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- Platform: Windows Vista / 7 / XP, Mac OS X
- Media: DVD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
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Product Features
- The UK’s Best-selling Language Software from the No.1 Name in Language Learning
- New Features for Version 2 including new beginner lessons, progress tracking and fun new activities
- Suitable for all levels - Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced for business, home, travel or school use
- Learn on your Mac or PC with this award-winning software
- Complete instruction – learn by listening to actual conversations and watching videos
- Flash Card System – Quickly improve your language skills with this proven learning method
- Practise your vocabulary using your iPod or other MP3 player, plus, extend your vocabulary with the vocabulary building screensaver
- Master speaking skills in your car with a complete audio course on CDs
- Advanced speech analysis – improve your pronunciation with speech analysis tools
- Interactive games – puzzles, fill-in-the-blank and more make learning enjoyable and effective
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| Experience for yourself how fun and easy it is to use the Berlitz Language Learning System. Berlitz has been synonymous with effective foreign language learning for 130 years. Whether you're learning French for travel, business of personal use, Berlitz will engage you in easy, fun and interactive activities that will help you learn French faster than you ever thought possible. Suitable for All Levels Beginner - Learn and speak French Naturally. Start with the basics, such as greetings, introductions, travel terms, money, shopping and more. Intermediate - Know your way around in French. Learn to talk about your environment. Berlitz makes it easy to ask for directions, order a meal or tell the time. Advanced - Start speaking confidently and with ease. Begin to express yourself in conversations using the French speaking skills you have learned. |
Award-Winning Software
Learn to speak French easily and with confidence on your Windows PC or Mac. Berlitz's complete language learning system will engage you interactively so you can learn faster and more effectively.
- Start speaking French confidently in just 30 days.
- Great for travel, business, school or personal use.
- For beginner, intermediate and advanced users.
New Features for Version 2
- 15 New Beginner Lessons - More than 12,000 words and phrases covering beginner level topics.
- Progress Tracking - Keep on top of your progress and identify what you have left to learn.
- New Activities - Make Learning fun with Fill in the Blank, Word Whirl, Concentration and Four Square.
- New Tests - Prove your knowledge and track your progress.
| Learn on Your PC or Mac Learn to speak easily and with confidence on your Windows or Macintosh computer. Berlitz's complete language learning system engages you interactively in four different ways so you can learn faster and more effectively.
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Learn in Your Car with Audio CDs
Build Speaking Proficiency with Berlitz Audio CDs. Master your speaking skills with a complete and comprehensive course on audio CDs - directly through your car speakers, iPod and other mobile listening devices.
Learn on the Go
Innovative iPod Exercises. Whether you're relaxing, cooking dinner, taking a walk or doing chores, you can practise your vocabulary with both audio and pictures on your iPod. You'll even get to regularly test your proficiency with word lists that match the software.
| Learn and Explore at Your Own Pace Speed Up with our Flash Card System - Reinforce your lessons and quickly improve your speaking skills with this proven exercise method. Learn more than 1,000 vocabulary words and phrases with Berlitz Premier Flash Cards Berlitz Premier allows you to determine your own learning pace by deciding when you need translation-and when you don't. Plus, you can…
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Advanced Speech Analysis
Berlitz Premier provides advanced speech analysis to help you speak like a native. Simply record, playback, and compare to perfect your accent and improve your pronunciation.
Interactive Games make Learning Fast and Fun
From simple puzzles to fast-paced Plug-n-Play games that help increase your reading comprehension, Berlitz makes learning languages exciting for the entire family.
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Reviews
"The concept of multiple learning strands is certainly a clever one which gives this package the edge over the average language tutor."
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"a powerful learning package"
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"an incredibly good tutoring system aimed at everyone from beginners to reasonable speakers"
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System Requirements:
Windows: Window XP, Vista or 7, 256 MB RAM, DVD Drive, Sound card and speakers. Macintosh: OS X 10.4 or Later, 256 MB RAM, DVD Drive
^According to Chart Track figures reported January to May 2010 by units and/or value for each Berlitz title compared to the next equivalent language title reported. Product comparison based on competitive products in-stores on 09/01/09.
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BERLITZ FRENCH PREMIER V2
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Having read the reviews and product description before I bought this pack, I could not quite make out what level it was aiming at, particularly as it claims to be suitable for all levels from beginner to advanced. Once I started using it I could see why this was the case. Quite simply, it is not a coordinated learning package but a collection of different bits and pieces of French language learning materials all bundled under the Berlitz brand name.
