Short Stories in French for Beginners

By: Olly Richards, Richard Simcott

Narrated by: Louis Bernard

Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

Short Stories in French for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when listening.

What does this book give you?

• Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller - making the process fun while you learn a wide range of new vocabulary.
• Controlled language at your level, including the 1000 most frequent words, to help you progress confidently.
• Authentic spoken dialogues, to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability.
• Pleasure! It's much easier to learn a new language when you're having fun, and research shows that if you're enjoying listening in a foreign language, you won't experience the usual feelings of frustration - 'It's too hard!' 'I don't understand!'
• Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, in a stress-free way.

Carefully curated to make learning a new language easy, these stories include key features that will support and consolidate your progress, including:

• A bilingual word list
• Comprehension questions to aid your understanding
• Full plot summary

As a result, you will be able to focus on enjoying the stories, delighting in your improved range of vocabulary and grasp of the language, without ever feeling overwhelmed or frustrated. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in French for Beginners will make learning French easy and enjoyable.

Download the accompanying reference guide.

©2018 Olly Richards and Richard Simcott (P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Critic reviews

"Olly's top-notch language-learning insights are right in line with the best of what we know from neuroscience and cognitive psychology about how to learn effectively. I love his work - and you will too!" (Barbara Oakley, PhD, author of New York Times best seller A Mind for Numbers)

Really friendly for learners

very entertaining. the book had alot of different variety in terms of words and subjetcs.

Well-Designed French Language Short Stories

I was totally happy with this audiobook of French language short stories. It was at a level that I could understand and learn from. The speakers spoke slowly and enunciated clearly. This audiobook was a big help for me in my journey to learning to communicate in the French language.

Very good learning tool

I have been learning languages for 45 years and teaching them fir over 25 years. I own just about everything Olly Richards has produced. The combination of the text and audio is very effective, and Olly has really worked at delivering quality products.

A great and enjoyable book for first time French learners

Great short stories with easy to follow plots good vocabulary selection and fun exercises. Can't wait to complete the intermediate book. Thank You Olly for your great work!

- Roger Betancourt

Great learning tool!

Really enjoyed this one. I bought the hard copy book and would read each chapter and them follow up with listening to each one with audible as I read along. It really helped and I learned a lot throughout the course of the book/audible. The stories are actually interesting and well written as well and I found myself looking forward to reading them each weekend. The audible narrator is also excellent. The only confusing thing is that it isn’t clear in audible that the accompanying pdf only contains each chapter synopsis and quiz (not the whole story). So, the audible version does not contain the entire book, you would need to buy that separately as I did if you want to read along. Would also be helpful to include chapter headings in audible (instead of just numbers). Here they are:
1-4 = La Ratatouille Folle
5-7 = La Creature
8-10 = Le Chevalier
11-13 = La Montreal
14-16 = Le Coffre
17-19 = Terres Inconnues
20-22 = Laure, la femme invisible
23-25 = La Capsule

Great stories in French

I loved the narration, the stories, as well as the vocabulary list. Interesting stories and they were perfect for my level of French. I am intermediate in French. Great for supplementing my French studies at school.

not for beginners

needs PDF of actual story. it come with a PDF that acts as a study guide with a comprehension quiz.