Intermediate-Advanced Conversation Practice: Learn French from Real French People

SmartFrench Course, Book 4: The Smart Way to Learn French

By: Christian Aubert

Narrated by: Christian Aubert

Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

As Intermediates, you might want to get SmartFrench Course #2 on Audible. It will train you to catch at sight all the contractions the French use when they speak. You will read the way the French speak French with each other.

In all our French language lessons, we use a color-coding system to help you hear the contractions right away at the beginning of your French learning course. No other program offers this invaluable technique. If you can't speak French after years of French classes, that's the reason.

The horse, in French, is "Le cheval". Would you like to be taught to say: "luh shuhvahl", as taught by most products listed (which is correct only when you read), or "luhsh fahl", the way it will sound in the middle of a conversation between two French people, and the way SmartFrench teaches? This difference is true for most words.

Learning French requests that you learn to speak French and that you learn to understand it. At your intermediate level, you need to gain some speed when you listen as well as when you speak. Often, the speed comes from the correct use of the contractions.

If you enter a conversation in French with no training to listen to it, you will not be able to get what is coming back to you. Then your French studies will be worth nothing. On the other hand, even if you feel hesitant to speak French, you can have a conversation saying just “yes” or “no”, as long as you understand the other person. That’s why developing listening skills is so important. With SmartFrench you will develop two-way conversation skills. Learn smart French.

You will repeat French a lot. That's what you do when you really want to learn French and speak it fluently. This is a step-by-step approach to the French language, the best lessons you can add to your French classes. First, you read the translation and you leave it aside. Then, if you order from Audible, you will hear the conversation without the transcript. Then you will repeat a few syllables at a time without reading, just listening. The step is not to translate. To make sure you only focus on pronunciation, I cut the segments anywhere, sometimes in the middle of a word. In the next step, you will look at the text and repeat while you see. Then you will repeat again and I will give you some instructions. In the end, on Audible, you will hear the real recorded conversation. After a few times going through the different dialogues, you will be able to imitate our guests when they speak French.

"We learn through imitation." (The Crown—Season 3, Episode 6).

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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