There is an attempt to pull some of it together under an interface called "Learning Centre" but this doesn't really work. For example the flash cards will not accept keyboard input when you access them via the Learning Centre (as you're supposed to do) but will accept keyboard input if you close the Learning Centre and open the cards program separately. At least this is the case on my PC, and it is no use clicking on the link for technical help as it does not work. There is no technical help.
The six short videos are useful for listening to and analysing French conversation, though I still had to rely on Google language tools for much of the latter. However, some of the vocabulary learning aids such as crosswords and word games were of doubtful value, and again there are technical problems with some of the interactive video exercises. This part of the learning materials also includes a gimmicky word pronunciation meter where you say a word or phrase into a microphone and the program is supposed to analyse what you've said in terms of vowels, fricatives etc and give you a score showing how close your pronunciation is to good French. This is something that only a computer geek would think of as useful, or even possible. I got my best scores when, just for fun, I pronounced the French in broad Scots, Scouse or Cockney accents. This may not say much about my usual French accent but I suspect it says more about the software.
I wish I could give this pack a higher score, but in many ways it is an opportunity missed. Instead of producing a comprehensive learning programme, the publishers have cobbled together some old bits of learning materials(they still use francs in the shopping sequences)and packaged them under the Berlitz brand. However, there is still a lot of useful stuff in there, and over all it is still good value for money - and the pronunciation meter is always worth a laugh.
There is an attempt to pull some of it together under an interface called "Learning Centre" but this doesn't really work. For example the flash cards will not accept keyboard input when you access them via the Learning Centre (as you're supposed to do) but will accept keyboard input if you close the Learning Centre and open the cards program separately. At least this is the case on my PC, and it is no use clicking on the link for technical help as it does not work. There is no technical help.
The six short videos are useful for listening to and analysing French conversation, though I still had to rely on Google language tools for much of the latter. However, some of the vocabulary learning aids such as crosswords and word games were of doubtful value, and again there are technical problems with some of the interactive video exercises. This part of the learning materials also includes a gimmicky word pronunciation meter where you say a word or phrase into a microphone and the program is supposed to analyse what you've said in terms of vowels, fricatives etc and give you a score showing how close your pronunciation is to good French. This is something that only a computer geek would think of as useful, or even possible. I got my best scores when, just for fun, I pronounced the French in broad Scots, Scouse or Cockney accents. This may not say much about my usual French accent but I suspect it says more about the software.
I wish I could give this pack a higher score, but in many ways it is an opportunity missed. Instead of producing a comprehensive learning programme, the publishers have cobbled together some old bits of learning materials(they still use francs in the shopping sequences)and packaged them under the Berlitz brand. However, there is still a lot of useful stuff in there, and over all it is still good value for money - and the pronunciation meter is always worth a laugh.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I love these Berlitz language courses! The flash cards are excellent for building vocabulary and the programme keeps a track of your progress as you learn.
It's a clever little piece of software that is great to dip into or spend an hour so in front of a computer with. You can even put it on your iPod apparently - although I haven't actually tried this yet, but if you want a course that is a comprehensive French language course, then this may fall a little short.
If you're wanting something to dip into before a week away, or want fun trying out French in your spare time, then this is great fun! But if you're serious about learning the language from the bottom up then this may not be everything that you want.
Great fun!
It's a clever little piece of software that is great to dip into or spend an hour so in front of a computer with. You can even put it on your iPod apparently - although I haven't actually tried this yet, but if you want a course that is a comprehensive French language course, then this may fall a little short.
If you're wanting something to dip into before a week away, or want fun trying out French in your spare time, then this is great fun! But if you're serious about learning the language from the bottom up then this may not be everything that you want.
Great fun!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The Berlitz French programme appears to be exactly the same as the one produced under "Transparent Language".
The keyboard has improved, and on my Mac, automatically switches between the French and English keyboards. However, finding key necessary letters such as those with a circumflex, wasn't easy. The other irritating feature is the raft of Americanisms. Whilst the programme does allow you to permanently amend the spelling, it still grated to be told that a cinéma is actually a movie theater, and a jardin is a yard. It would not take much effort to produce a version more suited to the UK market.
The flashcard system is, though, excellent. This version doesn't allow you to build your own flashcards, but with the ability to refresh stale items, it would be enormously useful to those revising for exams.
