Off The Bookshelf UK - Books Michel Thomas Method: French Vocabulary Course (Michel Thomas Series) Michel Thomas Method: French Vocabulary Course (Michel Thomas Series) New & Used Michel Thomas Method: French Vocabulary Course (Michel Thomas Series)

Search Books - select a category

Buy Michel Thomas Method: French Vocabulary Course (Michel Thomas Series) online at Discounted New and Used prices. Delivered to your door with Off-The-Bookshelf.

Michel Thomas Method: French Vocabulary Course (Michel Thomas Series)
by: Michel Thomas

List Price: £30.00

Price: £15.00

You Save: £15.00 (50%)
Prices subject to change.

Used Price: £37.98
Third Party New Price: £15.00

Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 9780340939826
Format: Audiobook
ISBN: 0340939826
Label: Hodder Arnold
Manufacturer: Hodder Arnold
Publication Date: May 25, 2007
Publisher: Hodder Arnold
Studio: Hodder Arnold
Sales Rank: 21967

Related Items:

101 French Idioms (101... Language Series)

Instant Recall Spanish Vocabulary: Learn and Remember Spanish Faster than You Ever Imagined Possible!: Learn and Remember Spanish Faster Than You Ever Imagined Possible! (Instant Recall)

Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses (Practice Makes Perfect Series)

Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Pronouns And Prepositions (Practice Makes Perfect Series)

Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Vocabulary (Practice Makes Perfect Series)

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Worthwhile - but extremely irritating
I've been a huge fan of Michel Thomas for years and would recommend any of his CD audio courses to anyone wanting to learn Spanish, Italian, French or German.
Were Michel alive today however, I wonder what he would make of this latest batch of language products - I mean the Vocabulary Courses - which bear his name.
Take the Spanish for example. With regard to the content I find little with which to quibble - although the endless repetition (like a mantra) of Michel's name becomes increasingly annoying as the course progresses. Indeed the inclusion in the course of two native speakers (one Castillian, the other Latin American) is a welcome and wholly positive aspect.
The problem is Rose Lee Hayden who presents the whole thing. ... Read More:

Rating:

- Not worthy of the Michel Thomas brand
I'm a massive advocate of Michel Thomas's work. I'm constantly recommending his courses to my friends for their ease of use, simplicity and the positive feeling you get from learning via his method. The only problem is that the success of his method is totally dependent on Michel himself, particularly his own in-depth knowledge, his limitless enthusiasm for languages, and particularly his adaptability, empathy and personable nature, all of which are in evidence in his CDs. This is a problem because Michel Thomas did not make or present this course.

This French Vocabulary course is superficially similar to those that Michel Thomas made and presented. However, they lack all of the subtlety, ingenuity, instinct and personal connection ... Read More:

Rating:

- Michel Thomas Spanish vocabulary course
I completed the various Michel Thomas Spanish courses and it is only natural to compare the vocabulary courses of his various "disciples" (in this case Dr Rose Lee Hayden) with those.

As a preliminary point, this is both difficult and uinfair because the courses teach fundamentally different things: MT taught grammar and very little vocabulary. Indeed, he taught vocabulary only to the extent that it was necessary to teach the structure of the language. This course aims to teach, frankly, as many different words as possible in 6 hours, with the result that grammar practice is cursory and it is necessary to do the course at least three times if you wish to internalise every word. I suspect many of the criticisms other have made spring ... Read More:

Rating:

- An excellent addition to the series.
I have completed the French Foundation, Advanced and Language Builder courses and found them excellent. Based on other reviews of the Vocabulary courses, I didn't really know what to expect, but I have to say that I find this is a great addition to the series. While the original Michel Thomas courses were very good at teaching sentence structure, the emphasis on verbs meant there was very little opportunity to practice some other basic aspects of grammar, such as gender agreement. This was touched on, but there was very little opportunity to practice. This course makes up for these shortcomings, and I believe this is even more important than the amount of vocabulary taught. I have to say that I don't find presenter Helene Lewis annoying, nor do I ... Read More:

Rating:

- Haydenised Spanish.
This vocabulary course was a big disappointment to me after the excellent Michel Thomas CDs.

Even as a beginner, I found the Hayden-American pronunciation of Spanish excruciating: in this respect it seemed to contradict, at times, the teaching of Michel Thomas. Similarly, I did not appreciate her patronising tone.

However, if you can suppress your annoyance, the course is good value for its factual material

Books : Michel Thomas Method: French Vocabulary Course (Michel Thomas Series)