Mastering French: Level One (The Foreign Service Institute Language Series)
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Author: MasteringEdition: Audio Cassette
Published: 1985-11
ISBN: 0812073215
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
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Book Review: Old-School Audio-Lingual Approach
Summary: 3 Stars
If old-school style rote drills and model sentence imitation works for you this course will be a great value. It's a bit dated (the course was developed in the early 1960's) but it works well. Unlike Barron's "Mastering German" tapes they there aren't as many translations of the drills and they don't slow down their dialogs for the student to grasp pronunciation; you'll be hearing them at normal conversation speeds right from the beginning. Six types of drills are presented along with some grammar notes and written exercises. There is also a Level II course with 12 ninety-minute tapes. The dialog portions are repeated with the student playing different roles in the dialog so the tapes do repeat themselves but are nonetheless a good value for learning French on your own. If you intend to use this course as your primary means of learning French on your own purchase a French grammar book to go along with it. A cheap option is Schaum's Outline Series "French Grammar" by Mary Crocker but there are many others.
Summary of Mastering French: Level One (The Foreign Service Institute Language Series)
Using a four-part program of hearing, speaking, writing, and reading, Mastering French combines audiotapes and written coursework for the fastest, most in-depth French language instruction currently available. In fact, Mastering French is the same course used by the U.S. government to train its diplomats for complete fluency. In each of the program's five units, students read and listen to a dialogue on which the rest of the chapter is based, including grammar, vocabulary, drills, and written exercises. The program's combination of learning modes is the best way to absorb and retain a new language and is perfect for learning on your own.Languages Books
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