French Cassette Pack [Audio Cassette]

Berlitz Guides (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1998 | ISBN-10: 2831563305 | ISBN-13: 978-2831563305 | Edition: Revised edition

Completely portable, each pack includes a best-selling Berlitz Phrase Book and audiocassette or CD. Audio components are designed to interact with the Phrase Book, or can be used on their own, in a car or on the go.

Berlitz Cassette/CD Packs feature:
-- One 90-minute cassette or one 75-minute compact disc
-- A corresponding 192- or 224-page, color-coded Berlitz Phrase Book to reinforce skills
-- Audio recordings with native speakers
-- Over 400 recorded essential expressions
-- Up-to-date language, cultural tips, and mini dialogues

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette: 192 pages
• Publisher: Berlitz Multimedia; Revised edition edition (April 1998)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 2831563305
• ISBN-13: 978-2831563305
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,475,788 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not good if you really want to speak the language, February 11, 2003

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Erica Khamari "eschue1" (Glen Burnie, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: French Cassette Pack (Audio Cassette)

Berlitz is world known for their teaching of foreign languages and their products. Usually anything with Berltiz on it I would recommend. This however is the exception, in all honesty I can't not recommend this to some one who has no experience with French.

I had four years of French in high school, so in preparation of traveling to a French-speaking country, I bought this product. I understand most things in French, however I bought this to improve on my pronunciation. Unfortunately, all this product did was collect dust.

The quality of the tape is poor, I recommend that you find the Berltiz French Course with the CDs or buying a CD-ROM. Especially if you have little or no experience with French and are using it to prepare for a trip to France. Another recommendation might be to sign up for a french course at your local community college for non-credit. Not only will you learn a new language, you will also be more likely to stick to it and meet other people who are interested in the language. This is something that you can't get from a tape recording or a CD-ROM.
I digress.

For people who have never studied the language this is a poor product because it does not repeat pronunciations. Being able to listen, many times if necessary, is key to picking up how to pronounce french properly. After all you may know what you are saying, but the person you are asking directions from in Paris may not.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Berlitz French Cassette Pack, March 23, 2001

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Winthrop Richardson (Coventry, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: French Cassette Pack (Audio Cassette)

Having used Berlitz book and cassette packs in German, Norwegian, Italian, Spanish and Portugese, I looked forward to studying French in preparation for a trip. However, Berlitz has updated their language presentations with a fucia and purple case instead of the farmiliar yellow box, which no longer includes the handy, quick-referencing,tiny, carry-me-along paper booklet,but only their larger phrase book and dictionary. This was a disappointment. I put in the tape only to find the tape quality had declined and my tape was loosening and binding within the first month of use. I also found lacking the second pronunciation for each phrase on the French tape. This re-enforcement I need to develop my ear and my pronunciation skills in a language. Bring back the old yellow-style boxes, Berlize! You are ruining a good thing!