À Moi Paris Method – Intermediate

I have been aspiring to learn French for some time over the years, starting in high school. Recently, in preparation for moving to the U.K. and having much easier access to France, I have been trying anew to gain some level of fluency in French. I had been using Duolingo, which is helpful enough for learning some vocabulary and verb conjugations. However, it does not have anywhere near the context, useful conversation, language tips, and instruction in use and pronunciation of modern French as Camille and Olivier’s audiobooks. Initially I had stumbled on French Today as I looked for more insight into how to actually speak French to real people. They have incredibly helpful and informative blog posts that are an amazing resource. If you want a taste of the audiobooks, do check out the blog posts. Camille’s tone is friendly and accessible, and she explains the complexities of French quite clearly, along with invaluable tips on how to bolster learning.

Recently I decided to purchase the audiobook series after following the blog for a while. I accidentally purchased the beginner levels 1 and 2, thinking I am definitely a beginner but realizing I would have been better off with levels 3 and 4. Olivier was incredibly accommodating of my mistake and graciously arranged for an exchange of materials in a very timely manner. The materials are clear, friendly, and genuinely helpful. The most valuable part of the materials to me is the street pronunciation of French, which is quite different from what one is generally taught in American school or in other self-learning courses.

Thank you so much to Camille and Olivier for their accessible and fantastic products!

Great listening practice. Highly recommended.

I purchased level 3 , I have a basic French and I strugle with retaining infomation ,
I have tried many system of French ,I find your methods suit my level but I lack discipline , but I am trying

I’m really enjoying the course material. It makes a nice change from the conventional learning processes. To be able to understand the nuances of street french will be of great benefit . I will certainly purchase the next chapter once I have completed this one.

I started studying French a year ago for pleasure, and I am starting my intermediate studies. I use a variety of study methods to keep things interesting so that I stay motivated. I started using the French Today verb drills and the first audiobook very early in my studies. They have been so helpful both in learning French vocabulary and in learning to pronounce things correctly. Recently I received a compliment from my French teacher about how clearly I speak French – she says I am very understandable. I attribute this to the time that I have spent with the French Today verb drills and audiobooks.

There are a lot of people on the internet trying to sell things to French learners, and some of them are a waste of money and don’t actually work. French Today is different. The verb drills and audiobooks are very useful and can be used in a variety of ways to help you study – as Camille explains in the introductions to everything. Using the instructions provided by French Today, I have not had any problems using the materials on my computers (both Apple and Windows) and on my iPhone and iPad. It has been easy to use them on all of my devices. Now that French Today has its own app, I suspect it will be even easier.

Thank you Camille and Olivier for the work you do through French Today!

A well structured and very clear explanation of basic French grammar, concentrating on the present tense and the little words that give learners a lot of difficulty in any languate. The integration between a really interesting story and the lessons is a real strength, as is the choice of speeds with which the story is read. The emphasis on ‘street French pronunciation’ is great. This whole series of audiobooks is a fantastic resource for early intermediate students trying to progress to the next stage. Many mysteries of the French language are clarified in a way that is difficult to find elsewhere.

It is exactly what I need – everyday conversation. I tried things like Bookbox and they use tenses that are not used in everyday conversation like passé simple so it was frustrating.

I am living in the French speaking part of Switzerland and need to have practice with conversation. I listen to the slow speed, then I listen again sentence by sentence and repeat it out loud. Then I use it for dictation and write what I heard.

I had to guess at which level I should begin, but I must have guessed right. I always understand what Marie and her friends are talking about, and after listening several times I understand nearly every word they say. Camille is a very expressive reader, so the recordings are interesting to hear even when you’ve heard them a few times already. It’s an encouraging way to learn to French.

Thank you for the new link to the audio I had lost . I also thank you for the weekly lessons. I have been trying to learn French for 10 years now ,and after trying your system I wish I had found it before . I have made more progress this year with the words and audio together.

