French I Comprehensive

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Pimsleur French Language Programs

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About The French Language

The French language is spoken by over 75 million people as a native language worldwide. French is the official language of France, one of the two official languages of Belgium (the other being Flemish, a dialect of Dutch), and is an official language in Switzerland, Luxembourg, the Canadian province of Quebec, Haiti, over a dozen countries in Africa, and many islands worldwide. It is one of the most popular languages of study for Americans.

There are many regional dialects of French, and the pronunciation of colloquial French can differ sharply from place to place. Virtually all speakers of French, native and non-native, have learned in school to understand the dialect spoken in Paris, the French capital. The native speakers on the Pimsleur tapes are giving a clearly-pronounced delivery of this French, and by modeling your pronunciation after theirs, you should be able to make yourself understood wherever you go in the French-speaking world.

Why The Pimsleur System Works

The late Dr. Paul Pimsleur was much more than a language teacher. He did research on how both children and multi-lingual adults learn languages and discovered key principles that unlocked the mystery of how we learn languages.

The Pimsleur programs provide a method of self-practice with an expert teacher and native speakers in lessons specially designed to work with the way the mind naturally acquires language information. The various components of language -- vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar -- are all learned together without rote memorization and drills. Using a unique method of memory recall developed by renowned linguist, Dr. Paul Pimsleur, the programs teach listeners to combine words and phrases to express themselves the way native speakers do. By listening and responding to thirty minute recorded lessons, students easily and effectively achieve spoken proficiency. » The Pimsleur Method «