Diana

I was disappointed, partly because of the lack of adequate explanations.

I downloaded this when I was exploring programs for learning French and was immediately turned off. It expects the learner to learn by rote. I was also even a bit bored; consequently, I didn't continue with the program.

For those of us who are visual learners, Pimsleur offers no written French, and we don't learn to read the language. This also means that when we travel to a French country we are handicapped as we will have trouble reading what we need to read. French has many silent letters that we are unaware of with the Pimsleur approach and that we won't recognize when we see them.

Right near the top; however, sometimes the background music is a little distracting. That's why I gave the performance only 4 stars.

I initially downloaded this Bible in April 2011 and again in December 2012 when I got my new Kindle Fire. Both times I got the whole book -- nothing missing. It downloads in 11 parts. As some have commented, there is no index, making navigation difficult, but neither does any other audio book that I've downloaded have search capabilities. I find this to be a minor difficulty as I use either my print or my Kindle Bible for study.

I've added a few bookmarks which lead me directly to particular chapters and verses that I want to return to, and thus have built up a small personal index of a sort.

As a whole, I would highly recommend this Bible; it's easy to listen to, and the readers have good expression. Where necessary, there's a narator and character voices reading the various parts.

The book has a print transcript of the audio, and to get the most out of the audio, one should also consider investing in the full version with the transcript.

If a person pickes up this book expecting to learn French, he will be disappointed. However, the authors don't pretend to be teaching the French language. The book offers minimal rewiew one lesson to the next, and each lesson is presented as a new entity; that said, latter lessons do use words presented in earlier lessons.

After reviewing this free lesson, I borrowed the book from the public library. It's not a good book for learning the language but it is good for a review of words and phrases needed to enjoy a trip to a French speaking country.

Captivating, comfortable

Some say Alexa is wordy, and so she is; however, not everybody catches on with basic explanations. I'm now working on Lesson 15, her last free lesson, and plan to continue. She obviously enjoys what she's doing and her enjoyment is infectious. It's because of her that I've become hooked on studying French

Her explanations are thorough, sometimes with a bit of overkill, but that's better than being inadequate and having some people give up for lack of understanding. She procedes from one concept to the next at a comfortable rate and offers adequate review. Unlike of some expensive, big name French learning programs, she explains French grammar and verb conjugation, and does so in a context that makes the learner enjoy the language. A person having worked through Alexa's lessons could go to Paris with confidence, without being embarased about the way he/she speaks

I gave 4 stars on the performance because of the music. My one complaint is this, that her music at the beginning and end of each lesson is a bit loud, but it's also easily skipped over with the computer.

I downloaded Alexa's 5 free audios and like them. At first, she may appear to be random as was noted by an earlier comment; however, her teaching makes progress. She moves a little more slowly and presents French in smaller bites, than do some other teachers. But she makes learning fun and makes her listener feel as if he/she isn't even working at learing French.

As for the previous comment about there being so much English: He's right; Lesson 1 has mostly English and little French. It's all about making the learner comfortable and to not feel intimidated by a foreign language. She goal is to take the foreign out of learning a new language. As Alexa progresses, she gradually uses more French, until there is little, or no, English.

I've completed her first four lessons and look forward to further pleasant, French learning experiences with Alexa.

Actually teach a some useable French.

He thinks he's teaching French by telling one how many French and English words are similar. He gives a few words to use those similar words is present tense sentences with either the French equivalent of I or you as the subject. He includes almost to grammar instruction, and the learner has very little that can be used in normal experiences. Not to be recommended.