Description:
Learn to Speak French 8.0 accomplishes the goals of having you speak and understand the language, by use of its speech-recognition technology. As you progress through the lessons you get the opportunity to test your pronunciation against a meter that tracks from "tourist" to "native speaker." The program includes short Quick Time films that are narrated in French with both the French and English text of the narrative available onscreen. (You can turn off either or both text versions.) A printed book provides additional practice for all the topics included on the four CDs: vocabulary, grammar, speech, and narratives at different levels. Anyone over the age of 10 can use the software, and installation is easy. In addition, you can download additional lessons from The Learning Company Web site, where there's access to personal tutoring and study aids. The program can certainly get you started and make it possible for you to communicate in French--if you use both the program and the workbook diligently. --Robert Frankland
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