The new Fluenz F2 is the fastest, most powerful version yet. It is the direct result of hundreds of thousands of user hours, built upon their feedback and suggestions to enhance both performance and aesthetics. From small changes to a variety of great new features, F2 delivers a French learning experience far superior to anything else out there.

The only interactive French program offering an immersive environment that recreates the best elements of great one-on-one tutoring.

Be Fluent in French
The Harvard, Cornell, and Wesleyan graduates who developed Fluenz were determined to create a program that conveyed the uniqueness of French while providing a step-by-step guide through the language. Native Parisian and Wesleyan graduate Caroline Janin and Cornell graduate Sonia Gil guide you step-by-step with clear explanations of how the language works through their personal experiences in Paris.

A Proven Track Record
Fluenz’s unique approach is currently being used by elite units of the US Navy, senior personnel at the UN and UNICEF, executives at Microsoft, HP and Intel, as well as students at Harvard Business School and other leading universities.

How Fluenz gets you there: Amazing Teachers. Native Parisian Caroline Janin and Sonia Gil lead you every step of the way. Great Explanations. The common sense path to learning sophisticated French. Real Learning. Relevant material designed for adults and teens.

The Most Comprehensive Program to Learn French

Love French, Actually Learn It
The program designers moved beyond the cookie-cutter approach typical of computer language education: methods that boast a simplistic way to learn French and treat adults like children by emphasizing the association of words and pictures. Fluenz brings the magic of an amazing teacher to lead, challenge, and inspire adults and teens with a real love for French. The application is ideal for those who need everyday conversation skills, as well as for those who want to establish a strong foundation for advanced learning.

An Inspirational Tutor Delights and Challenges Learners
Instead of promising a “naturally simple” way to learn one of the world’s most sophisticated languages, the Fluenz tutors are honest about the challenges and commitment required to learn French. The beauty of well-spoken French can’t arrive overnight, but rather through inspired work at the hand of a motivational teacher.

The Magic of French
There is a magical moment in the learning of French. It takes place that day on the streets of Paris when you can form a full sentence and actually understand the response. After years of work, the Fluenz team has created a path through French specifically designed to lead English speakers to this special moment, and to the greater fluency that lies beyond it.

An effective approach for English Speakers
There is no more effective way to understand French liaisons, verb conjugations, and masculine/feminine endings than from a tutor explaining these important subtleties. And there is no way to learn French well without mastering these fundamental elements of the language. Because French and English share roots dating back to the 11th century, they have many similarities that can really help English speakers reach fluency, but someone must be there to make the connections clear.

Tailor-Made Approach Emphasizing French Culture and Context
Because language is much more than an endless set of words and images, the Fluenz team starts with their passion for France and all things French. Since “immersion” approaches focus exclusively on the pairing of words and images, they can’t offer explanations of any kind and are ultimately forced into ignoring the culture behind the language. Fluenz French, however, takes you on a tour of French culture as you learn. By making sense of this historic and elegant language, learners actually learn it.

Great One-On-One Teaching
Fluenz French is divided into sessions that are introduced and led by the on-screen tutor. After a realistic conversation between native French speakers, the Fluenz tutor returns to give a full tutorial on all the new words and structures to be learned in that session.

Engaging Workouts
Next comes a series of challenging workouts that provide an ideal training ground for developing the learner’s reading, writing, listening, and speaking abilities. Each session features a set of clear, common sense tools that set the program apart.

Relevant Communication, Real Learning
The Fluenz approach is based on getting learners to understand how to structure relevant sentences (“I need a train ticket”), rather than relying on the association of words and images to learn how to say things like “apple” and “orange,” the more typical fare offered by programs that try to get you to learn like a child. Starting with clear explanations in English and following with extensive workouts, Fluenz builds steadily from essential structures like questions and commands (“How much is it?” “Stop here, please”) and useful vocabulary (related to restaurants, transportation, directions, etc.) to more and more complex communication.

Great Audio CDs and Exclusive Podcasts

The Magic of Learning: Audio CDs for Your Car or iPod
The Fluenz French Audio CDs are the ideal complement to the interactive program. The CDs were produced at the Fluenz Lab to provide engaging audio workouts that mirror the progress of the actual tutor-led software.

Fluenz Podcasts: Download to Learn on the Go
Continuing a tradition at the Fluenz Lab, Fluenz French now offers exclusive podcasts made by the same team that created the interactive program. These downloadable podcasts supplement the training work offered by the audio CDs, while providing a more informal, relaxed window into the world of French and the actual learning of the language.

The Fluenz Phrase Book Navigator
Fluenz French also comes with the Phrase Book Navigator, a useful quick-reference guide for travelers.

