Product Description

In just six hours, you can enrich your French vocabulary with the Michel Thomas™ method

You already know and trust the Michel Thomas method™ for learning a new language--no books, no writing, no drills. And nothing to memorize--ever! Now the next generation of Michel Thomas-method teachers is ready to help you become confident in your new language.

In Michel Thomas Speak French Vocabulary Builder, Rose Lee Hayden uses the foundation Michel Thomas created to enhance your French vocabulary. You build on what you learned in previous courses by hearing correct pronunciations from two native speakers and get plenty of opportunities for practice. With Hayden’s direction--and Michel’s successful methodology--you can learn 1,000 French words and phrases and feel even more comfortable communicating in your new language.

Includes five 70-minute audios CDs in a faux leather zippered case

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #280812 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 5
• Binding: Audio CD

Features

• ISBN13: 9780071488051
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author

Rose Lee Hayden is Michel Thomas's most trusted and experienced teacher.

Over a period of twenty-five years Michel Thomas developed a unique and revolutionary learning system that made him the world's leading language teacher.

Customer Reviews

Can be useful...
I've just completed the last, 5th CD and decided that I had to share my impressions about this course, since it is somewhat misleading - it's using the name of Michel Thomas whose courses I have and like a lot but it is distorting Michel's method. I think this course is still useful and has it's pros and cons:

Pros:
- it covers a lot of vocabulary
- the teacher's voice is clear
- the complexity builds up gradually, with each CD
- every sentence is said at least twice - first by a native speaker and then by the teacher

Cons: (subjective)
- lacks the fun of Michel Thomas courses
- Many sentences are boring
- Many sentences are made too long, in 2 or 3 parts - when trying to translate the second part I'd often forget the first part and therefore fail to construct the whole sentence in the allotted time (I work with this course in a car, without the pause button)
- After almost any completed sentence the teacher uses some words of "encouragement" like "excellent", "very good", "you made an excellent progress", "you see how proficient in French you've become", etc. These comments have been very annoying to me and I believe they represent a really bad teaching style. I'd gladly pay the company an extra $20 if they were able to provide me the course without those meaningless comments.
- the voice of a female native speaker is dull and muffled (sounds like she suffers from the cold) - I've never heard such a bad voice in the audio courses

My conclusion: it's not close to Michel Thomas courses, but it does provide a boost in vocabulary and can be useful if completed. I rate it 3 stars.

Definitely not Michel Thomas
When I bought this set, I didn't realize that it was made after Monsieur Thomas had passed away. The instructor ridiculously comments on the obviously native-French "students"' language usage ("Exactly!", "Very good.", "Now remember to put the accent at the end of the word.") I think it would have been more useful to have actual students who were really learning the language to be part of this stage of instruction, as well. I definitely don't care for these CDs as much as I did for all the learning sets Michel Thomas himself created.

Useful Vocabulary CDs
I am on my first CD. I have the first 10 CDs, the 2 booster set, and the advanced set. I have finished the first 10 CDs, the 2 booster set, and the advanced. I recently acquired these CDs. I was curious about how good they would be since no one reviewed them. I will be the first one to review this. Michel Thomas is not in these days as he passed away.
However, it uses his methods. This is not an easy set. It is decent enough and helps you build sentences. It is not easy. You will have to listen to this over and over, but it will help you think in French.
I would recommend that you use the pause button. This is not as fun as the Michel Thomas CDs that I have, but I think it will be good for me.