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Summary: One of the worst purchases I've ever made.
Review: I bought this tape set before embarking on an eight-hour, LA-San Francisco road trip. Big mistake! I've used Pimsleur, Living Language, and Berlitz tapes before (listed in order of enjoyability), and I've come away from each session with a bit of knowledge about the target language, a bit of enjoyment, and a feeling that I actually got some value per dollar spent. Not so with this program. If the "Learn in the Car" series is really made to be listened to while you drive, why does it come with a little book for you to read with the program? Also, if the series professes to teach a language to BEGINNERS, why do they start their program not with an introduction, but by blabbing out a gaggle of words with unfamiliar pronunciations at a near blinding speed? I almost crashed. It wasn't until after the trip that I was able to take out the little book and figure out what the program was trying to do (i.e., teach common words at blinding speeds, though I am still at a loss as to how I should pronouce them). Needless to say, they failed. I would recommend this program to my worst enemy. Otherwise, don't buy it. Try Pimsleur.
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Summary: Good Series
Review: No French music? No long-winded promotional introduction? I was actually disappointed at first! Then I realized these tapes teach in a simple, direct fashion, and that with persistence they will substantially improve your French vocabulary fairly quickly. After three weeks I am no native speaker, but I already know that my vocabulary and pronunciation have improved. Is this the best series available? Not having tried others, I can't say. However, I can respond to other two reviews here at Amazon by saying: If you expect to learn a significant amount of French after having had the tapes for "a day," you must be kidding. And I don't think someone who is not a French speaker is any authority on whether the woman on the tapes is pronouncing correctly. (Duh.) Her voice is a little high-pitched, but fairly pleasant. If I had more money, I would probably get the CDs for sake of ease, but when it comes to rewinding, any review is good review.
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