The Path to Fluency 1+2+3

1. Fluenz Won’t Treat You Like a Child
Fluenz does not dwell on the simplistic pairing of words and images. Instead, the tutors make sure learners understand and get to use the most important French constructions in a context that makes sense to those learning the language. The Fluenz team believes that treating adults with intelligence, rather than like children, speeds up the learning process and makes fluency a real goal.

2. Building a Useful Foundation
Fluenz French begins by teaching how to form questions and statements that share the same word order in English and French (i.e. “The check, please,” “L’addition, s’il vous plaît”, “I want this dish”, “Je veux ce plat”). The Fluenz philosophy sees this as more practical than phrases such as “The car is red,” found in other programs, and uses these structures as the ideal elements for laying a strong foundation for advanced learning. After only the first four sessions, learners are already able to have meaningful conversations in a restaurant.

3. Describing Location and Where You’re Going
The program then shifts to describing and asking about location. This allows users to learn the basics of how crucial verbs work while advancing their vocabulary related to transportation and travel. Instead of memorizing words and images, Fluenz users actually get to understand how questions and phrases such as “Where is the hotel?” and “I’m going to the museum” both work and are used in everyday life.

4. Gain Confidence With Your Verbs and “Liaisons”
In French, verb forms change depending on to whom they refer, resulting in an infamous number of conjugations. Equally important, French verbs are often accompanied by “contractions” or “liaisons” that determine their proper pronunciation (i.e. “vous’etes”). Because this cannot be learned through passive memorization, Fluenz thoroughly covers verbs by explaining how they work and by providing plenty of practice to make sure you can use them when you really need to.

5. Diverse, Realistic Interactions
Fluenz believes that most people want to learn French in order to communicate in a city where the language is spoken. That is why the foundations of French are laid out, explained, and practiced in a series of realistic scenarios in restaurants, train stations, stores, and other real-world locations.

6. More Ways to Power Your Communication
Fluenz French identifies flexible structures that can be used in different situations, that make sense to English speakers, and that enhance the learner’s growing command of the language.

7. Relevant adjectives
Though often ignored, the ability to describe things is critical when learning a language. After all, when traveling through a country, nothing is going to be more helpful than “bigger,” “smaller,” “less expensive,” and those other adjectives that both make sense to English speakers and are easily used in forming sentences.

8. Getting There, Faster
Giving and receiving directions is both a way to continue building the essential tools of French communication and a way to develop the skills anyone traveling will always need. Fluenz creates a path that gives English speakers complete control over the most important vocabulary and structures for asking questions, indicating directions, and explaining locations.

9. Easily Handle Numbers and Time
After thorough workouts that enable learners to talk about location with ease, Fluenz makes sure you master numbers and, therefore, time. Once time and location are joined, it becomes possible to form complex questions and statements in a variety of situations, such as planning trips or making appointments. Fluenz users ultimately gain control over a wide range of time-specific communication.

10. Confident Shopping and Negotiation
Throughout the program, your ability to interact in shopping situations is steadily improved. Fluenz works on the critical verb “to want” in the very beginning, and soon you learn how to ask about prices, make comparisons between different items, and express exactly what you’re looking for. By the end of the program, you’ll be able to handle shopping, price negotiations, and purchasing interactions with ease.

11. Increased Sophistication with Level 3
The key to well-spoken French is the ability to use sophisticated constructions that add precision to the language. Fluenz French 3 delves into many of these with clear explanations, specific strategies, and tips that ensure your mastery of these important areas. French 3 deepens your understanding of the “passé composé” and object pronouns while greatly expanding and refining your communication through further work on conjunctions and prepositions.

12. Subtlety and Precision with Fluenz French 1+2+3
Because learning French well is a life ambition for many, Fluenz has been designed to provide both the foundations for advanced learning and the tools for relevant communication. That is why the program’s third level doesn’t avoid more advanced topics like reflexive verbs and verb complements. Instead of running away from the tools needed to speak beautiful French, Fluenz tackles these complex issues with clarity and common sense.

Ideal for Communicating Wherever People Speak French
Fluenz gives you the tools to communicate in all of the most important and common situations you’re bound to face while in the French-speaking world. Whether you are traveling or need to talk to a client or student, Fluenz French 1+2+3 provides the strongest possible foundation.

What’s in the Box

• 90 sessions of up to two and one-half hours each — the most comprehensive software application covering the first, second and third levels of French anywhere. Fluenz French 1+2+3 will guide you in English through the challenges of French with a proven system.
• Language tutors Sonia Gil and Caroline Janin guide you on video every step of the way, recreating a one-on-one tutoring experience, utilizing explanations in English, placing you in real-world contexts, and immersing you in the culture.
• Fluenz blends beautiful full-motion video with a range of engaging, interactive workouts to improve your reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills — including a recording engine to perfect your accent.
• Fluenz’s unique approach is currently being used by elite units of the US Navy, senior personnel at the UN and UNICEF, executives of Fortune 500 companies, and students at Harvard Business School and other leading universities.
• Includes the Fluenz French 1, Fluenz French 2 and Fluenz French 3 DVD-ROMs, three audio CDs for additional learning, exclusive, downloadable podcasts for further practice, and the handy Fluenz Navigator for on-the-go referencing of important words and phrases.

