My First 1000 French Words - SPEEK-E-SEE

So I've put together my own French book, intent on improving the quality of learning when it comes to this elusive language!

The project was born out of my own frustration of learning French – of reaching a point where I could read entire novels, and yet fail to order a bloody ba-GET!

If you want to acquire confidence with spoken French and connect more realistically to French speakers, this book is for you.

It does not teach grammar. Not a whiff of a conjugation table. If you want that, don't buy this book. I focus entirely on the sound of French words. The entire point is to say 1000 French words with enough clarity that it shoves a cork in any French person's mouth when you're talking to them. They'll understand you. They won't echo-back your words, disgusted and confused, as if you've just abused them, and insulted their entire family!

Through very simple dialogues to begin, and then bigger events and finally small stories, you will read entire transcripts of phonetically written French, ensuring you're 'hearing' and not just 'reading'.

The ambition is to demystify the process (as much for myself as anybody else) and democratise the endeavour of language-learning. Too many of us adopt an attitude that it’s just too difficult, and understandably so, given the often poor returns on our time and effort. Rocket Science could have been mastered in the same amount of time! Ok, I exaggerate a little, but you get the point.

A motif of Claire Moving to France runs throughout the entire book, pulling the dialogues, short stories and vocabulary all together. The focus around Claire's expatriation to France helps to keep the learning focussed and practical, ensuring every new word and phrase is introduced via a context-rich manner.

Each module follows her journey. We introduce new vocabulary in a controlled, precise way – detailing exactly how to pronounce every single word. I'll say it again, in case you weren't listening! We provide phonetic transcriptions of ALL dialogue. EVERYTHING! This enables our readers to hear and speak real French, not just see it: KLAIR a-REEV a NEES, ek-see-TAY may ner-VUHZ.

Too many textbooks and courses assume learners will pick-up spoken forms by knowing the meaning of written words. For instance, ‘chaud’ means hot or warm. But sadly, it often leads to students looking baffled when they hear French in a real situation: ‘it’s very ‘SHOH’ today. “What’s SHOH? I’ve not learnt that!” And let’s not dwell on the frustration of being misunderstood – “can I have it CHOWD please?” Quoi? Je comprends pas what you’re saying, ‘CHAWED! What is this CHAWED?’ Forget it. I’ll take my cold sandwich and just get out of here as fast as possible… then I’ll spend the walk home sulking, a little depressed, and a dash mortified.

But no more despair! Begin today. Pick-up your copy of 'My First 1000 French Words'. Better still join our group class and get tested, poked and prodded on the content every week! How can you say no, when it's put this way?

So, throw out those traditional approaches, and get onboard the Anglais-Natif phonetic bandwagon. No more feeling stupid, unable to listen or speak. We will get you experiencing the ease and comfort you deserve. Some proper return for those hours of study and investment.

This book is built from hope and a sincere aim of helping anybody that really wants to learn. I believe languages are beautiful and that learning to speak them offers a real thrill and sense of accomplishment, one that sticks with us forever.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed pulling it all together.

Lots of love, Mark.

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