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# French (With Ease) (French and English Edition)

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desertcart.com: French (With Ease) (French and English Edition): 9782700518139: Anthony Bulger, Assimil: Books

Review: Highly recommended for those w/ some French already. - Excellent for the “false beginners”. If you’ve tried to learn French previously, and maybe if you even can passably speak it when traveling, then this book is for you. I have used many many French learning resources over the years and this is by far my favorite. It introduces new vocabulary in a very approachable and fun way. I would suggest adding new vocabulary to a good SRS like Anki to reinforce the new vocabulary that you’ll pick up. Very highly recommended.
Review: Highly recommend - It's not as exciting as my first language book (Language Hacking French by B. Lewis) but from what I've read, Assimil books are the gold standard. The exercises are easy, sometimes funny and I'm learning without putting a great deal of effort into it. From what I've hear through the polyglot grapevine, it's best to just pick a book and work through it. This one is a great start.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,488,474 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #298 in French Language Instruction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (85) |
| Dimensions  | 7.25 x 2 x 9.25 inches |
| Edition  | Bilingual |
| ISBN-10  | 2700518136 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-2700518139 |
| Item Weight  | 1.55 pounds |
| Language  | English, French |
| Print length  | 636 pages |
| Publication date  | January 26, 2016 |
| Publisher  | Assimil Gmbh |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly recommended for those w/ some French already.
*by C***H on October 1, 2017*

Excellent for the “false beginners”. If you’ve tried to learn French previously, and maybe if you even can passably speak it when traveling, then this book is for you. I have used many many French learning resources over the years and this is by far my favorite. It introduces new vocabulary in a very approachable and fun way. I would suggest adding new vocabulary to a good SRS like Anki to reinforce the new vocabulary that you’ll pick up. Very highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly recommend
*by A***R on November 8, 2017*

It's not as exciting as my first language book (Language Hacking French by B. Lewis) but from what I've read, Assimil books are the gold standard. The exercises are easy, sometimes funny and I'm learning without putting a great deal of effort into it. From what I've hear through the polyglot grapevine, it's best to just pick a book and work through it. This one is a great start.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting approach, material is outdated but usable as a first text book
*by S***S on July 13, 2023*

Having gone through this book cover to cover religiously, I can report that you will be able to gain a rough first introduction to French, but you can forget about speaking or listening comprehension if the only thing you do is to study this book. The limited size of each lesson makes it more approachable and the initial learning curve is gentle. No hassle with the alphabet or pronunciation rules. However, these very quickly come back to haunt you. The difficulty of the text became very steep towards the middle of the book and I was barely able to learn the text word by word, let alone being able to produce speech at the same level of sophistication. The fundamental flaw with these text book approaches is the passive nature of any textbook format. Just because a learner sees a paragraph and understands the translation does not mean the ability to reproduce even the same sentence has been internalized. Just by raising the difficulty gradually does not guarantee that the reader will also grow in his ability to produce the speech either in writing or a conversation. I spent way more than the required time to study the material and use a flashcards app to rote learn the vocabulary, but all I was doing was to barely keep up with the pace of memory decay. This is absolutely no substitute of immersion. You must force yourself to reproduce the french material orally without reference to the textbook, as this is what actually happens when you're in a conversation. You must place yourself at risk by actually using french in everyday life and communication with french speakers. The book can only get you through very basic rote learning elements. I appreciate the weird humor of the text, but I cannot get over just how outdated the material is. It feels like it was written in the 1980s or even earlier. I had no idea what a minitel is, that France has a PTT, and some of the jokes were a little oddly politically incorrect. The pervasive and unquestioned use of 'vous' also gave me a serious handicap when I finally started to communicate with real french speakers. At the end of the day, this book is probably no worse or better than any textbook in french. What you desperately need to do is to find an environment that forces you to produce speech and text in French, without any help from the book. This is the way native speakers learned the language and it will be the only way you can learn French.

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