Fluenz Version F2: French 1+2+3 with supplemental Audio CDs and Podcasts

Rosetta Stone Homeschool features a foreign language curriculum specifically designed to provide homeschool students with a rich, fully interactive and engaging language-learning experience, while giving parents the tools and resources needed to manage student progress without extensive planning or supervision. Rosetta Stone Homeschool is self-paced and designed to make it easy for parents to offer language learning even if they don’t speak the language their students are studying. Students are instantly captivated by Rosetta Stone so they stay engaged. Plus, with positive reinforcement and quick results, their language-learning confidence soars!

• Rosetta Stone Homeschool teaches your student a new language naturally, the same way they mastered their first language.
• Innovative solutions get you speaking new words, right from the start
• Rosetta Stone Homeschool moves forward only when your student is ready – you set the schedule and your student drives the pace.
• Parent Administrative Tools allow you to formulate lesson plans, manage your student?s progress and track success.
• Audio Companion lets you take the Rosetta Stone experience anytime, anywhere

Rosetta Stone Homeschool French Level 1-5 Set including Audio Companion

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Go beyond merci and add thousands of words to your French vocabulary

To communicate comfortably in French, you need access to a variety of words that are more than just the basics. In Practice Makes Perfect: French Vocabulary you get the tools you need to expand your lexicon and sharpen your speaking and writing skills. And how do you this? PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!

Each chapter of this comprehensive book focuses on a theme, such as family or travel, so you can build your language skills in a systematic manner. As you lay the foundation for a burgeoning vocabulary, you will perfect your new words with plenty of exercises and gain the confidence you need to communicate well in French.

Practice Makes Perfect: French Vocabulary offers you:

• More than 100 exercises
• Concise grammatical explanations
• An answer key to gauge your comprehension

With help from this book, you can easily speak or write in French about:
Different occupations and jobs * French holidays and traditions * Taking the train * Growing your own garden * Where it hurts on your body * Your house * Your family and friends * What you studied in school * Your favorite TV show * Your family’s background . . . and much more

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Practice Make Perfect: French Vocabulary (Practice Makes Perfect Series)

Introducing the ultimate language learning application! Are you ready to learn French on your Mac in just minutes a day? You are about to experience the evolution of language learning! Never before has learning to speak French been so fun, fast or easy. You’ll be speaking French within just minutes of the very first lesson, and our interactive language experience will keep you engaged and locked in! The progress you make with “Learn French – Absolute Beginner” will utterly shock and amaze your friends, family, colleagues, and teachers. “Learn French – Absolute Beginner” gives you ALL of the benefits of a state of the art language lab right on your Mac. Actually, that statement is not entirely honest. This application is even better than a language lab! Better than a language lab? You’re joking, right? Actually, we’re not. In a language lab, you don’t get two expert teachers to personally walk you through the pitfalls and pleasantries of mastering French. With “Learn French – Absolute Beginner” you do! With the material a language lab presents there is no accountability for the material taught. With us there is! With “Learn French – Absolute Beginner” you’ll rapidly master listening skills, reading, speaking, pronunciation, and even vocabulary, phrases, and grammar! You’ll quickly improve on EVERY aspect of language learning making this a complete package! This application will have you speaking from the first lesson, and reading and conversing after just a few more. Top notch technological solutions and software on the market sell for hundreds of dollars! Hundreds! But guess what? We just leveled the playing field. “Learn French – Absolute Beginner” gives you a better and more fun experience at a fraction of the cost! Now everyone has the chance to master French fast!

• Lesson Description detailing the background of the lesson and the grammatical focus
• Main Audio Track (approx. 10-15 minutes). Listen to the lesson dialog and master the vocabulary and grammar point as your two expert teachers guide you through the lesson
• Line-by-Line Audio. Master listening comprehension and understanding of the dialog
• Vocabulary List. Learn new vocabulary and pronunciation with the audio playback tool
• Grammar Point. Detailed explanation of the focal point of the lesson written by expert teachers

Learn French – Innovative Language Absolute Beginner – Audio Course for Mac [Download]

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The second edition of Vis-à-vis continues the excitement of the innovative first edition with a fully integrated and revised multimedia package and an exciting Correspondance feature (chapter opening letter, postcard or e-mail, which is answered in the mid-lesson Correspondance cultural spread) presented throughout the text. The overall goal of the revision, which was shaped by the extensive user feedback, remains the same as that of the first edition: to promote a balanced four-skills approach to learning French through a wide variety of listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities, while introducing students to the richness and diversity of the Francophone world.

