Complete French: Your all-in-one guide to learning French (Beginner–Intermediate)

Complete French: Your all-in-one guide to learning French (Beginner–Intermediate) by Dr Ana Maria Sousa Aguiar de Medeiros (Author), James Fowler (Author), Thomas Chaurin (Author)

Complete French from Teach Yourself is the bestselling course designed for the self-learner. Now updated with new content, this still retains all the core elements of the same series with over 1000+ 5* reviews that language learners have come to rely upon for over 85 years.

Comprehensive yet flexible, it empowers you to take control of your learning journey and study at your own pace - either on your own, with an accompanying online programme or as part of a classroom setting. Whether you're an absolute beginner or looking to rekindle your love of the French language and culture, this course provides everything you need to enjoy exploring and learning French.

What You're Getting Inside:

• Clear and Simple Explanations: Understand French step by step, even if you're just starting out, taking you from A1-B1 CEFR level/Beginner to Intermediate-High ACTFL level.
• All-Skills Practice: Strengthen your speaking, listening, reading, and writing with a wide variety of activities.
• Engaging Storyline: Stay motivated with a captivating story that connects all lessons.
• 5+ hours of Authentic Conversations: Hear native French speakers and absorb the natural rhythm and flow of the language to improve your pronunciation and speaking skills.
• Accessible Cultural Insights: Gain a deeper understanding of French culture with accessible notes and QR codes that link to real content to bring your learning to life.
• Unique Discovery Method: Spot language patterns on your own to boost memory and retention.
• Goal setting and progress checker: Includes progress checklist and goal setting embedded throughout, as well as online tools like grammar guides and CEFR-level assessments.

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Complete French: Your all-in-one guide to learning French (Beginner–Intermediate) - About the Authors

Ana de Medeiros is Director of the King's College Language Centre and Chair of the Association of University Language Communities, representing University Language Centres in the UK and Ireland. She has a PhD in French Literature and is one of the co-directors of the Language Acts and Worldmaking book series.

Having taught French at several UK Universities, James Fowler is currently Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Modern Languages of King's College, London. His research focuses on French Thought and Literature of the period 1600-1800. Besides writing books and articles pertaining to this area, he has translated several works by Voltaire into English.

Thomas Chaurin holds a Masters in French as a Foreign Language from the University of Rennes 2, in Brittany. He teaches French language to adults and is the Director of the Languages for All programme at the University of Edinburgh. Prior to this post, he taught French in various institutions in Slovakia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Chile, Canada and the USA. Thomas speaks French, Spanish and English.