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Michel Thomas Foundation Course: French (Michel Thomas Series) by Michel Thomas
Book Type: Audio CD
Published: 29 September 2006
Publisher: Hodder Arnold
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Review:
I've just finished listening to this in its entirety, and it's been absolutely fantastic.
Prior to undertaking the Michel Thomas method, my knowledge of French came from 5 years of it in school quite some time ago (little of which stuck), and bits and pieces I had picked up from family holidays in France. But looking back, I realise that what these experiences left me with was just a basic knowledge of names for various things (days of the week / numbers / food / items of clothing / very simple phrases) and next to no knowledge of grammar, ie how to actually construct a sentence properly.
Michel Thomas has changed all that - although his course doesn't actually teach you a whole lot of vocabulary in terms of nouns, his ability to get you to understand grammar in a thorough but practical way, is superb. By feeding it to you bit by bit, and making sure you understand what has just been covered before moving on to the next thing, he really builds your knowledge and confidence and has you working out how to say quite complex sentences in next to no time.
The only negative things I have to say are that the vast majority of what you will learn will be how to say things in the present tense and how to ask questions, although there is also quite a bit on the "je vais" method of speaking about the future. Very briefly at the end he does touch on other ways of forming the future tense, and then even more briefly goes into the past tense. But I guess more on tenses is what the Advanced course is for - I'll certainly be listening to that one next.
Also, the female American student on the tapes is incredibly annoying, as other people have pointed out. I tried to tune her out and ignore her most of the time. The other student (the British male) is much less offensive.
Michel says all the way through that you don't need to write things down or try to remember anything, but I have to say that I made notes the whole time - I know that for me personally, writing stuff down helps cement it in my mind. The fact that he frequently tells you how to spell the words he is introducing was a big help for me in this respect.
Basically though, this course has been a revelation for me: I just wish I had been taught French this way in school...
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