SmartFrench: Introduction to French, Vol. 1
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SmartFrench: Introduction to French, Vol. 1
Narrated by:
Christian Aubert
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Narrated by:
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Christian Aubert
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Christian Aubert
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SmartFrench Course #1 (Audible) teaches beginners to speak French naturally, mastering vocabulary, grammar, and conjugation. Course #2 perfects pronunciation; Courses #3–6 build conversation, advanced practice, conjugation mastery, and film immersion. Visit smartfrench.com—private-level coaching, not an app.
©2003 Christian Aubert (P)2003 Christian AubertThis resource (1 of 5 in the series) is based on listening and repeating common words to maximise one's learning. Notably, it's not word by word alone, as the French language is set into small groups so one's ear and mouth tune to French phases early on which is great. Repeating the phrases before learning their meanings is helpful to tune the ears and mouth!
Also, the speed builds up, also great as a technique and for the real world. That said you can slow down the playback speed in audible a little if need be once the dialogue to repeat is at real speaking speed and build up e.g. Track 5 for repeating back.
The early focus on the alphabet, and then the numbers is great for hearing and practicing the French sounds. The meanings of numbers and hints e.g. liaisons, contractions, and pronunciation also help a lot in learning to understand and speak French and develop speed as a beginner. Also, in the PDF, muted letters are shown in red, and contractions are underlined too.
There's much more to build spoken French. For example, helpful hints sprinkled in for developing an ear for the sounds of French; pronouns; and verb conjugation are included too with many, many phrases to build one's French and even to make useful flash cards if one wants too.
I got the PDF too (I emailed the author and got a prompt response, though it would be easier if it could be downloaded from audible directly). Silent letters and contractions are identified in the script - very practical learning!
This recording is teaching me more about listening and pronunciation than I've had so far in my five hours of French classes.
Unexpectedly, the (unintentional I assume) bonus in the recording is that Christain's accented spoken English is really helpful for emphasising French speech patterns! For example, by pausing/phrasing or use of the English word 'children' the French accent makes it is nearly CHILDREN {chil-dre(n)} or the English word IRREGULAR {i-re-gu-lar} which to my mind reflects spoken, French syllables (something I've struggled with) and reduced/removed final consonant pronunciation - so very helpful to get my head in the right space and tune my ear!
Be aware that this product is one component of a set of teaching resources. Focus only on this one to master its content, the sounds of French, build your ear, and build a speed of speaking ***complete with contractions in phrases *** all of which are key to speaking French and being understood. Or dip into others you buy too. This is good for me to only pay for what I'm going to use at this time and build up later on.
Listen and practice (slow to faster) and build up!
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