Bon départ: beginners' French - Audio
By The Open University
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Description
Want to learn the basics in French? The 18 audios in the album are devised for beginner learners of French and include a series of short conversations in which you will hear people greeting each other, asking how to get somewhere, asking who someone is, buying things, ordering breakfast in a café and talking about what they eat for breakfast, booking a hotel room, and using numbers and letters. There is also a track to help with pronunciation. This material forms part of The Open University course L192 Bon départ: beginners' French.
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1 |
Beginners' French Introduction | An introduction to this album of Beginner’s French lessons. | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Beginners' French Introduction | Transcript -- An introduction to this album of Beginner’s French lessons. | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Greetings | Various ways to say hello and goodbye. | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Greetings | Transcript -- Various ways to say hello and goodbye. | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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At the train station | How to find your way | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- At the train station | Transcript -- How to find your way | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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7 |
Checking spelling | Finding out who someone is and spelling their name | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Checking spelling | Transcript -- Finding out who someone is and spelling their name | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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9 |
Shopping | Describing and purchasing items | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Shopping | Transcript -- Describing and purchasing items | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Pronouncing words | Practicing pronunciations | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Pronouncing words | Transcript -- Practicing pronunciations | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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At the cafe | Talking to the waiter | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- At the cafe | Transcript -- Talking to the waiter | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Paying in the cafe | Paying and tipping | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Paying in the cafe | Transcript -- Paying and tipping | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ordering breakfast | What would you like for breakfast? | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Ordering breakfast | Transcript -- What would you like for breakfast? | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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19 |
A French breakfast | What do you normally have for breakfast? | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- A French breakfast | Transcript -- What do you normally have for breakfast? | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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21 |
At the newsstand | How to buy a selection of items at the tabac | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- At the newsstand | Transcript -- How to buy a selection of items at the tabac | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Describing nationality | How to talk about somebody’s nationality | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Describing nationality | Transcript -- How to talk about somebody’s nationality | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Eating breakfast | What do you eat for breakfast? | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Eating breakfast | Transcript -- What do you eat for breakfast? | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Getting around town | Asking where something is | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Getting around town | Transcript -- Asking where something is | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Booking a room | How to reserve a hotel room | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Booking a room | Transcript -- How to reserve a hotel room | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Birthdays | what date is yours? | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Birthdays | Transcript -- what date is yours? | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Introducing yourself | Communicate information about yourself | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Introducing yourself | Transcript -- Communicate information about yourself | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Discussing time | A conversation at the photo developer’s shop. | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Discussing time | Transcript -- A conversation at the photo developer’s shop. | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Going places | Asking how long a journey will take by car, bus or on foot. | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Going places | Transcript -- Asking how long a journey will take by car, bus or on foot. | 6/22/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 38 Items |
Customer Reviews
Difficult for Complete Beginners
I've been searching around on the podcasts to refresh my French, and came across this one. Since I took French for years, this is easy dialogue for me to follow. However, this would be difficult to understand for a complete beginner. I've yet to see the transcript, but based off of another review, it seems both are only in French. It would be much more helpful to have the transcript written in French and then in English with key terms and definitions.
Good for beginners
very helpful
Where are the translations to English??
A beginner can't learn a new language without knowing the meaning of the words! This is merely nothing more than French dialogue written and spoken! There is no "teaching" of the language. This course is useless unless you already know some French & are looking to improve on your pronunciation.
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