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A Bilingual French Audio Novel Recorded at 2 Speeds
For the Intermediate and above French Student
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6 hrs 47 mins172 pages
Une Semaine à Paimpol
This intermediate level French audio novel tells the story of a young couple and their young daughter spending a week in the beautiful harbour town of Paimpol on the North Coast of France. Find dialogues that are lively, up to date, realistic, and adapted to your level and cover many everyday real life vacation situations.
The companion questions and answers audio workbook gives you the spoken practice you need to feel confident in your next interaction in French.
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Real-life situations covered include:
- Arriving in Paris Airport
- Going through immigration and customs
- Dealing with lost luggages
- Checking in a hotel
- Shopping for emergency supplies (after delayed luggage)
- Taking the train in France
- Dealing with a problem with your reservation at the hotel
- Ordering breakfast in a hotel
- Going to the beach
- Dealing with a cranky child
- Asking for directions
- Asking for info at the tourist office
- Ordering in a restaurant (casual, fancy… many examples)
- Making plans for the vacation
- Bargaining on a French Open Air Market
- Planning a picnic
- Getting injured and going to the pharmacy
- Taking a boat ride
- Renting a car
- Describing the landscape
- Following a French GPS
- Paying for parking
- Buying postcards
- Buying souvenirs
- Dealing with problems with food at restaurants
- Taking the Air France shuttle
Previews
Sample parts of Une Semaine à Paimpol chapter 13...
Jenni Campbell, Melbourne, Australia Verified Owner –
This is the first product I have purchased. I am delighted with the quality of the recording and the format of the material presented. There are so many opportunities to use the presentation to facilitate the type of learning required. I have quite a good accent and have an adequate vocabulary, but need practice with listening and conversation. I have enjoyed using this book to help me with these skills and I have found it really interesting text to engage with. I love the different speaking speeds and also the ability to switch translation on and off as needed. I am looking forward to furthering my skills with this product.
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Chris Verified Owner –
This was my first downloaded audio book from Frenchtoday and I really enjoyed all facets of the book. The story line is interesting and fun and the vocabulary and grammar just seem to sink in especially with repeated listening! Well done…I will be buying some more of these products!
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Fiona, Ypsilanti MICHIGAN USA Verified Owner –
My friend and I are really enjoying listening to this book. We listen to the slow version with the English turned off then try to answer the questions without looking at the answers. Is there some way to hide the answers too? Then we go back and listen to the street version. We’re both retired so can forget things very easily so it’s great being able to review it more than once!
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Liz Bennett UK Verified Owner –
Having bought and used most of the À Moi Paris audio books, I bought the two novels and have really enjoyed them both. They’ve definitely improved my understanding of French and are great for listening on long car journeys. I’d definitely recommend.
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What I like about French Today, having bought a couple of lessons from Camille and Olivier, which were very helpful, they keep in contact. I receive free French lessons every Thursday by email and they are not insubstantial lessons. You get a friendly feel about them and are not just about money. In October I am going on an immersion course with Julie in Provence, really looking forward to that.
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Margaret Lancaster Verified Owner –
I would definitely recommend this ‘book’ as a fun, relevant way to improve your French. It’s an engaging story, providing lots of useful holiday/travel vocabulary & expressions. Each section is followed by 20 comprehension questions, which are a great way to practise spoken French. You’ll be surprised by how much study you can get from each chapter- it says 6h 47m for the audio, but you can work & rework the materials several times. The App is easy to use & if you have any questions, a response comes promptly from French Today.
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George Clouette, Houston, Texas, USA Verified Owner –
After 30 years of involvement in evrything french, I decided to develop my conversational skills. This audio novel and the approoach it uses has helped me in comprehension of spoken french.
My wife and I are in Paris as I write this. I am trying to involve myself in more extended discussions with Parisians every day. Your audios and tips have been a big help. Especially in repetition of sentences and phrases used in discussions of favorite topics of mine. French singers and songs as well as food and wine.
Thanks for the work you and your family are doing to help learners of a beautiful language.
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Jeffrey Stroomer, Boulder, Colorado USA Verified Owner –
I’ve been studying conversational French for 3.5 years. For me, practice with audio is ideal, and the materials from French Today are exactly what I need. I’ve made real progress, and I owe it to hard work, and French Today.
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Peter Meiklejohn. Brisbane, Australia Verified Owner –
Not only does this audiobook represent excellent value, it also is an excellent aid to anyone who wants to learn real French. The text, with the English translation, helps me learn not just vocabulary, but also, importantly, sentence construction. Without question, the audio files help me learn to understand French as it is spoken, in addition to helping me learn how French is pronounced. I strongly recommend this book, and the others in the audiobook series, to anyone who seriously wants to learn how to understand, speak and write French. Since I commenced using these audiobooks, my comprehension of spoken French has improved considerably, and I am much more confident in speaking French.
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Kelly Moore Temecula, CA, USA Verified Owner –
J’adore l’histoire de Paimpol! You are a wonderful storyteller, both in writing and in the recording. So alive and vibrant. I’m thoroughly enjoying learning as I go. If I can learn all there is just in this one story I’ll have multiplied my ability in this beautiful language by an enormous amount. It’s somewhat staggering, but I’m really enjoying this.
It is taking some time as I read each story aloud and really contemplate the meanings so that I can learn better. I am also copying the audio of each chapter as I finish it to my Tascam recorder and listen to all of them each night while I sleep, both in slow speed and then in street speed. I’ve now finished 13 chapters so tonight I’ll be listening to 26 chapters! I haven’t yet added in the Q&A, but might just go for it tonight. 26 chapters and 13 Q&A! Youpiii!
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