VIS–VIS: Beginning French

MANUFACTURER WARRANTY: 90Instant Immersion French delivers an authentic French learning environment to your desktop. Based on the Euromethod–an approach that immerses students in a country’s language and culture–this language-learning suite includes five CD-ROM titles: Talk Now!, World Talk, Talk to Me, Interactive Picture Dictionary, and Who Is Oscar Lake? Native French speakers introduce words and phrases. Lessons can be customized. Explore more than 2,000 words in French, Spanish, German, and Italian with the interactive picture dictionary’s video clips and other memory enhancing tools. Advanced speech recognition technology–the next best thing to a conversation partner–actually lets you converse with the software and even corrects words and phrases. Instant Immersion’s Who Is Oscar Lake? title rounds out this comprehensive suite. In the ultimate test of your new skills, you’ll have to solve a puzzling mystery… in French. With Instant Immersion, you learn by hearing, seeing, and doing.

• PC Compatible; Pentium II 200 MHz or higher; Windows 98 or higher, including XP
• 90 MB HD, 16 MB RAM; 800 x 600, High color display; 4X CD-ROM Drive or faster; Speaker, Mouse
• Microphone, Printer and Internet Access are all optional
• Topics

Instant Immersion French v1.0 [Old Version]

This revised and updated language program emphasizes the importance of pronouncing French words and phrases so that the speaker can be understood by the French and French Canadians. It presents exercises in sound discrimination and accurate sound creation–for example instructing in pronunciation of French vowel sounds and nasals such as eu and oei, which many English speakers find especially difficult to master. Words and sounds are put into a variety of conversational contexts for students of French to practice and perfect. This new edition provides the added convenience of audio compact discs to replace the old tape cassettes. The book has been updated to include the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) as a pronunciation guide.

Pronounce It Perfectly in French with Audio CDs (Pronounce It Perfectly CD Packages)

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Introducing the ultimate language learning application! Are you ready to learn French on your Mac in just minutes a day? You are about to experience the evolution of language learning! Never before has learning to speak French been so fun, fast or easy. You’ll be speaking French within just minutes of the very first lesson, and our interactive language experience will keep you engaged and locked in! The progress you make with “Learn French – Advanced” will utterly shock and amaze your friends, family, colleagues, and teachers. “Learn French – Advanced” gives you ALL of the benefits of a state of the art language lab right on your Mac. Actually, that statement is not entirely honest. This application is even better than a language lab! Better than a language lab? You’re joking, right? Actually, we’re not. In a language lab, you don’t get two expert teachers to personally walk you through the pitfalls and pleasantries of mastering French. With “Learn French – Advanced” you do! With the material a language lab presents there is no accountability for the material taught. With us there is! With “Learn French – Advanced” you’ll rapidly master listening skills, reading, speaking, pronunciation, and even vocabulary, phrases, and grammar! You’ll quickly improve on EVERY aspect of language learning making this a complete package! This application will have you speaking from the first lesson, and reading and conversing after just a few more. Top notch technological solutions and software on the market sell for hundreds of dollars! Hundreds! But guess what? We just leveled the playing field. “Learn French – Advanced” gives you a better and more fun experience at a fraction of the cost! Now everyone has the chance to master French fast!

• Lesson Description detailing the background of the lesson and the grammatical focus
• Main Audio Track (approx. 10-15 minutes). Listen to the lesson dialog and master the vocabulary and grammar point as your two expert teachers guide you through the lesson
• Line-by-Line Audio. Master listening comprehension and understanding of the dialog
• Grammar Point. Detailed explanation of the focal point of the lesson written by expert teachers
• Vocabulary List. Learn new vocabulary and pronunciation with the audio playback tool

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Listen & Learn French (CD Edition) (Listen & Learn Series)

Berlitz Basic French

A complete beginner s conversational course

The bestselling, beginning language course from Berlitz, Berlitz Basic French concentrates on everyday conversation and authentic situations, and Berlitz has tailored the materials so learners become comfortable with the most frequently required words and phrases. With Basic French, listeners can follow along to audio dialogues and activities in the audio program and course book.

What Do I Get?
*3 audio CDs with native speakers who assure correct pronunciation (3 hours total).

*128-page fully illustrated course book.

*Go online for free additional materials–easy to read audio script and learner s guide for those who like to read along with the audio.

*Save up to 0 on Berlitz language classes.

How easy is it?
1. Build confidence as you use the course book and audio CDs to learn basic language skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking.

2. Course book is arranged in short, succinct lessons so learners aren t overwhelmed, and learn grammar without having to memorize any rules.

3. Practice and reinforce what you ve learned by listening to the audio at home or on the go.

4. Go to berlitzpublishing.com for free additional materials to help you learn your new language.

5. Compatible with your iPod® or MP3 devices.

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Berlitz Basic French (French Edition)

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