Learn How To Speak French

Learning to speak French can be a real challenge. However, it is one of the most rewarding challenges that you can undertake. Learning the native tongue of the countries you travel adds wonders to an already thrilling experience.

Do you want to learn French but you think it would take too long? Or have you tried to learn French and found it difficult and frustrating? If you answered yes to either question, then maybe you should consider purchasing the Rocket French Language Course. I used the Rocket French Language Course for more than a year now and I found it the easiest, fastest, and best way to learn French. It was developed by Marie-Claire Rivière who is a native speaker of French. She developed this interactive course so that anybody would know what to say in any situation such as ordering at a restaurant or meeting a new group of French speaking people. After going through this course, I was able to speak to French speaking people more proficiently, read magazines and websites written in French, and understand French language movies.

A great aspect of the Rocket French program is that it isn’t just an introductory course. The course is designed with the assumption that the student has no background in the language when starting. But it continues to an advanced level as well. I felt like this increased the value of the program because I wouldn’t have to go out and buy a more advanced course as I progressed. This course will benefit anyone at the beginner, intermediate, or advanced levels.

In order to learn French well, you have to listen to and speak a lot of French words and phrases. This course is designed with that in mind because among the many things that are included are a 11 hour, 31 lesson Interactive Audio Course, Beginner and Advanced Grammar books and exercises, and “MegaFrench” software games. If you need additional help, you can either email the creator of this course or you can post a message on the Members Only “Learn French” Forum.

Possibly the most impressive part of this course is the aforementioned members only forum where you can ask questions and communicate with other students and the Rocket Language online instructors. To me, this forum made the cost of this course a real bargain. If you happen to get stuck on something, you can find lots of help in the forum.

Rocket French Interactive Audio Course

The first module is the interactive audio course which consists of 31 lessons or tracks. The average length of each track is about 20 minutes. That adds up to over 11 hours of lessons that you can listen to as much as you want. If you study hard enough, you will be able to introduce yourself, order at a restaurant, ask for directions, ask how much something costs while shopping, ask for help in an emergency room, etc. in any French speaking community. Also included are the full transcripts for each audio track. Each transcript has the French translation of the conversations on the audio track followed by the English Translation.

In addition to these audio lessons, you will also get 45 illustrated beginner to advanced grammar lessons. These lessons include over 400 pages of supplemental materials and over 3000 audio tracks that are designed to reinforce the lessons. There are also 788 fun-filled interactive exercises and activities that will make learning much easier. These items will help you learn the grammar behind the conversation, similar phrases on the same topic, important vocabulary that you need to know, and much more.

These lessons are very easy to learn. Many well known words and phrases are used throughout the lessons. You will be taught modern French and not the traditional French that no one uses anymore. This course is a modern and up-to-date package. It was designed to be compatible with the learning styles and preferences of the modern day learner. The advanced language learning techniques in this course were developed by a university psychologist and will help train your mind to acquire language in 1/3 the time. These audio files are in MP3 format which means you can download them to your iPod or you can burn them onto an audio CD. So you can learn French in your car, at the gym, or anywhere else.

The methods used within this first module will allow you to absorb and speak modern French quickly. I know 11 hours seems like a lot, but the way the course is set up into fun games and exercises, the time flies, and you will stay excited about it because you are learning quickly.

MegaFrench – Rocket French Learning Software

Also included with the Rocket French course is MegaFrench which is a French learning software. This software consists of three different enjoyable and entertaining games: MegaVocab, MegaAudio, and MegaVerbs. If you do not like using flashcards, these computer games are a good alternative.

MegaVocab is a word building game that has over 1,000 words and over 20 topics such as “Food and Wine”, “The Weather”, and “Traveling”. This game will even allow you to add 100’s of words and pictures of your own. After you have selected the topic you want to be tested on, you start the game and you will be shown a picture and the corresponding English word. Then you are supposed to select the correct French word among the four choices given. The system provides a score with each exercise so you always have a unit of measure for your progress. If you use this word recall game on a regular basis, then you will significantly improve your recognition and memorization of French words and phrases.

MegaAudio will help you understand what a French speaking person is saying. This game will help you recognize more than 1,000 words in a short period of time. Once you have chosen your topic and started the game, you will be shown 6 different pictures along with the corresponding English word for each picture. Then the audio track will play the French equivalent and your job is to select the picture corresponding to this French word.

Many people say that one of the most difficult things about learning a language is being able to understand the spoken word. By playing this game, you will greatly improve your understanding of the spoken word. It was very reassuring that I was developing the proper pronunciation. I didn’t develop any bad habits because I was learning the proper way to speak the language from the start of my lessons.

I found this software to be a lot of fun to use. It is one thing to learn the vocabulary, but to understand it when spoken is another. In my opinion this is where other programs fall short, and where Rocket French exceeds the instruction of the other courses.

MegaVerbs will make it very easy to learn about verbs and how they change depending on the tense and the context. This game will really help you answer the type of questions that are frequently asked in exams. You can decide which tense or tenses you want to be tested on including present, perfect, future, conditional, imperfect, subjunctive, imperative, past perfect, and past conditional. Throughout the game, you will randomly be shown one of the 50 most commonly used verbs in its basic form, a tense to change to, and an English phrase that you have to translate into French. You are given 4 chances to type the correct French translation in the space provided.

Closing Remarks

With all of this information, you will be able to speak French confidently and naturally in less than 8 weeks. You can download the entire Rocket French package in a matter of minutes and I loved that aspect of this course. You do not have to wait weeks before it is delivered to you. The cost of the downloadable version of this program is $99.95 which means it is still priced lower than most of the other courses on the market. This is a lot cheaper than getting lessons from a private French tutor. Being able to download the course saves me a lot of money and it also allowed me to get started right away. I was able to listen to it on my computer, burn the material to a CD, and even load audio on my ipod. They do offer an option for having the course shipped out to you on CD’s, software, and printed material. This option comes at a higher price of course.

To top it all off, the folks at Rocket French offer the course with a 60 day, no questions asked, money back guarantee. When I consider the quality of the course work, the software, the forum, the guarantee, and the bargain price, I can only give the Rocket French program my highest rating of 5 stars. If you want to learn a second language, I think you will have a real hard time beating the quality of this program. If you want to order the Rocket French course, then please click here.