Instant Immersion French Deluxe

Customer Rating:
Summary: Re-learning French
Comment: As a child, 65 years ago, I learned French in high school in Hamburg, Ger-many, where you learn a foreign language to speak, read and write it. My
parents also hired a private tutor to ensure that I'd speak the language fluently. Alas, although languages come easy to me, I never did my homework and, when I concentrated on English because we came here in l949, most of my French went phffft ... Since then I've tried Berlitz, both classes and records.

I find the Instant Immersion French Deluxe course quite excellent and hope, once I get down to it seriously, I'll finally be able to speak
French -- and not only under the influence of wine and to a two-year-old child only.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Language Software
Comment: This is the best French language software I've come across. I wish it came with a booklet, but for the price, I can't complain. I spoke French fairly well years ago, and I've lost a lot of the language. This allows me to hear French spoken quickly and to practice my own speaking and get useful feedback. The topic selection is broad and easy to navigate, and the program includes extensive work at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. I bought this used through Amazon for around $20. What a bargain.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Only Audio
Comment: It is an audio only cd with no visual. When learning a new language, I feel that visual is esential.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Makes learning french easier.
Comment: I really enjoyed this product. the only reason I gave it 4 out of 5 is because the voice recognition doesn't always work exactly as planned and saying a phrase over 20 times can be frustrating. However you really do start picking up the language and it has a translation for every word it uses available during each exercise.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Better as refresher and for phonetics
Comment: I bought this at a local store and was lucky in some sense that I already went through 5 years of written French in school (about 15 years ago). The CD will be difficult to use if you have absolutely no French background. Also while going through the audio CDs it would have been nice if you could see the actual spellings of what you were repeating. Other than that I believe it is ok. I gave it three stars but if I had no basic French linguistic skills I wouldnt give it more than 1.5 stars.