Une Semaine à Paimpol
Practice Your French In the Context of A Real Storyline
Follow Thomas, Angela (which you already met in “Une Semaine à Paris“) and their 7-year-old daughter Laura as they vacation in France and go spend a week in Paimpol, a wonderful small harbor town on the North Coast of Brittany.
It also includes a recorded Q&A section to practice your French out loud and check your understanding of the story.
Recorded At 2 Different Speeds Of French
Each chapter of the story is recorded 2 different ways:
- A slower version with French glidings and elisions
- A modern street version as natives would actually speak in Paris so that you can start preparing your ears
Included In This French Audiobook
6 Hours 47 Mins of story chapters + Q&A exercises – all professionally recorded by a Parisian native + 172-page transcript with English translation.
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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
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Sample parts of Une Semaine à Paimpol chapter 13...
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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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Catherine, New Zealand Verified Owner –
I really value these audiobooks from FrenchToday.com. The subject matter is approachable, the different speeds of reading is helpful, it’s great to have the transcript to refer to when you are stuck, and the other files that come with it (eg Q&A) are very useful as well. In New Zealand, it’s not easy to practise hearing spoken French so these books are great.
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Cindy Van Wingerden Verified Owner –
The quality of the product is excellent. It is easy to use, it is incredibly practical and I am enjoying g the lessons immensely. It is my third Udio book of Camille. They have all been excellent
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Wendy Johnson – Australia Verified Owner –
I really enjoyed the story, especially as we spent some time in Brittany in 2012, staying at Trégastel and visiitng Bréhat and walking along the sentier des dounaniers in Perros_Guirec. We now think we missed lots of other attractions and need to return! My one comment about the printed material is that I would prefer that the translation was in a separate document ( as in à moi paris), rather than immediately under the French text. I think the layout makes it difficult to ignore the English translation.
I always look forward to receiving my French Today tips, cultural notes and travel stories. Merci beaucoup!
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Olivier Karfis French Today –
Thank you for your great review Wendy. Regarding the translation within the same document, we ran an extensive poll last year asking this exact question and the results were that most people preferred the translation in context versus having to hunt around in a different document (you must have an older version of A Moi Paris because the new ones follow the same format). Cheers.
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Ann Brooks Verified Owner –
Une Semaine A Paimpol includes most of the vocabulary needed to navigate authentic situations , including some likely disasters, when on holiday in France, in a charming and memorable way. If we did not know Paimpol and area well already we would certainly be encouraged to visit. Hopefully when we go back to Brittany the sound of Camille’s pronunciation and phrasing will be in our ears.
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David Byrne – Melbourne, Australia Verified Owner –
I am enjoying listening to this – the slow version at the moment! and working on some of the exercises.
So much of the vocabulary and many phrases are relevant to everyday life. A really great product.
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Susan Nash – UK Verified Owner –
“Une Semaine à Paimpol” is an excellent audio novel, which I would recommend to all levels of French students. Very useful, every day language is employed – the kind of things you are likely to want to say yourself! The audio is extremely clear and overall this a first-rate aid to help one speak better French.
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