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| Brand | Vivendi Universal |
| Type | CD-ROM |
| Release Date | 2000-03-30 |
| Special Price |
| Lowest Used Price | $4.89 |
Categories |
| Syracuse Language Systems Foreign Language French Smart Start CD |
Description |
| Discover how enjoyable, simple, and efficient learning French can be. Integrated are a games CD-ROM, accompanying guidebook, audio CD-ROM, customer's manual, and direct access to SmartStartonline.com. Begin speaking, listening, and reading right away. There are 32 games and activities together with three skill levels to keep you involved and learning while you have fun. Progress throughout 48 lessons based on the interactive CD-ROM dialogs. Clear and neat explanations of grammar points are provided along together with exercises this help you successfully put your new language skills to use in the real world. Get the self-correcting quizzes to check out your progress. Or stop by the Cultural Café for a relaxing break and locate out concerning a excellent French film to rent or a new recipe to try out. Correlated to the guidebook exercises, this CD-ROM offers listening and speaking opportunities this get you talking. Excellent for practice on the go. |
Customer Reviews |
 Helpful - but doesn't run on XP! 2005-06-04 |
| By Bob F. (Rome, NY USA) |
| I bought this before a short trip to France a few years ago and found it useful in getting to the basics of the language. I recently upgraded to Windows XP, however, and discovered that the program won't run. Apparently Win98 and 95 are it. |
 Not what I had expected 2000-10-28 |
| By Jeremy McVicar (Camp Lejeune, North Carolina USMC) |
| This course while extensive in activities, was not what I had expected. The course did not start out basic such as learning basic communication between two people. I think this course is better for someone who is some-what fluent in French already. In addition, this course is however good for refreshment or learning more where it comes to things such as ordering dinner or renting an apartment. |
| If you know any French, skip this product 2000-10-20 |
| The graphics are nice and clear, and it does teach minimum skills for communicating as a tourist; if you want practice with very simple conversations, try it. You'll learn to say and understand things like " I would like to rent an apartment". But if you can conjugate verbs, write, read or speak a little in French, don't bother. I can't understand French movies or conversations at regular speeds, so I thought this might help. It did'nt. |
| Not what I was hoping for............ 2000-06-29 |
| I was disappointed in this package. There was no rhyme or reason, no direction, no coaching on where to begin. I was hoping to use it for my teenager and she was completely lost. If you want to learn the mechanics of the language, don't buy this package. If you simply want to memorize a bunch of phrases and words in French, I guess its ok. Definitely not what I expected for software in todays interactive environment |
 A great supplement 2000-06-25 |
| This is a cleverly put-together set of resources for learning French. The games are thoughtful and even fun and the speaking section does recognize words pretty well. The drawback is that while this is excellent, it is an excellent *supplement* to other instruction in French. What there is on grammar is limited, and there isn't a lot on why things are the way they are. As a vocabulary-builder, though, it is excellent and I would highly recommend it. |