French/English: Set (3-Level Set): VocabuLearn [Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Inc Penton Overseas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1990 | ISBN-10: 0939001349 | ISBN-13: 978-0939001347

Six 90-minute cassettes and three listening guides. Level 1 places emphasis on basic vocabulary and simple expressions. Level 2 expands vocabulary and adds new expressions. Level 3 features advanced vocabulary and more advanced expressions.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Penton Overseas (August 1990)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 0939001349
• ISBN-13: 978-0939001347
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 9.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,519,778 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #57 in Books > Books on Cassette > Languages > French

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good tool. You must work hard with it for results., April 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: French/English: Set (3-Level Set): VocabuLearn (Audio Cassette)

I am just now finishing the older (no music) version. This is an honest "get-what-they-promise" product. An American man says the word or phrase in English; a Frenchwoman says it in French. There is a good progression of complexity between levels.

I used this course everyday commuting to and from work. That's 2 hours a day, 5 days per week. It took me two weeks to more-or-less master a single tape. That's one month per level.

I started to understand more of the French in the TV movies I taped. Now, I often recognize words learned in this course. I recommend it. But you must expect to work.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent supplement to a french textbook or course, November 17, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: French/English: Set (3-Level Set): VocabuLearn (Audio Cassette)

After visiting France, and hearing everyone ask "quoi" whenever I spoke, I realized that the hardest part about French is pronouncing and understanding French words correctly. I decided that I needed some help with pronunciation and bought this set. I am really happy with these tapes and after a month of using them, I think they are definitely worth buying. They are a perfect supplement to the French textbook I've been using and the two classes I've taken. The French speaker has a clear accent and her voice is pleasant. The classical music interludes keep you from getting bored or too tense. I've been taking about a month with each level, listening to the tapes in my car. I especially like the sections of the tapes where French phrases are introduced. I think this is a must-have for anyone who wants to be understood in French. I wish there was a vocabulearn for more languages.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My personal remarks for French - English Vocabulearn, March 20, 2002

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This review is from: French/English: Set (3-Level Set): VocabuLearn (Audio Cassette)

I have bought this complete course some time ago.
Pros:
Certainly, the course is an excellent teaching material that is very good for starters and may be advanced learners of French who want to revise their words.

Cons:
The quality of reacoring has some difficiency. The English speaker is a man with nice loud voice. This is good for French learners of English. The French spearker is a woman, whose voice is somewhat lacking in loudness and firmness in voice. It made me a little disappointed because, those who study French need to hear quite a loud voice with firm pronunciation. The French voice is not good enough that makes this course very nice for French learners of English who do not need any stess on French voice, but ruther on English that is nicely stressed by loud and firm voice of a man.
As such, for English people learning French, this course has little problem that makes them listen carefully to the French recordings as to hear properly the pronunciation and exact sounds of words.

I have read exactly the same comments from Spanish - English Vocabulearn course and it iseems that the producers of this course are designing these courses for those who want to study English ruther for English speakers who want to study other languages.