Learn in Your Car French Level One

by Henry N. Raymond

Look ma, no textbooks! The Learn in Your Car series treats you like a child--in the best possible way--starting with one-word phrases ("please," "good-by"), counting exercises, and simple nouns ("bus," "train") designed to imitate a child's learning process. First you hear the words in English, then they are repeated slowly in clear, unaccented pronunciations. The method is extremely effective for those who don't know a thing, or for those who want to brush up by testing themselves when the English words are spoken. The tapes emphasize the building blocks of communicating in a foreign country rather than rote phrases that only apply on the tape and not in real-life exchanges. Level 1 painlessly covers basic verb forms, essential prepositions, near future and past tenses, as well as shopping, hotel reservations, and other travel-related situations. The series includes French, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, and Spanish in three levels that can be purchased individually or in boxed sets. Each level contains two 90-minute cassettes (or CDs) and an accompanying booklet (not for use behind the wheel) with helpful explanations and scripts for the lessons.

Genres: Audiobook, Nonfiction, France

3 pages, Audio CD

First published October 28, 1990

Reviews

[xico · Rating 3 out of 5]

bom pra relembrar, pra aprender nem tanto

[Aviva · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was okay but imo you really want Pimsleur.

[Maria Z · Rating 4 out of 5]

Did not absorb most of it, especially the past tense sections, but I learned a lot!

[Kate The Great]

Got this for my ckids to listen to as I shuttled them around to stuff, and it really was not too helpful to them. The biggest problem was it didn't break things down to explain how they all fit together. So really it's judt teaching them to parrot phrases rather than learn the was the grammatical structure and rules of the language work so they can piece more than just the memorized phrases together.

[Barbara Teague · Rating 5 out of 5]

Refresher course

[jj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful in audiobook format to practice what I remember or need to brush up on for French review & for verbal practice