Ask Fakespot Chat questions about this productAlpha
Add detailed feedback
Message
Loading suggested questions
Suggested Questions
Suggested Questions
No suggested questions were found
Pros & Cons
Pros
This book uses all of the verb tenses and contains lots of useful vocabulary for intermediate french learners. The french and german books work for me because all the books assume a modest amount of comfort with reading the target language and and hav... Read More
The book is accessible for (very) advanced beginner/intermediate students of french. This little book is a great entryway into conversational french.
The story line is about solving a mystery so it is compelling to keep reading. The story is fun and fast-paced and the conversations are realistic. The stories are easy to read and i can often intuit the meanings of new words from the context.
Familiarizing yourself with actual conversations is really the only way to develop the skill to engage in them on your own. Each conversation builds on the previous one so that there is both a flow and a spaced repetition of relevant material. There's... Read More
Highlights
Quality
Olly gives great study tips and the french is "real" french, not just textbook vocabulary.
It is the best reader i've found because it introduces new words gently and each conversation is short enough to keep the atten... Read More
I have been a fan of olly for years but this is completely unbiased.
The story was engaging, the layout easy to follow.
Price
I use this inexpensive paperback as a supplement to the textbook in my high school french i class.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
french, level, short, spanish and great. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 547 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 17 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Maybe it says it in the description and i didn’t read it well enough but i thought this would be multiple common conversations in french
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It is in fact one long story broken down into conversations
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I just thought there would be examples of everyday conversations which would be more helpful than one story
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I will reread several times and likely will get more out of the story each time
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Wish there were additional volumes of this same level just to have more practice reading
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Unfortunately if you are learning multiple languages then the story is the same one for the others languages
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Its too boring to read the same in italian and french just the characters and city names changed
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
List of words are old school and useless if you don’t know how to use it in a context
Review Count History
Price History
Ask Fakespot Chat questions about this productAlpha
Add detailed feedback
Message
Loading suggested questions
Suggested Questions
Suggested Questions
No suggested questions were found