Mastering French Vocabulary with Online Audio (Barron's Vocabulary) Bilingual Edition

This along with pronounce it perfectly (or something like that) will hopefully help me get to level B in the French thing. I'm level C in reading but need to get from A2 to B1 in listening. There are a lot of words here (13,000), and I really like the way the people pronounce it. When I put the whole thing on my only 4GB sony walkman it doesn't take too much space and the order of the things is perfectly in there (unlike the pronounce it perfectly thing with which I had some trouble. I also really like that the main words have how to pronounce it in type. There are a lot of words I already know but I figure at least 1/3 (maybe) I don't know. In any case it'll really help hearing all the words a lot in helping me learn how to recognize the words when I listen and not mix them up so much (hopefully). Really a great book for the price the best thing going.

Once you've mastered basic French grammar and basic conversational sentences, you need to learn vocabulary. One way is by reading newspapers and books in French. This is another, complementary way. The combination of the book and the mp3s is very effective. The audio is just the right pace, so you can repeat after the native speaker, who speaks clearly and not too fast. It is a great way to practice pronunciation of words you already know as well as the ones you don't. The occasional full sentences will remind you of some grammar, too. I find that reading 3-4 pages at a time and then listening to the audio (usually later, in the car) is very effective. The combination of the book and audio is a real bargain. Like other reviewers, I would gladly also buy a Kindle version if one were available. This book is a welcome addition to Assimil and Ultimate French as great tools for self-learning using a combination of text and audio.

A great idea, a huge amount of vocabulary broken down by category and even better a very complete set of mp3's so you can hear the correct pronunciation. I would also love this book in a Kindle edition, it would be so much more convenient and portable, but one is not available.I happened to start with Chapter 19 - Time and Space and already came across a mistake on p. 405. Under the first box of INFO the time Il est... 9h 45 is written as neuf heures moins le quart and translated as quarter to ten. This should be dix heures moins le quart. Same with the next entry of 9h 55 (neuf heures moins cinq) This should be dix heures moins cinq.I wonder how many other errors there are that as a beginning learner of French I won't recognize and take as correct ....

Tons of vocabulary. I had studied 2 years of Spanish, so had the gist of the European languages from that. But, had never studied French at all, and thought it was beyond me. Just for the heck of it, I bought this and started listening to it and following along in the book after work for an hour or so 2-3 times a week for a few months before a vacation to Paris. In Paris, at the hotel, I'd get the morning paper and READ IT over breakfast. I read a long billboard in the train station describing 2 Paris parks, I talked to a local to find Metro ligne quatre. I could get the gist of most signs. It was very enjoyable. This is a great learning resource.

I decided to learn French from scratch so I bought this and two other Barron’s books and they’re really good.More than enough content for you to learn. Once you learn the pronunciation guide, you will accelerate your learning process. I do like the thematic approach because it may help speed up the learning process. While I haven’t tried the Audi yet, I’m sure the mp3 files will help out a lot when trying to learn in the car or when you won’t be able to read.

I borrowed this book from the library some time ago. After I returned it, I wanted to have my own copy. I added it to my wish list, and after a few months, I bought a copy through Amazon. Not only did I pay half-price (including shipping), it showed up at my house well ahead of schedule. What a deal! I look forward to spending more time with this book, improving my French as I go along.

Great book for those learning French. I listen to the CD that comes with it in the car. It helped me through my first year of French classes and retains its usefulness as a reference tool.

An excellent resource. Vocabulary is categorised and very comprehensive. After studying basic/intermediate French this will add significantly to your vocabulary. There are contextual examples provided for most words and studying these will be an added bonus to supplement previous basic grammar learning. Some of the expressions are idiomatic which are very useful. In reality, there are many words and expressions that will never be relevant to someone not living in a French-speaking country, but the categorised layout allows you to "cherry-pick" the areas of interest (e.g. you could give business a miss but focus on foods, travel, accommodation etc. - whatever your interests and likely requirements.