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Your Seven-Day Crash Course to Learn Basic French
Learning French takes time. However, sometimes, time is not on your side. When a long route is simply not an option for you, a book that will teach you French in record time is the way to go.
French Lessons with Easy to Download Audio!!!
This ebook is the closest thing to a real crash course you will ever find. Featuring an innovative approach to learning French that involves structured daily lessons with exercises and immersion activities, this ebook also comes with easy to download audio to help you practice your listening and pronunciation skills.
Learn Basic French in a Week
I'm sure you have heard all of this before. So, what makes this one different from the rest?
By utilizing the 80-20 principle (80 percent of your outcomes come from 20 percent of your inputs), this ebook speeds up language learning by focusing on the 20 percent, with French lessons and immersion techniques you need immediately to get by in a French-speaking environment.
It provides you with seven days of high-impact French language lessons grouped into easy-to-follow daily grammar and vocabulary topics, exercises, and fun activities. Examples include: Le film du jour (Film of the Day), La musique du jour (Music of the Day), and L'activité du jour (Activity of the Day).
It does not over-promise. While it will not make you fluent in a short period of time, it will help to build a stable foundation for learners who want a strong start in learning French.
Here is a Sneak Peek of What You Will Learn in 7 Days:
- Basic French grammar and pronunciation skills through fun exercises and activities.
- Fool-proof tips for verb conjugations.
- The vocabulary you need to interact with French speakers.
- Listening and pronunciation skills through the audio.
- Important tips and phrases to help you get around in a French-speaking environment. Topics include: food and dining, shopping, asking for directions, currency, urban culture, and more.
- Fresh insights into French culture, plus fun immersion activities such as Film of the Day, Music of the Day, and Activity of the Day.
Perfect for Beginners with Little to No French Background
This ebook is perfect for anyone who does not have the time or the patience to go the long language-learning route.
If you are:
- Traveling (or relocating) to France or any French-speaking destination soon and need to learn the language before you go
- Someone who has studied French previously but need a refresher course
- Interested in learning something new quickly
- Looking to learn the basics of French for either work or personal reasons
Then this e-book is the game-changer you are looking for!
Formatted for Fast Navigation and Easy Comprehension
The e-book's simple structure and the logical flow of the topics are especially designed for learners to grasp lessons quickly. With carefully planned grammar and vocabulary exercises, you will find yourself learning French basics in no time.
Ready to Learn French Quickly and Properly? Grab your copy now!
Author
Frederic Bibard
Frédéric Bibard is the founder of TalkInFrench.com, a French language and culture website named as the #1 language blog in the 2016 Best Language Learning Blogs by bab.la and Lexiophiles. He spent several years teaching French while traveling abroad and has since moved back to Paris to dedicate his time TO developing fun and helpful French language resources. He takes food seriously (he is French after all), but he complements it with a love of running which allows him to nurture his passion for good food while staying in shape. Say hello to him on Twitter (@fredericbibard) and Google+ or visit his website www.talkinfrench.com.
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French Crash Course - Frederic Bibard
French Crash Course
A Seven-Day Guide to Learning Basic French
(with audio)
––––––––
© All rights reserved 2015
Frédéric BIBARD (TalkinFrench.com)
"Best blog dedicated to the French Language and Culture for
2014, 2015, and 2016."
(Voted by the Language Portal blab.la and its community)
No part of this book including the audio material may be copied, reproduced, transmitted or distributed in any form without prior written permission of the author. For permission requests, write to: [email protected].
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Day 1
The essentials of basic communication
Les Accents
Le Vocabulaire: Vocabulary
Sentence Structure
Les adjectifs: Adjectives
La conversation: Speaking
L’immersion: Immersion
Le Film du Jour: Film of the Day
La Musique du Jour: Music of the Day
L’activité du Jour: Activity of the Day
Chapter 2 - Day 2
Perfect your pronunciation
La Prononciation: Pronunciation
Les accents: French accents
L’accent aigu: Acute accent
L’accent grave
L’accent circonflexe: Curcumflex Accent
La Cédile: Cedilla
Le Tréma: Dieresis
Le Vocabulaire: Vocabulary
Franglais: English Loan Words
Common Franglais Terms
La Grammaire: Grammar
Les articles: French Articles
Les articles partitifs
La négation: Negation
Les articles
La Conversation: Speaking
Les banalités: Small Talk
L’Immersion: Immersion
Le film du Jour: Film of the Day
La musique du jour: Music of the Day
L’activité du jour: Activity of the Day
Faire Une Recette: Make a Recipe
Chapter 3 – Day 3
Finding Your Inner Thespian
La Prononciation: Pronunciation
Required Liaisons
Forbidden Liaisons
Le Vocabulaire: Vocabulary
Emotions
Positive feelings
Negative feelings
Discussing mental and physical lack of wellness
La Grammaire: Grammar: To Be, or Not To Be? Être, the To Be
Verb
Être: Le Présent (Present Tense)
Passé Composé: A Brief Overview of the Present Perfect Tense