The premise behind this programme is that the user is "immersed" in the language. That would work better if there were direct hyperlinks to other French resources. Instead, it feels more as if you are trying to learn a language with very little explanation as to how it works. There are explanations available, but presented in a very dry manner. Overall, I would be concerned that this would be a difficult approach for someone not already familiar with the process of learning a different language.
The programme contains 15 lessons, from initial introductions, to business vocabulary, and 6 conversation lessons to complement topics. It's clearly aimed at the adult user, and teenagers may find the topics less interesting. The lessons take the user into the past and future tense, but this is only to a lower intermediate level in terms of being able to use the language.
Some of the activities are good. I did enjoy the pronounciation activies, Some of the others rely heavily on being able to use the French keyboard effectively, and I had some residual problems with the keyboard, in finding how to add some accents.
I'm not convinced that this programme would be a good introduction to the language for a beginner. As a refresher following learning French at school, it does have some good points, notably the Byki flashcard system, and pronounciation practice. But overall, I'd like to see a bit more work on this before I'd feel comfortable in recommending it to friends.
The keyboard has improved, and on my Mac, automatically switches between the French and English keyboards. However, finding key necessary letters such as those with a circumflex, wasn't easy. The other irritating feature is the raft of Americanisms. Whilst the programme does allow you to permanently amend the spelling, it still grated to be told that a cinéma is actually a movie theater, and a jardin is a yard. It would not take much effort to produce a version more suited to the UK market.
The flashcard system is, though, excellent. This version doesn't allow you to build your own flashcards, but with the ability to refresh stale items, it would be enormously useful to those revising for exams.
The premise behind this programme is that the user is "immersed" in the language. That would work better if there were direct hyperlinks to other French resources. Instead, it feels more as if you are trying to learn a language with very little explanation as to how it works. There are explanations available, but presented in a very dry manner. Overall, I would be concerned that this would be a difficult approach for someone not already familiar with the process of learning a different language.
The programme contains 15 lessons, from initial introductions, to business vocabulary, and 6 conversation lessons to complement topics. It's clearly aimed at the adult user, and teenagers may find the topics less interesting. The lessons take the user into the past and future tense, but this is only to a lower intermediate level in terms of being able to use the language.
Some of the activities are good. I did enjoy the pronounciation activies, Some of the others rely heavily on being able to use the French keyboard effectively, and I had some residual problems with the keyboard, in finding how to add some accents.
I'm not convinced that this programme would be a good introduction to the language for a beginner. As a refresher following learning French at school, it does have some good points, notably the Byki flashcard system, and pronounciation practice. But overall, I'd like to see a bit more work on this before I'd feel comfortable in recommending it to friends.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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Repetitive
I installed this on a Windows 7 PC with no issues.
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Tres bien
I've never been great at learning languages and I've never tried this kind of method before either, therefore I can't compare this package to any other of its kind. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mrs. H. L. Little
It's all there, but you have to stick at it!
With many years experience, you would expect a package from Berlitz to be top notch and so it is. One or two small hiccoughs, though: some of the young people in the videos tend... Read more
Published 7 months ago by P. T. Harries
Good vfm for what you get.
So what do you get with this package? A colourful VHS Video sized box, a 206 page "Berlitz Learning System Guide" and then 5 discs: the installation DVD and 4 Audio CDs. Read more
Published 7 months ago by uncle barbar
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This product appears very comprehensive.
It consists of an installation DVD for the PC or Laptop, which contains the complete course plus a supporting book. Read more
It consists of an installation DVD for the PC or Laptop, which contains the complete course plus a supporting book. Read more
Published 7 months ago by playgirl1
A great language course
Having already worked my way through the Chinese version of this course, I was interested to see how it worked for a language I already had some familiarity with. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. Michael Heron
Initial reaction to Berlitz French Premier v. 2
Delivery was prompt. Size of the accompanying instruction book filled me, quite unnecessarily, with apprehension. Actually using the product was easy, fun and rewarding. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. Brian Cummings
Plenty to Do In this Varied Learning Package
I very much like this language package. The packaging, incidentally, is well-designed and well-made, exactly what you need in a product that is going to be used daily (if you are... Read more
Published 8 months ago by J. Pittam
Disappointing
Sadly this is a collection of helpful information, rather than a 'course' as such. It jumps from elementary schoolchildren French to quite in-depth and there is no structure to it... Read more
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