Vocabulearn French Complete (Vocabulearn(r)) (French Edition) [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Inc Penton Overseas (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1591253020 | ISBN-13: 978-1591253020 | Publication Date: January 2005

Twelve 45-minute CDs 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.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Penton Overseas (January 2005)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 1591253020
• ISBN-13: 978-1591253020
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 9.1 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,085,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent vocab builder, December 13, 2005

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Silurian - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vocabulearn French Complete (Vocabulearn(r)) (French Edition) (Audio CD)

These CDs cover a substantial amount of vocabulary, with each level including nouns, verbs, adjectives, conjunctions, and phrases. Each CD is organised by grammatical class, but within that the order of the words seems to be random. While most of the words are for common, everyday things and situations, there are some unusual choices - if you've ever wanted to know how to say "to blackmail" or "coordination is a natural ability", it's in here! The French woman's pronunciation is very clear although she occasionally gets a bit shrill, and the pause between the English and French is long enough that you have time to try and think of the word yourself before it's repeated. I personally would have preferred the background music to be constant rather than playing only some of the time - the music made listening to a steady stream of unrelated words far less boring. Overall, this is a very good product for boosting your vocabulary from functional but basic to a more sophisticated level.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Tool For Expanding Your Vocabulary, October 30, 2004

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Laura De Giorgio "hypnotherapist" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vocabulearn French Complete (Vocabulearn(r)) (French Edition) (Audio CD)

I own both the earlier version of Vocabulearn, without music and this one which is music-enhanced; and I like this one better. The Baroque music, which plays in the background and is intended to enhance your focus, concentratin and retention of the words, doesn't run throughout the recordings, but comes and goes. The reasoning behind this, when they were creating these recordings was that if the music is played all along, you may drift too deep into a trance (I don't think that's bad for learning, though), and that it would be better if you stay closer to the conscious level.

Trying to consciously remember all the words as they are poured out may be too much, but you can have the recordings also play in the background while you're doing other things. It will help to impress them upon your subconscious mind and you may just find yourself enjoying increased comprehension when you read French, listen to radio programs or watch French movies; and then you'll eventually find yourself using these words with greater ease.

Each level contains 1,500 words and it will definitely help you to rapidly increase your vocabulary

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A straightforward learning tool, July 29, 2007

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Tom H (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Vocabulearn French Complete (Vocabulearn(r)) (French Edition) (Audio CD)

This product contains around 12 CD's, packaged rather conveniently in a CD wallet. The CD's contain a list of French words that are translated in English and vice versa. The words are also on the accompanying leaflets so you can read what is being said. At certain points some background classical music kicks in which is actually quite pleasant and helps to break up the monotony a bit. Oh - did i say monotony? Yes, this is why I only give this product 3 stars because simply listening to nouns (and the occasional phrase) being said can be a little tedious. This is really learning French by osmosis, but a slow osmosis, so you need to be able to set aside quite a bit of time if you are going to expect any results. So while I do believe this package is useful for the intermediate or higher learner who has the grammar downpat and simply wants to exband their vocab, for someone who wants to learn a lot of French very quickly this product is probably not the go. Of course if you really want to improve you need to go to France, but that's going to cost a little more than the $30 for this package.