Behind the Wheel French (8 CD Course) (Behind the Wheel) this question feed

asked by bigwinner on November 18, 2006 12:23 PM
Behind The Wheel French is the ideal way to learn to speak French while you drive because there is no confusion, no reading, no looking up meanings, and no guessing. It's all on the CDs. Use your commute time to effectively learn to speak a new language with this delightful course whose method will have you speaking your first sentences in your new language within minutes of receiving your course, and enjoying it. At last, a French CD course which requires no reading and which teaches you to actually speak and understand authentic conversational French in a minimum of time and effort. Designed by the experts at Language Dynamics, 'Behind The Wheel' courses take the learner from basic to intermediate speaking and comprehension level without the guesswork and pain usually associated with language learning. A native speaker of French teaches you her language the way it's really spoken while a trained accentless American instructor explains it all in clear English so you always understand everything you're learning. Most language learners spend over 50% of their time looking up meanings instead of learning the language. With Behind the Wheel courses the language learning process is speeded up by giving you immediate answers to exercises, clear English translations, dynamic sentence building techniques, and high frequency vocabulary that teach you the language naturally like you learned English as a child. Behind The Wheel Courses are the ideal way to learn any language while you drive because there is no confusion, no reading, no looking up meanings, and no guessing. It's all on the CDs. Use your commute time to effectively learn to speak a new language with this delightful course whose method will have you speaking your first words in your new language within minutes of receiving your course, and enjoying it.


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It is an excellent product for those who decide to start up learning how to speak French. It will definetely make your commute to work more enjoyable.
reviewed by maxwell on November 22, 2006 11:08 AM

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I've tried several others, but this is the best course I have found. I don't seem to want to gravitate back to the others, such as what's-his-name, Michel Thomas, is it?. (Maybe I should for some contrast.)

I was looking for a way to get back some of the time I was spending while making the same repeated 30-minute drive back and forth to the same place and so I start one of the CDs and listen and repeat while driving along. (OK, so that is what the course is for, all right?) If my mind drifts while listening, so what? There is always next time. I have had no trouble missing the cows standing in the roads around here while using the CDs.

Once I have gained the vocabulary and practiced the phrases a few times, I find that the short response time given after the English word or phrase, mentioned as a complaint by some other reviewers, becomes an advantage because more practice can be packed into less time spent, and things move right along without boring empty pauses. (I think some people want it all up front. More power to them if they can get it.)

I am reaching the point where I have some of the CDs practically memorized. This is a beginning only, but a good one as I can feel it all beginning to come together after several months now.

On the Cds, Mark comes off something as a jerk (who hasn't thought of his teachers as at least somewhat jerky?) and who therefore makes the perfect foil for the smoky-voiced, smooth, and relentless Céline. (Her voice reminds me somewhat of that of Crystal Gayle, the country singer of a few years back.) I really enjoy hearing her.

Notice how pricey the set remains, even when used. I think others have found the same thing as I.
reviewed by janmueller on November 26, 2006 11:47 AM

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This couse moves along at a pretty good clip and gives you very little time to respond, but by merely stopping your cd player before the correct answer is given and taking your best shot, coupled with several repetitions and reviews, one can learn an awful lot of French with this product. It looks cheap and when I received it I was disappointed by it's appearance, but I was wrong thinking that this was an inferior product.
My only criticism is that Frobose's pronunciation of certain words were different than those of Celine, the native speaker.
reviewed by corral on November 28, 2006 1:47 PM

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it moved along too fast...I bought Learn to Speak French Deluxe from the Learning Company...and that one is more my speed.
reviewed by selena on November 29, 2006 12:06 AM

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