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Nabaza.net-The MarketPlace - Instant Immersion French Deluxe vv2.0
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List Price: $39.99
Our Price: $49.99
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Topics Entertainment
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: TOPICS Entertainment
EAN: 0781735508466
Feature: 3 bonus Instant Immersion audio CDs focusing on vocabulary building
Format: CD-ROM
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Topics Entertainment
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Manufacturer: Topics Entertainment
Model: 80694
Platform: Windows Me
Publisher: Topics Entertainment
Release Date: 2007-11-29
Studio: Topics Entertainment
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Features
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3 bonus Instant Immersion audio CDs focusing on vocabulary building
8-CD suite of French language multimedia learning software
300 hours of beginner, intermediate, and advanced tutoring on 5 CD-ROMs
Monitor pronunciation and intonation with Spoken Error Tracking System
Instruction on 20 key lessons including vocabulary grammar and phonetics
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Editorial Reviews:
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Your first-class journey to a new language is ready to commence, with Instant Immersion French Deluxe v2.0, the multimedia learning collection on CD-ROM and audio compact disc. Includes Talk to Me French, The Collins Lexibase French-English Dictionary, and Immersion French Audio.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Terrible!!
Comment: Are the creators of this software FOR REAL??? Think you'll learn French with this junk? Think again! The first---the FIRST lesson makes you recognize French SENTENCES you've NEVER even heard before that have never even been explained prior. And get this, some of the menu labels are in French! The help button does not work. You have to exit the the program to get to the PDF help file. I can't even figure out what most of the exercises are for!
Junk!
Customer Rating:
Summary: You too can learn French
Comment: Give you many options as to how to learn French. A good feature is that when you are repeating the words and sentances, it shows you just how close you are to the proper pronunciation. I do word by word pronunciation practice,whe show you where you inflection is on target and where and how it needs to be improved.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not exactly what I had hoped for.
Comment: This program did not have some of the features I would have hoped for with a language immersion program. It would have been nice to have photos to connect with words and/or phrases. A workbook or printed companion book to the audio CD's would have also been helpful to reinforce word recognition. It is also difficult working with the voice recognition technology. Even when the speaker sounds as if they are perfectly copying the coach, the program doesn't mark it as sounding correct. If you are an auditory learner and listening to CDs appeals to you, there is much you can gain from the CD portion of the program. The computer program has some activities I enjoyed, but others that completely frustrated me. For one, you cannot type in your answers but have to click on an alphabet list to spell out the words you want...time consuming and frustrating. This program would be good for the beginning French student who wants to practice what they're learning in school. It's probably also a good review for the person who wants to brush up on their French if they've gotten a little rusty. I don't think anyone would be able to reach fluency using this program by itself.
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Summary: I already speak functional French and don't care for it.
Comment: I lived in west Africa and learned French over there through college courses, private tutoring, and just plain immersion. It has been a few years and I am soon returning to Senegal, so I thought I would use this to brush up a bit since it claims to cover many levels of difficulty. I was a bit shocked at the beginner level.
While I had no problems, I can certainly understand the frustration of the debutants. Without prior working knowledge, this would be seriously frustrating. It lacks a framework that might enable you to experience success at early levels.
It really is a TRUE IMMERSION EXPERIENCE in that there is just a lot of dialogue with little explanation unless you seek it out manually. Immersion is a frustrating experience - trust me. It is how I learned, but I will not be using this software any further. This might work fine in a classroom setting, but it does not stand on its own very well.
Another point is that while I was successful in the exercises due to previous knowledge, it is rather dry and I got bored pretty quickly. I realize quite well that true language learning is just plain work most of the time, but the lack of explanation in this made it very easy to walk away from. If you're after compelling learning, I would say, "Go fish."
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Summary: Great Program - MUST be computer literate and patient
Comment: At first, I thought that the program was a complete mess and very disorganized, but when I got to the next step, I realized that I was learning because I knew all of the answers to the questions in the exercises. This is a great way to learn. I know no French at all. It helps big time to click the American flag and see the side by side translations. The important thing is that if you've never studied a romance language before, you must take the time to read the grammar explanations. At first, you'll think they are idiots for teaching u single words by throwing whole sentences at you, but when u get to the next exercise, you realize that because of that format, you have already learned about vocab AND sentence formation at once. This is really great stuff, but you must take the time to explore it, move your mouse around and make sure there is nothing else available for you to click to get more info. There's lots of helpful information, but you have to play around and see what each button does. If you plan on buying another language from the same brand, keep in mind that they are not all set up the same way. Japanese may be set up very differently from French. I highly recommend this. I found it easy once I played around with it. The only reason it is not a 5 star is because it could use a little more instructional help for those who are a bit computer shy. I'm not even sure if there's a customer service number provided either.
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