Être: Le Passé Composé (Present Perfect Tense)
Imparfait: A Brief Overview of the Imperfect Tense
Être: Imparfait (Imperfect Tense)
Le Futur: A Brief Overview of the Future Tense
Etre: Le Futur (Future Tense)
La Conversation: Speaking
Ways to Express Emotion
Specific Exceptions for Expressions
French Colloquial Phrases
Chapter 4 – Day 4
Bon Appétit! French Gastronomy
La Prononciation: Pronunciation
The Throaty French R
Le Vocabulaire: Vocabulary
Apples and Oranges: French Food Vocabulary
French Food
French Fruits
French Vegetables
Meat
Dairy
Dessert
French Staples
Drinks
La Grammaire – Grammar: The Art of Saying No: French Negation
Negating Passé Composé
La Conversation - Speaking: More Escargot, Please / Ordering Food at a Restaurant
Arriving
Ordering
Preferences
All about the menu
Allergies
Asking for the Check
L’Immersion: Immersion - On Va au Resto! French Restaurants and Electropop
Le Film du Jour: Film of the Day
La musique du jour: Music of the Day
L'Activité du Jour: Activity of the Day
Chapter 5 – Day 5
Finding Direction
La Prononciation: Pronunciation - The Elusive French U
Differentiating Between U
and OU
Le Vocabulaire- Vocabulary: Mapping Out a City in Words: French Place Names and Directional Vocab
French Place Names
Transportation
Directional Vocab
La Grammaire- Grammar: Oh, There It Is: Il y a
Conjugating Il y a
for Imparfait and Le Futur
La Conversation – Speaking: Where Am I? Asking for and Understanding Directions in French
Asking
Understanding Directions
L’Immersion – Immersion: Taboo Talk, Gender, Race, and Religion Ethics in France
Le Film du Jour: Film of the Day
La Musique du Jour : Music of the Day
L'Activité du Jour: Activity of the Day
Albert Camus – L’Étranger (1942)
Marguerite Duras – L’Amante Anglaise (1967)
Chapter 6 – Day 6
Très Chic: Shopping and Urban Culture
La Prononciation - Pronunciation: The Finishing Touch: French Nasal Vowels
The Nasal A – AN
The Nasal I – IN
The Nasal U – UN
Le Vocabulaire - Vocabulary: The Art of a Good Deal: French Shopping Vocabulary
Numbers
Currency
Clothing
Shoes
Materials
Sizing
La Grammaire – Grammar: Question Everything / How to Pose Questions in French
La Conversation – Speaking: Shop ‘Till You Drop / Making Purchases in French
While Shopping
Cashing Out
L’Immersion – Immersion: Getting with the Program: Cultural Trends and Verlan
Le Film du Jour: Film of the Day
La Musique du Jour: Music of the Day
L'Activité du Jour: Activity of the Day
Chapter 7 – Day 7
Bon Voyage: Traveling
La Prononciation: Pronunciation - Getting Tongue-Tied: French Virelangues (Tongue Twisters)
Les Virelangues: French Tongue Twisters
Le Vocabulaire: Vocabulary - Wanderlust Defined: French Vacation Vocabulary
At the Airport
Activities
Geographic Locations
La Grammaire - Grammar: And...Action!: Foolproof Tips for Present-Tense Verb Conjugation
Le Présent – Present Tense
-IR
Verbs
-RE
Verbs
La Conversation – Speaking: Getting Around: Taxi Travel and Hotel Terms
Taking a Taxi
At the Hotel
L’Immersion – Immersion: Now It’s Personal: French Comedy, Rock, and Journal Writing
Le Film du Jour: Film of the Day
La Musique du Jour: Music of the Day
L'Activité du Jour: Activity of the Day
How to download the AUDIO
FREE French learning package
About the author
Questions about the ebook or French?
Introduction
Faster is not always better... or is it?
Everyone is crazy about everything fast and instant these days. Fast cars, fast food, instant dinners, instant dates... and the list goes on. I do not want to be that archaic voice in your head telling you all good things take time.
But, really, they do, just like falling in love, cooking a perfect dish, and learning a language like French.
Learning French takes time. Learning French is not like instant food. It is a Ratatouille or a Bouillabaisse that needs to be cooked low and slow for it to turn out deliciously well. However, while this is definitely a preferred approach to learning French, and one I firmly believe in, I also understand that slow is just not an option in some cases.
Whether you like it or not, sometimes learning at a slow pace is just not in the cards for you. So, you need a book that can teach French very quickly.
For when slow is not an option....
Congratulations! You have officially found that one book. This is it
. You have stumbled upon an awesome teaching tool that knows exactly what you need right now.
But before we continue, let me set the record straight: there is no way you can master French in just seven days.
Let that sink in for a moment.
I can imagine a lot of raised eyebrows and a smattering of what-is-this-guy-talking-about or wait-you-gotta-be-kidding-me looks right about now. But we need to be realistic about this process.
I have no intentions of giving you false hope and over-promising that you can be fluent in French in just a few days. Unless, of course, you are a language savant like Daniel Tammet, who can become fluent in any language within the span of a week. Or if you have magic beans. Or a language super-gene. Which is kind of the same thing, I think.
So, wait... What is this book really all about then?
We have established that this book is not like one of those get-rich-quick/lose-weight-fast/learn-French-in-a-few-days hoax-type things you often come across.
What this book aims to do is:
speed things up a little by compressing basic French language instruction with immersion techniques giving you seven days of highly substantial French lessons.
guide you through the whole process by providing you with FREE audio material to help you speak and pronounce French words, not just quickly, but properly as well. Improve your listening comprehension skills with
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