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Learn French with Paul Noble for Beginners – Part 1

French Made Easy with Your Personal Language Coach

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About this listen

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure.

Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all.

Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been proven to succeed every time. Unlike more traditional language learning courses, Paul Noble’s unique method has no grammar tests, no memory drills and no chance of failure. Whatever your experience with languages, whether you’re an absolute beginner or someone with basic knowledge who wants to improve their ability, this is the course to get you speaking French quickly, easily, and effortlessly. Just listen, interact and learn wherever you are.

In this audiobook, Paul will introduce you to the basics of the French language and guide you through over 3 hours of practical, everyday scenarios that will build your confidence.

You will learn a huge range of vocabulary in no time at all, and be able to quickly make your new knowledge work for you in a variety of everyday scenarios. A native-speaking French expert will help you to perfect your pronunciation as you progress through the course. Language learning has finally become fun, enjoyable and accessible.

A downloadable booklet is also included to use as a reference and revision tool.

This download is Part One of a three-part course. Once you’ve finished Part One, download Learn French with Paul Noble for Beginners – Part Two.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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Critic reviews

Review of Paul Noble Method by The City Magazine:

“Relaxing and listening to the CDs, I found that I seemed to absorb the phrases taught, without even consciously trying, and quickly felt confident enough to play around with the different components and make my own sentences.”

Reviews of Collins French with Paul Noble by Amazon customers:

"We both have a basic grasp of the relevant languages but this course is helping to improve our speaking ability better than all the previous attempts we have made. Try it."

"The language is explained in a simple way and the teacher doesn't use complex grammar terms… Instead the teacher more or less just leads you into French so that you find you can more or less start speaking it just a couple of hours in. For me though the absolute best thing about it is that it has allowed me to speak in full, proper sentences in French… A fantastic course and a well deserved 5 stars!"

"At last an easy way to learn a language!

Easy to understand plus an easy one to pop into the car cd player and use on the move, so no more 'I haven't the time… A lot more entertaining than text books and the old fashioned way of learning a different language other than the mother tongue. '"

"Overall, the method being used is superb and I feel it more or less guarantees that someone will be speaking French by the end. This is what has happened to me – and for the first time!"
loved this, basic and easy and allows you to go at your own pace. I have used this audio book for both french and Italian and both are very helpful. There is no booklet which he mentions but it really doesn't matter too much. This is for understanding sentence structure only, if you are after specific objects then this isn't for you. There are numbers up to 20 and that's it. Still I give it 5 stars for the price.

Great for learning basic sentence structure

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Where does Collins French with Paul Noble - Learn French the Natural Way, Part 1 rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

highly ranked among all the audiobooks I’ve listened to so far.

What about Paul Noble’s performance did you like?

best for beginners.

Any additional comments?

if you want to travel France, it really worth listening.

best French learning course~

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Really enjoyed this first course, rules are easy to follow. Had me speaking in French very quickly. Looking forward to part 2.

Brilliant! French made easy!

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Very enjoyable way of learning a language. Highly recommend to everyone. Well structured but easy and relaxed.


Great

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It's a great audio book. It's great how it's using English words to remember the French

French

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Very easy to follow and learn. Paul gets you building up long sentences very quickly. The words and phrases he teaches you will get you through many situations you will find yourself in. Paul teaches through repetition rather than memorisation so what you learn stays in you subconscious rather than having to actively think about he words . While living in France I've found this allows you to speak in a more relaxed way without having to consciously think about directly translating. I have listened to this audiobook many, many times and each time the language sinks in more and more. Highly recommended.

A really good french speaking learning tool!

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I found this course really good but I think if he spelt a few more words out a bit more regularly, I would of learnt a little bit quicker.
Alot of French words look different but sound that same or similar so buy spelling them out would of helped me greatly!
overall a great course though!

Great! but a small improvement could be brilliant

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Really clear instructions & tips.
Ability to Recap. Good to have a French voice as well.

Great way to learn!!

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I have never been very good at languages, but downloaded all four parts of this course in preparation for a recent family holiday to France. The method Paul uses works well, and I found I was able to make rapid progress after just a few days listening to the course on my way to and from work.

When on holiday I found I had the confidence to do the usual holiday things like ask for directions, reserve tables, order in restaurants and buy tickets for tourist attractions. I even surprised my family by stopping a passer-by in the street on the first day and checking whether or not I had to pay for parking in the town square!

It's a testament to this course that since returning from France, I have continued to listen to the final "review" lesson (part 4) to keep up the knowledge I've gained. Thoroughly recommended.

An excellent way to learn - tried and tested!

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If you want to brush up your French this is a great way to do it. I did A level French a long, long time ago and had loved the language but had forgotten even basic verbs. I feel as if these audio books have connected me with so much that I had lost. I bought all three books in series and then the course review. I will return to them again. I would love it if my son,who is doing GCSE French, would listen to them too as I think they would be excellent for him. The chances of him acting on my advice are slim but these audio books really impressed me.

Speak French as you Go About Life

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