Customer Reviews
Great for learning to talk - By: Martin N. Blain Ltd, 30 Oct 2008 
I found the course great as it's situation based & gives you useful phrases that you can use very earlyin your learning. It's a useful supplement to a formal classroom grammar course (like Alliance Francais) as it teaches listening & talking.
Helpful for beginners - By: Mrs. Geraldine Gray, 18 Nov 2006 
I found this pack useful for the beginning of a french course. You can't listen to the CDsin the car though, you need to have the bookin front of you, which I found frustrating. I wanted to listen on the way to work, so ended up getting free Podcasts to listen to - they were better than the CDsin this pack. Having said that, the book guides you through lots of different sections, such as food & travel, & the CDs have exercises on each section. In the book, there are transcripts of the CD interviews as well as paper based exercises & additional info like background details of France - although there are not many of these. The most useful thing I found about this course was the boxesin each section of the book called 'Info Langue' & 'Mot a Mot' & the verb info. I am now 3 months into leanring French & I need a more detailed book than this but it has defeinately really helped me.
Not very useful for complete beginners - By: N. C. Ying, 29 Mar 2006 
I was attracted to buy this pack because of the excellent Spanish language pack (SUENOS) published by the BBC. To my disappointment, I find the French Experience pack not very useful for beginners! It doesn't explain much about the sentences & use of phrases. It is also hard to follow the audio tracks. The Spanish pack contains many interesting facts about the Spanish-speaking world but this is not the casein the French Experience pack.
OK but not as main study material - By: , 13 Mar 2006 I have been studying French now for around six months & originally bought this to suplement the 1 hour a week French Class. I don't find it that great as a coursein french. Basically it does not go into the languagein enough depth, its OK as background & a supplement but you very quickly need verb tables & a broader text book if you are serious about the language. The CDs are useful as they are recorded interviews with French people so provide useful listening opportunities.
