Speak French with Michel Thomas (Speak... with Michel Thomas) [Audio CD]

Michel Thomas (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071380639 | ISBN-13: 978-0071380638 | Publication Date: March 29, 2001 | Edition: 1

Anyone can learn a language with Michel Thomas--The World's Greatest Language Teacher.

No books. No writing. No drills. And nothing to memorize--ever! With his unique program, Michel Thomas has taught celebrities, corporate leaders, and schoolchildren--with immediate and amazing results. Now the Language Teacher to the Stars invites everyone to join his class!

Using Speak French with Michel Thomas, listeners learn in real time--fully understanding as they go along, turning words into short sentences, and then building them into longer, more complex sentences, until they are conversing in French.

Michel will have listeners formulating their own thoughts and sentences from the very beginning, even if they have never succeeded in learning a language before. Michel has used this very method to teach celebrities such as Mel Gibson, Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Warren Beatty, and Princess Grace of Monaco.

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About the Author

Michel Thomas (New York, NY) is head of the Michel Thomas Language Centers and has been teaching languages for more than 50 years. He has taught his revolutionary language program all over the world.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (March 29, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071380639
• ISBN-13: 978-0071380638
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,104,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, April 2, 2002

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Ryan Mack "New Yorker" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speak French with Michel Thomas (Speak... with Michel Thomas) (Audio CD)

You are looking at the 2 CD introduction (i.e. the first two CDs), not the full 8 CD set. Thus, I'll try only to talk about the first two CDs. It's absolutely amazing how much one can accomplish in two hours. Will you be fluent? Ha. Conversational? No. But will you be able to get by? Yes! And that is quite an accomplishment after only two short hours. You're not just memorizing phrases. You will learn how the language works so that you can put together your own phrases. All the claims - no memorization, no homework, et cetera - are true. I suggest that you don't waste your money buying the 2 CD set. You will end up buying the full set anyway, so you may as well buy it from the start.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Speak French with Michel Thomas, December 15, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Speak French with Michel Thomas (Speak... with Michel Thomas) (Audio CD)

After reading other reviews of Speak French with Michel Thomas and noting the good rating, I decided to purchase Speak French with Michel Thomas.

This cd package does deliver! You will begin to "think" and "speak" in French.

His techniques are extremely helpful to anyone who has tried relentlessly to find a "technique" for learning French. The techniques guide to step-by-step to speaking French.

I was so pleased with learning with Michel Thomas that I have purchased his deluxe edition.

One note is you will need a supplement for this cd package: grammar french book and some other beginners' french package.

Enjoy your learning!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars His method worked for me!, April 30, 2004

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Epilogue "epilogue" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speak French with Michel Thomas (Speak... with Michel Thomas) (Audio CD)

I bought Michel Thomas' "Speak Italian" two years ago. I knew not a word of Italian and was amazed that I was putting together fairly complicated sentences within a half hour. I'm going to France and wanted to brush up on my French, so bought the 2-CD set.... I didn't realize how much I knew. If you have studied French, I would advise buying the extended course. This one was a bit too easy for me, but it was still very helpful. His method of teaching really works. The only drawback is that the woman on the CD is extremely irritating.