Thank you

After taking a while to decide which Audiobook would best suit my level, I decided to go for the the À Moi Paris Level 4 Audiobook, as I wanted more advanced tenses. I’m really pleased I did. It matches my level perfectly. I have the recording playing in my car constantly, and like Camille states, there is hours and hours of material for you to study, or you can just listen to the story for fun. The whole product is very well thought out and presented nicely. I was a little worried at first that I might have missed something by going straight to level 4, but this was not the case, you can just dive straight in! I use the product every single day, and will do so for a long time. In addition to my evening classes, it is the perfect compliment, and I have no doubt it would be really beneficial if it was my only source of learning. I’m already looking forward to Level 5, and am seriously considering an immersion course!!

J’aime bien À Moi Paris Series! Je suis trés heureuse que je l’ai acheté.
J’adore les listes de vocabulaires, et les guides d’étude.

Well done! Great for increasing your vocabulary, even if you have been speaking French for a long time.

I am very pleased with the audio learning,especially the street french. The sytem you use makes learning la french a lot simpler.

Since I am very hard of hearing, the crystal clear pronunciation at slow speed is immensely helpful to me.

I did not know what to expect when I took a chance and purchased the level 3 and 4 series. I am at the present moment about halfway through level 3. I deeply appreciate the clarity of the speaker’s enunciation of the spoken French. I have found listening to the slower version multiple times after reading the dialogue for that section carefully a number of times followed by repeated listenings of the faster version most productive for me. I do appreciate the flow of the street version. I have always had difficulty with the flow of spoken French and these dialogs have been excellent. I also appreciate many elements of the Study Guide. I am enjoying the series and regard the money spent well worth it. I don’t expect to ever be fluent in French; but I do hope that my visits to France in the future will leave me batter able to handle what is thrown at me. I am already OK with written French at, say, the early lycée level; but improving somewhat with my conversational competence, which is pretty close to zero presently, is my goal. So far, so good. I like these learning materials and am pleased I purchased them. Merci pour le matériel pédagogique excellent.

These audio books are very helpful. They can be used in so many ways; from deliberate study using the study guides found after each chapter, to listening through your car’s stereo system as you drive to work. There are many layers of learning in each book. Well done, Camille!

This is a very good series and well done. I’ve listened at the regular pace (not slow) and studied the questions afterward. Would recommend to anyone!

Excellent stuff! Difficult enough to make me really listen, but easy enough for me to feel good about my progress. Thank you!

The audiobook series is an excellent way to fine-tune your listening and speaking skills. The method was well thought out because the varying speeds allow you to adapt and progress to a normal pace of speaking. Also, the dialogs are real-world situations, which provide you with useful conversational tools. Thank you for the effort you’ve put into this, and I look forward to additional materials in the future.

Dear Camille,

While searching online for the Our Father Prayer in French, I came across the link to your translation – thank you!

Then, on seeing your French language program; I decided to order the A Moi Paris Level 4 and Une Semaine a Paris in order to brush up before visiting my family in Aquitaine. Both the stories and audio recordings are great!

I also appreciate your short posts on Twitter.

Cheers!

-I love the vocabulary at the end of each chapter as well as the questions and answers.

-I loved so much the thematic situation for example ( at the airport, at the restaurant, train station, the pharmacy, bakery..etc) because this is where it comes useful to us and it was helpful to me so much in my last trip to France. I hope you have more thematic situations ( like the post office, immigration office,…etc) I think people will love it and appreciate it.

– I loved the detailed and designated pdf and audio for the medical situations which was also free. So generous of you.

Thanks for your lovely books and effort for helping us learn, I progressed a lot using your books.

All the best,

Cheers

Great way to practice comprehension, including idiomatic , colloquial, and slang speech! Covers everyday experiences with real life conversation at two different speeds! Accompanied by study guides and vocabulary in written form.

Olivier and Camille’s audio books and their hints on e-mail for speaking casual, real-life French are super helpful for students and French teachers alike. Having lived in the States, they understand the problems and mistakes that American students of French have with the language. Their audio books and emails help teachers and students to practice the “real” language rather than the stilted, formal, text-book French that comes with most teaching programs.

An excellent way to practice speaking French and to get used to hearing it as it is spoken every day! I strongly recommend it.

