Beginner Conversation Practice: Learn French from Real French People

SmartFrench Course, Book 3: The Smart Way to Learn French

By: Christian Aubert

Narrated by: Christian Aubert

Visit smartfrench.com. One learner broke his years-long French plateau in 10 weeks with SmartFrench, speaking naturally on his first trip to France. Course #3 trains real conversations, imitating diplomats, chefs, and models, while Course #4 accelerates fluency. Speak authentic French confidently—private-level coaching, not an app.

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René of Paris

HIs career from his backround seems unpredictable. Also, he seems to be a very interesting personality.
Coupled with Course 2, I feel I’m finally beginning to understand how French people talk to each other. Things are getting a little better, but following conservations among native speakers is still difficult. It’s as if, there’s a second version of the language inside the one that is taught more formally. I find the fact that the flow of the sounds sometimes takes precedence over the punctuation in the spoken sentences -pretty counter intuitive for me to follow. These dialogues certainly help - finally something that actually does. I still have a long ways to go, however. I also find that the units of comprehension ( =words ) is often taken apart with the spoken units of sound. As a native English speaker, this again feels quite counter intuitive. None-the-less, French Whisper is little like a Rosetta Stone, or at least like a bridge. To be fluent, both sides of the bridge between spoken French and formal French need to be pretty well mastered.

What an inspirational way to learn French!

SmartFrench is an extraordinary and superb French learning series which gets me to pronounce and use French words regularly in the context of everyday native speaking French.