Berlitz Self-Teacher: French [Paperback]

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Text: English, French

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade (March 6, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039951323X
• ISBN-13: 978-0399513237
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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62 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book for learning French, May 2, 2002

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This review is from: Berlitz Self-Teacher: French (Paperback)

Preparing for a recent trip to France, I bought several books and audio tapes on French. The Berlitz Self-Teacher was by far the most helpful resource. By spelling each French word out phoenetically each time its used, it eliminates the tedious cross-referencing time required by other books. The quizzes at the end of each chapter (along with corresponding answers for each question) were extremely well-executed and helpful in learning the language. The illustrations were also very useful for the more visually-minded among us.

61 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than any other book, September 6, 2002

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Napoleon (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Berlitz Self-Teacher: French (Paperback)

I have used the Berlitz Self Teacher and lot's of other books to learn French. I must say that the Berlitz Self Teacher is the best book out there.
If you follow the instructions provided you will be able to speak French well, and with more practice become pretty fluent.
But you have to speak out loud and at the end of each lesson, finish the Thinking in French exercises and form more questions on your own based on the material in the preceding Chapter.
If you do that, and it will take some time and effort, you will discover, that this method works!!!!!!
This book uses a better method than French Made Simple, Living Language French, Express Track to French and many others. I have used them all.
After I finished this book I went to Europe on vacation, and I was able to communicate very well in the language.
This book actually teaches you to become fluent in French, not just to speak Phrasebook French.

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars thank you berlitz, January 21, 2005

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Gerald Davis "Gerald Davis" (Melbourne, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Berlitz Self-Teacher: French (Paperback)

This book is wonderful. Even if you know no French and are willing to work diligently and speak out loud, (which admittedly isn't easy!) you will find sooner rather than later, you'll be able to converse, en francais as it were. The lessons are simple and direct, well structured and the answer keys are accurate, I would also recommend parents to buy this for their school kids and a copy for themselves and join the fun. The structure of the book will also help you when you have completed it and ready to move on to an intermediate level of reading and speaking!

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