French 3: Advanced Conversation -- Revised and Updated (cassette) [Audio Cassette]

Living Language (Author)

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Publication Date: October 8, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0517704366 | ISBN-13: 978-0517704363

IMMERSE YOURSELF IN FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Master the art of French conversation in just six weeks! If you've acquired a strong grasp of French at school or with other Living Language titles, then you're ready for French 3: Advanced Conversation. Developed by U.S. government experts, French 3 teaches more sophisticated vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, and grammar, while introducing you to the finer points of French culture.

20 LESSONS ON FOUR 60-MINUTE CASSETTES

Join a couple on their travels through France, as you engage in realistic dialogues. You'll go to the theater, open a bank account, attend a wedding, and watch the world go by at a local café.
Listen and repeat after the native speakers, and immerse yourself in the language. You'll hear only French on the recordings. The accompanying manual includes the English translations.

CONVERSATIONS AND REFERENCE IN A 368-PAGE MANUAL

Read along with native speakers as you listen to the 20.
Learn about French language and culture with the extensive notes that explain grammar, usage, and French customs.
Track your progress with exercises at the end of each lesson.
Consult the comprehensive reference section, which includes a grammar summary and verb charts covering all tenses.

ALSO AVAILABLE: Living Language French: Complete Basic Course and Living Language French 2: A Conversational Approach to Verbs.

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IMMERSE YOURSELF IN FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Master the art of French conversation in just six weeks! If you've acquired a strong grasp of French at school or with other Living Language titles, then you're ready for French 3: Advanced Conversation. Developed by U.S. government experts, French 3 teaches more sophisticated vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, and grammar, while introducing you to the finer points of French culture.

20 LESSONS ON FOUR 60-MINUTE CASSETTES

Join a couple on their travels through France, as you engage in realistic dialogues. You'll go to the theater, open a bank account, attend a wedding, and watch the world go by at a local café.
Listen and repeat after the native speakers, and immerse yourself in the language. You'll hear only French on the recordings. The accompanying manual includes the English translations.

CONVERSATIONS AND REFERENCE IN A 368-PAGE MANUAL

Read along with native speakers as you listen to the 20.
Learn about French language and culture with the extensive notes that explain grammar, usage, and French customs.
Track your progress with exercises at the end of each lesson.
Consult the comprehensive reference section, which includes a grammar summary and verb charts covering all tenses.

ALSO AVAILABLE: Living Language French: Complete Basic Course and Living Language French 2: A Conversational Approach to Verbs.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Living Language (October 8, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517704366
• ISBN-13: 978-0517704363
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.7 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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  • #84 in Books > Books on Cassette > Languages > French

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not an absolute turkey; Could be LOTS BETTER!!!, July 26, 1999

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This review is from: French 3: Advanced Conversation -- Revised and Updated (cassette) (Audio Cassette)

This product continues FRENCH 2. Wheras FRENCH 2 teaches "all the grammar you need to know", French 3 concentrates on understanding spoken dialog.

The dialogues themselves are pretty good. They follow the story of an American couple in Paris. The idea, of course, is to expose the student to vocabulary oriented to the various situations he might encounter in France. First the dialogues go at normal speed (actually pretty slow at that!), and then they are repeated slower. The accompanying book is a whopping 343 pages long. What's wrong with this product is that the tapes inexplicably contain a "grammar lesson" after each dialogue. This "lesson" takes a substantial amount of listening time. And yet it is not a lesson in any conventional sense: the student is supposed to repeat random, disjointed sentences without knowing exactly why. There is no formal explanation of what the "lesson" is about. (The book makes a feeble remark about these sentences also occuring in the written exercises.) How much better it would have been to use the space on the tape for a vocabulary preview BEFORE each dialogue! The book itself has the dialog texts. They are accompanied by interesting notes. There are also some verb charts and written exercises. The tapes are not stereo, although they sound good on a simple, mono cassette player.