Behind the Wheel French (8 CD Course) (French Edition) [UNABRIDGED] (Audio CD)

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Review

'Behind the Wheel' courses are rated among the best and 'A GREAT VALUE' by Men's Health Magazine, September 2003. -- Men's Health Magazine, September 2003

Product Description

Behind The Wheel French is the ideal way to learn to speak French while you drive because there is no confusion, no reading, no looking up meanings, and no guessing. It's all on the CDs. Use your commute time to effectively learn to speak a new language with this delightful course whose method will have you speaking your first sentences in your new language within minutes of receiving your course, and enjoying it. At last, a French CD course which requires no reading and which teaches you to actually speak and understand authentic conversational French in a minimum of time and effort. Designed by the experts at Language Dynamics, 'Behind The Wheel' courses take the learner from basic to intermediate speaking and comprehension level without the guesswork and pain usually associated with language learning. A native speaker of French teaches you her language the way it's really spoken while a trained accentless American instructor explains it all in clear English so you always understand everything you're learning. Most language learners spend over 50% of their time looking up meanings instead of learning the language. With Behind the Wheel courses the language learning process is speeded up by giving you immediate answers to exercises, clear English translations, dynamic sentence building techniques, and high frequency vocabulary that teach you the language naturally like you learned English as a child. Behind The Wheel Courses are the ideal way to learn any language while you drive because there is no confusion, no reading, no looking up meanings, and no guessing. It's all on the CDs. Use your commute time to effectively learn to speak a new language with this delightful course whose method will have you speaking your first words in your new language within minutes of receiving your course, and enjoying it.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Language Dynamics Inc.; Unabridged edition (July 9, 2003)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 1893564789
• ISBN-13: 978-1893564787
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.5 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #643,125 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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63 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best on the Market , April 20, 2005

By	Cindy (Pompano Beach, Florida) - See all my reviews

After a thorough review of 3 competing products (Pimsleur, Berlitz, Learn in Your Car), I personally chose Behind the Wheel French as the best overall value for the following reasons:
1. Ease of Use: By far the easiest and most enjoyable in this category. The multi-track system is so nice. Berlitz was immature, Pimsleur has only one long track, and Learn in Your Car went too fast for me to repeat.
2. Method: This is where Behind the Wheel French really shines. The method and sentence building techniques had me speaking original sentences in French after my first half hour into the course. No competitor came even close to this achievement. Also, it's easy to learn with Celine on the CDs.
3. Relevance: The material was super relevant, meaning 'useful' in everyday situations which included directions, travel, school, food, everything. What is great is that you learn to communicate in these areas in your own 'original' way and not just memorize a bunch of canned phrases.
4. Easy to Navigate: Super easy to jump from one category to the other using the tracks.
5. User Friendly: The other language courses I tried sounded and felt like 'language courses'. Behind the Wheel French seemed so natural that I learned to speak French without feeling like I was 'studying'. It was so enjoyable that I looked forward (and still enjoy) listening and learning from the CDs.
6. Appropriate Learning Pace: As I mentioned earlier, Behind the Wheel French had the learning speed just perfect for me. I was a beginner and now I feel that I am intermediate or better.
7. English Once, French Twice: The English is given once and the French twice. It is obvious that the instructor taught French at the university level and shares a deep knowledge of the subject with you in English while the native French speaker Celine teaches you 'real' French. Ideal combo.
I wish someone would have saved me the time, money and frustration that I experienced with other courses and had given me the advice that I'm giving you. If you really want to learn to speak and understand good basic French, Behind the Wheel French is for you.

60 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Series, February 13, 2005

By	E. Ramirez (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am a second year french student who purchased this set to help with my pronounciation. This set is awesome! I was very impressed and I have seen improvements in my listening skills and speaking in just a few days. It's an extemely well put together set. The only warning is that the CDs may not work in extremely old CD players.

32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Production, Tracking, Content! Very User Friendly, April 15, 2005

By	Cynthia - See all my reviews

I loved the way I was able to 'skip around' efficiently with Behind the Wheel French CDs.
Unlike Pimsleur (which has no tracks at all), which I tried and later returned, you can move around from subject to subject on these wonderful 'user-friendly' CDs.
I loved the logical way in which the CD tracks were efficiently and professionally laid out.
It gives me the option of say.... reviewing directions or practicing the past, present or future. Even the idioms and folk expressions are easy to get to.
The voices are fantastic and the sentence building techniques and built in review make this course a five star keeper. It is the best I have found and I am now speaking and understanding a good deal of French thanks to this course.
As for appearance, I think the course 'looks' fine. Very professional.
For those who are hung up on appearance only, I suggest trying one of the hundreds of lousy French courses out there with more beautiful and shiny covers to look at while stumbling around trying to figure out how to learn French.
For me, I want a course that is fast, easy, and teaches you how to really 'speak' French.
Behind the Wheel French does all of this and more.