Beginner Conversation Practice: Learn French from Real French People

SmartFrench Course, Book 3: The Smart Way to Learn French

By: Christian Aubert

Narrated by: Christian Aubert

Visit smartfrench.com. One learner broke his years-long French plateau in 10 weeks with SmartFrench, speaking naturally on his first trip to France. Course #3 trains real conversations, imitating diplomats, chefs, and models, while Course #4 accelerates fluency. Speak authentic French confidently—private-level coaching, not an app.

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René of Paris

HIs career from his backround seems unpredictable. Also, he seems to be a very interesting personality.
Coupled with Course 2, I feel I’m finally beginning to understand how French people talk to each other. Things are getting a little better, but following conservations among native speakers is still difficult. It’s as if, there’s a second version of the language inside the one that is taught more formally. I find the fact that the flow of the sounds sometimes takes precedence over the punctuation in the spoken sentences -pretty counter intuitive for me to follow. These dialogues certainly help - finally something that actually does. I still have a long ways to go, however. I also find that the units of comprehension ( =words ) is often taken apart with the spoken units of sound. As a native English speaker, this again feels quite counter intuitive. None-the-less, French Whisper is little like a Rosetta Stone, or at least like a bridge. To be fluent, both sides of the bridge between spoken French and formal French need to be pretty well mastered.