on 07-01-15
- Power French Verbs I (English and French Edition)
- By: Mark Frobose
- Narrated by: Mark Frobose
A true and superb language tool! Listen in car!
Reviewed: 06-17-23
Unlike the vast number of pretender purveyors of language learning books, this one has a true method. There is a "call and response" type of repetitive cadence between Professor Frobose (of the University of Illinois) and his spunky native language speaker Chloe. He speaks English; she speaks French as they go through the verb tenses. There is a lot of judicious repetition, so this becomes fixed in your brain. Perfect for listening in the car. Intermediate learners will enjoy the review and some new things about the verbs. There are no discernable mistakes here and that's really quite a feat. This particular title focuses on basic common verbs.
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Learning French Through Stories (French Edition)
- Intermediate Short Stories for French Learners
- By: Monique Boudreault
- Narrated by: David Meslet
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
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If you are a French language learner looking to advance your reading skills and enhance your vocabulary, then this book will guide you through dialogue and story listening in your second language. We often are instructed with conventional activities in the form of worksheets, overlooking that words are 20 times more likely to be remembered if they are a part of a story (Bruner, 2017). Language learners retain more in the context of a story and become accustomed to the natural syntax of that language.
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Just stories in French with one paragraph translated
- By Chaz on 06-07-23
- Learning French Through Stories (French Edition)
- Intermediate Short Stories for French Learners
- By: Monique Boudreault
- Narrated by: David Meslet
Just stories in French with one paragraph translated
Reviewed: 06-07-23
Each story is just a complete long story in French read in French with one little paragraph translated into English at the outset. Everything else is in French. Anyone trying to learn French will be lost. Requires an expert level. I’m intermediate and was lost after a few minutes. Most irritating, nothing is explained in English. Just goes on and on in French. Should be listed as stories in French without claiming to be more than that. Useless for learning. 8/2/23 - I added a star since I was a bit too harsh and the authors are well-intended. But my criticism is accurate. I have no idea why there are only two reviews at this time by people who have actually purchased the book, and some 40 reviews by people who have been given it for free (by getting the free book they seem to violate the review guideline “A review that has been posted or modified in exchange for compensation or incentive of any kind.”)
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Arabic - English. 1000 basic words
- I listen, I repeat, I speak
- By: J. M. Gardner
- Narrated by: Imène, Katie
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
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The 1000 essential words. How to learn a language differently ? With our learning method : I listen, I repeat, I speak. We rely on pronunciation, oral rehearsal, listening, combined with words, essential phrases, and a vocabulary list. 20% of the words are used 80% of the time.
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Wonderfully executed word list: Arabic English(2)
- By Chaz on 05-02-20
- Arabic - English. 1000 basic words
- I listen, I repeat, I speak
- By: J. M. Gardner
- Narrated by: Imène, Katie
Wonderfully executed word list: Arabic English(2)
Reviewed: 05-02-20
Clearly pronounced in both languages, each word group starts with the Arabic word then after slight pause repeats the English word twice. While evidently meant for Arabic speakers, this list is also useful to learners of Arabic. While I don't need the repeat of the English word, the repeat is unobtrusive. Elegantly simple and effective. There is of course also a English Arabic(2) version of this available here on Audible. For less than the price together of an inexpensive sushi combo, you can have these great learning companions for the car.
There's no annoying advertising, self-promoting, music etc. Just the words. Five stars.
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Conversational Spanish: This Book Includes: Conversational Spanish Dialogues for Beginners Volume I, II, III, IV, V, and VI
- By: Authentic Language Books
- Narrated by: John E. Martinez
- Length: 42 hrs
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If you are looking to learn Spanish in a fast, simple way without entering a classroom, then you have chosen the perfect book. Conversational Spanish Dialogues for Beginners, Volume I, II, III, IV, and VI is a comprehensive and simple program for learning Spanish in fast, simple, and interactive lessons that will help you learn fluent conversations with step-by-step Spanish conversations quick and easy in your car. You'll be speaking with native-level fluency in no time.
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This sucks as a beginner book...
