Learn French the Fast and Fun Way [With French-English English-French Dictionary]

by Elisabeth Bourquin Leete and Heywood Wald

Book Overview

This unique book makes learning French easy, practical, and fun Suitable for teaching adults, as well as older children, Barron's Learn French the Fast and Fun Way covers the basics of reading,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764101994
• ISBN13: 9780764101991
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Great French language learning book!

Fun Conversational way to learn french

disappointed twice!

I bought this book 1st time and it didn't come with CD so I bought this book second time with the hope that I get the CD as it said. My kids love the book but it's not good without a CD for them to listen to.

Colorful diagrams and charts, coupled with relevant vocabulary and grammar exercises

It must be the colorful pages that pull a student into the French language. You'll be reading and writing basic French in no time, if you work with French the Fast and Fun Way. Most important is the treatment of regular and irregular verbs. Plenty of opportunities to practice their definitions and conjugations. Also comes with illustrated flashcards and a handy dictionary. Perfect for the beginner!

Super fast and very easy!

I have this book in Spanish as well and these books are the fastest and easiest way to learn.

Can't understand any complaints about this.

I had two semesters or so of French in college years ago. This set has proven to help me pick up where I left off. If I had never had French at all, I can see that it would still be very helpful, though. Yes, it is for those who know only a bit of, or no, French. You really can learn in 15 min. or so a day, or learn more quickly if you choose to do so by going farther. It's a great start, but don't expect something very advanced at all and you won't be disappointed. It uses different modes of learning to help one retain what is being taught. Very helpful. You may be able to check it out at the library first to see if you like it. That's what made me want to buy it.

The BEST Beginner's course for learning French

I really enjoyed the layout of this program. I have invested a great deal of money in courses to self-teach myself French and Barron's is by far the best. It came with 4-CDs so you get to HEAR the way the words are spoken and a 250 page book loaded with activities to help you learn...a winning combination! Granted, it could use some updating, ex. it still refers to francs and not euros and every now and then, the CD conversation is not EXACTLY as it is printed in the book, but that only happened like twice. However, the reason Barron's wins out over the other book/CDs courses is their activity workbook. This is what really grabbed my attention and motivated me to keep going until I actually completed the whole book. A first for me! The workbook is like an activity book..8"x10" in size(a BIG plus!)so there is actually ROOM to write your answers, unlike the book in Oxford's "Take off in French" (5 x 7.75" super tiny!) The chapters are about 15 pages each and have a theme (Getting to know people, Arrival, etc.) They each have plenty of audio or a dialog that includes a side-by-side english translation so you're not flipping pages back-and-forth to make sense of it all (like Living Language's "ULTIMATE FRENCH"--another small book that don't even have room to write answers to lessons at all!) AND it has the pronounciation above the words. Chapters also include some grammar and/or verbs are introduced; and finally, there are some fun activities: puzzles, fill-in the blanks, word matching, etc. The answers are at the bottom of the pages...again, no flipping to the BACK of the book to grade your work. There are a couple of test as well to measure your progress. Overall, I found Barron's Fast & Fun activity kits to be the best beginner's tool for learning a foreign language. While visiting Paris, I've referred to some of the dialogs in this book to help me ask for something...who knew I would have to tell the maid to starch my hubby's pants while on vacation?? Thanks for the help, Barron's! Now, how about an Advanced version?

Excellent

This book/ audio cassette tape is an awesome start to learning french, one of the best ways I've found so far out there. It actually takes the time to explain to you how to make your own sentences, so you'll actually be able to speak the language. YOu also learn the grammar easy, without too much memorization or confusion. Works great with me.