I found this series very helpful in converting my high school French into something that could actually be used to speak to and understand French people. Camille is a great storyteller, and speaks very clearly. She uses current French pronunciations and also some slang-type words. Again, a great help in understanding what’s going on around you.

Great stuff ! This is my third purchase and I like the format very much. My French is improved. For the future you should consider making a learning movie ! Are you familiar with “French in Action” ? Do that but bring it up-to-date for the 21st century.

I have found this audiobook very helpful. I like that the dialogue is recorded at 2 different speeds. I try to copy the dialogue at the slower speed using the pause button and then listen to the recording at street speed. It really works, my spoken french is so much better.
The written book with translation is there for when I don’t understand and the exercises at the end of each chapter help to reinforce the grammar points, I find it easier to see an example for it to sink in. But for me, it is the audio that has helped the most, I know I have made some progress with this method and am more confident in my spoken french.

My friend and I have been taking lessons in French (we live in the Aveyron) but it has been very difficult to find a qualified teacher. We both felt that we were not progressing, so I suggested we have a go at the “A Moi Paris”, we love it. It is giving us a range of verbs, grammar, but most of all it is teaching us to ‘speak’.

‘Listening’, ‘understanding’, and ‘pronouncing’ are all in the audio which also describes the correct way to glide the words together.

We get together at the moment once a week and 2 hours just fly by. Each chapter is the right length to work at and to feel achievement has been made. Well done and thank you.

Hi. As always your service has been excellent and I have downloaded the product successfully. Even though I am 80 years old I still definitely make steady progress with your products. As a matter of interest I photo copy everything, down load the audio to an MP3 and then use them on my velo de chambre! That way I faire d’une pierre deux coups!
Again many thanks for your excellent products,

I just love the French Today products. Camille speaks with such clarity and her pronunciation is so clear that my ears don’t struggle so much to hear what she’s saying, even in the ‘normal’ speed recordings. There are many hours of listening, speaking and reading practice that can be achieved with each audiobook, and this new A Moi Paris Level 4 adds new challenges. Highly recommended.

I have learned a lot from the many products I have purchased from French Today. I started with À Moi Paris and later purchased Une Semaine à Paris, Poetry, Fairy Tales, and a couple of grammar items. I feel my French has improved a lot with these products. I highly recommend these products.

If you are already at a low intermediate level in your French studies, this is the best way I have found until now to pick up every day french, my best recomendation

Thanks for this excellent product. Most of the time I listen to the courses in my car as it’s the easiest way for me..
The courses are thorough and the learning has been straightforward and has really helped my life here in France that is spent 40% of the time in French and 60% in English.

I’m currently taking a French Course with a government agency. While the program I’m taking is intense, I found that I needed other resources to aide in my learning processes. I searched on the internet for an audio product that would help tune my ear to French pronunciations, help increase my vocabulary and enhance my speaking ability. I sampled a few other audio programs, but I found I kept coming back to Camille’s products. While this review is mainly for A moi Paris 2, it covers the products I have purchased from French Today – such as French Verb Drills and the Secret to French Pronunciations. You’ll find that Camille’s voice is very pleasant and with the right player you can slow it down or have it at normal speed – as required by your ear. Her approach is original and straightforward. She has helped clear up some of the mysteries surrounding the language. The study guide is very easy to use and helps with placing new words into context while also providing the meaning in context. The book comes with a full transcript in both English and French – so if you are stuck, a complete translation is readily available. I would highly recommend this product and others for both beginner and intermediate students.

I love this series also – the faster pace of speech and the use of all tenses is challenging and is a great follow on from ‘A Moi Paris 1. Just one complaint – I really miss the Question and Answer section.

[NOTE from French Today: We added a Q&A section in our 2015 update!]

I’m a low intermediate learner of french and I find A moi Paris extremely helpfull for everday language, this is exactly my goal to be able to speak fluently and undestand quickly at a low intermediate level, I don’t want more but I want to be good at this level, everyday language.
A moi Paris is perfect for this goal.

Perfect for anyone wanting to understand daily French conversations. There is nothing else like this on the market. Superb technical quality.