- By Topchun on 03-22-20
- Conversational Spanish: This Book Includes: Conversational Spanish Dialogues for Beginners Volume I, II, III, IV, V, and VI
- By: Authentic Language Books
- Narrated by: John E. Martinez
Clear drilling, could use fewer English prompts
Reviewed: 02-26-20
I listen to these types of drill-oriented language books in the car, and I rarely consult the texts. It is clear that the author has put a lot of work into his book. The starter conversations are interesting enough and the speaker enunciates clearly. The conversations end and the author goes quickly into some explanation, and then drilling of the words. I'd give it a five but for the fact that the English prompts (like "repeat after me" and "in syllables" and "one more time") are repeated without any relief from them. I'd prefer if the drilling stays in Spanish after the quick intro to the word. We do get it; you can just use silence.
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Spanish Parallel Audio - Learn Spanish with 501 Random Phrases using Parallel Audio - Volume 1
- By: Lingo Jump
- Narrated by: Lingo Jump
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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We've specifically developed our language courses for audio learning, so you can complete other tasks while learning Spanish. You can learn while you are running, working out, walking, driving, or even when you are doing chores. We will have you speaking Spanish in no time! Lingo Jump's parallel audio language learning system makes it easy to learn languages at your leisure. Whether you're relaxing or on the go, our simple, clear, and fun audio lessons help you learn through imitation of our speakers.
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Legitimate method -great repetition useful phrases
- By Chaz on 07-07-19
Legitimate method -great repetition useful phrases
Reviewed: 07-07-19
It is too bad that most of the language instruction authors, including Lingo Jump, choose to use an introductory "sample" for Audible which is not really a sample but rather is a form of advertisement. But Lingo Jump, unlike in regard to several other titles available here by other publisher the "Parallel Audio" method actually is an articulated method for a solid introduction to very well chosen 501 legitimate phrases. The phrases are well chosen and well pronounced (and they appear to be the same English list used for each Lingo Jump parallel audio language -- I now have three languages with the parallel audio method). The English is stated first, and then, here, the Spanish is stated at conversation length, then repeated at various speeds, and the culmination is the phrase repeated again at full speed. This really allows one to absorb the parts of speech. The English and the Spanish are articulated in high quality.
That's the first group, and it is worth hearing a few times. As the course moves along in the audio, the next group is the 501 phrases simply in Spanish. Then the next group is the 501 phrases in English with the Spanish repeated once after each phrase. What is only missing and what I would like to see is the 501 Spanish first, with the English pronounced immediately thereafter. Nonetheless, there is plenty of sophisticated repetition here.
I've not had any prior Spanish, but am pairing this with another course (another supplier) to get the introductory grammar. This keeps me guessing, but I have enough French and Arabic (Spanish is considerably influenced by Arabic) to make some good guesses. I would say beginners might typically best have at least a grammar primer before going into this as the course does not give any kind of intro or explanation of the parts of speech one is hearing. But clearly for the lower intermediate to intermediate, or for higher level as a refresher, this course is fantastic.
By the way for phrase number 453 in this and in the other parallel audio books - the English speaking prompter just clears his throat. He should have said "Throw it away" Here in Spanish:
Informal = Tíralo
Throw it away
Formal Tírelo
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Pimsleur French Level 2 (Comprehensive)
- Learn to Speak, Understand, and Read French with Pimsleur Language Programs
- By: Pimsleur
- Narrated by: Pimsleur
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
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With Pimsleur, you’ll become conversational in French - to understand and be understood - quickly and effectively. You’ll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. Our scientifically proven program will help you remember what you’ve learned so you can put it into action.
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Slow and steady, judiciious repetition wins day
- By Chaz on 06-15-19
Slow and steady, judiciious repetition wins day
Reviewed: 06-15-19
Finished level 1 and purchased this level 2; it continues appropriately at a higher level with the high quality Pimsleur methods. Continues with (1) introductions to appropriate vocabulary sensitively measured with appropriate gradations for the beginner as the course progresses; (2) absolutely perfect pronunciations by the speakers; (3) interesting conversationally oriented subject matter; (4) judicious repetitions of previously introduced material in different contexts; (5) helpful explanations for pronunciation; and (6) integrated and helpful but not completely necessary written .pdf materials.
As with level 1, this is perfect for commutes and very polished. Continued annoyances include too many nanny-like communications about what to do. On the whole another an excellent course worthy of five stars.
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