30 French Short Stories for Complete Beginners: Improve your reading and listening skills in French

by Frederic Bibard

This collection of 30 very short stories is a fun and painless way to learn high-frequency French vocabulary and give you a good grasp of French grammar structures naturally. At only 300 words in length per story, it is specially created for complete beginners with little to no previous experience in learning French.Learn New Vocabulary Naturally

Grow your vocabulary naturally with natural dialogues and frequently used French words and expressions. After each story, you will find a list of words used in the story, together with their English translations. This means you no longer have to reach for a dictionary each time you encounter words you don’t understand!Easily Grasp French Grammar Structures

The stories are written with a good mix of descriptive sentences and simple, casual dialogue. This way, you’ll be able to naturally pick up French grammar structures as you read the stories!Improve Your Reading and Listening Comprehension

At only 300 words per story, readers will be able to quickly grasp the simple yet interesting plot. The stories also come with free audio, narrated by a native French speaker, so you can follow along to both the written and the spoken story.Perfect for Complete Beginners

As a newbie to learning French, it can be quite difficult to find appropriate reading materials at your level. But this collection of stories is created with you in mind. The themes are about day-to-day interaction and everyday living – perfect for complete beginners. You will also find that the words in the stories can easily be used in everyday conversations, while the grammar structures are simple and easy to grasp.Technical

30 short stories at 300 words per story60 minutes of audio104 pagesGrab your copy today!

Genres: France

104 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 3, 2017

Reviews

[Miriam · Rating 4 out of 5]

This helped me improve my French pronunciation and spelling.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite its title, I don't think this book is for complete beginners. I have an intermediate level of French and found it challenging at times.
The audiobook is an excellent way to practice aural French, which is probably my weak point in the language. The stories are wide-ranging and vary between dialogues, personal reflections and descriptions of places. I studied the transcript after listening to the stories to make sure I understood all the words.
The vocab sections at the end of each short story are hit-and-miss. Sometimes they translate fairly obvious words (like "une terrasse"="a terrace" or "un catalogue" = "a catalog") while passing over more useful translations (like "malgré" = "despite" or "d'ailleurs" = "anyway").
Overall I would recommend this book to anyone looking to improve their French. Mine certainly benefited from it.

[Abra Dabra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Я не знаю, чем руководствовался автор, когда выносил на обложку "for complete beginners". По моему мнению, эта книга отлично подойдет для уровня А2 - В1. Дикторы читают очень быстро, хорошо, что в книге есть транскрипция диалогов.

[Kendall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helpful tool to see some French vocab used in real context. I also like how the book has the translation in the chapter after a few paragraphs so it’s easy to catch the meaning of a word you don’t know.

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very well done. He reads through each story slowly and clearly, then examines the vocabulary.

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a re-read, as I'm trying to get my French listening skills up. It's actually an excellent book for beginners.

[Cesar Loya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Overall it challenged me

It was challenging because it used lots of new words I didn't know but I wanna believe it improved my comprehension.