Berlitz Basic French: The Unique, Simple, and Successful Approach to Language
Basic French is a complete French language instruction kit which includes three 60-minute audio cassettes, a 192-page study guide (complete with texts, simple rules of grammar, notes, and exercises), and 24 lively, listen-and-repeat sound "scenes" covering everyday topics such as greetings, telling time, counting, changing money, and getting directions. Berlitz is the premier language instruction publisher and with Basic French has created a format that is a step-by-step method that will have you conversing with ease in only a few enjoyable hours. The key is speaking aloud, then repeating, and thereby building confidence as you build an everyday working vocabulary. Basic French is ideal for the business traveler, vacationer, and Francophiles who wish to converse in the native tongue when visiting areas as diverse as Quebec, Cajun Country, France, or the Mediterranean and southeast asian countries.  --Midwest Book Review