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First released onto the market 2 years ago, Paul's courses have met with huge success: Review of Paul Noble Method by The City Magazine: "Relaxing and listening to the CDs, I found that I seemed to absorb the phrases taught, without even consciously trying, and quickly felt confident enough to play around with the different components and make my own sentences." Reviews by Amazon customers: "This is the most remarkable language course imaginable. I've tried several courses but this is on another planet. It is amazing!!!" "Paul Noble has a very relaxing and informal style to his teaching! I can already tell that my spoken French has improved permanently." "At last, an easy way to learn a language! Easy to understand plus an easy one to pop into the car CD player and use on the move, so no more 'I haven't the time!'" "The language is explained in a simple way and the teacher doesn't use complex grammar terms! For me, though, the absolute best thing about it is that it has allowed me to speak in full, proper sentences in French! A fantastic course and a well deserved 5 stars!" "I am pleased to report that this is really good fun to use because as you listen you are encouraged to CREATE VOCABULARY AND PHRASES FOR YOURSELF out of the bits of structure that you are picking up. Not only is it a completely non-threatening process but it is also entertaining in itself." "For those who love languages but struggle to learn them this is a wonderful resource."
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Review of Paul Noble Method by The City Magazine:
“Relaxing and listening to the CDs, I found that I seemed to absorb the phrases taught, without even consciously trying, and quickly felt confident enough to play around with the different components and make my own sentences.”
Reviews of Collins French with Paul Noble by Amazon customers:
"We both have a basic grasp of the relevant languages but this course is helping to improve our speaking ability better than all the previous attempts we have made. Try it."
"The language is explained in a simple way and the teacher doesn't use complex grammar terms… Instead the teacher more or less just leads you into French so that you find you can more or less start speaking it just a couple of hours in. For me though the absolute best thing about it is that it has allowed me to speak in full, proper sentences in French… A fantastic course and a well deserved 5 stars!"
"At last an easy way to learn a language!
Easy to understand plus an easy one to pop into the car cd player and use on the move, so no more 'I haven't the time… A lot more entertaining than text books and the old fashioned way of learning a different language other than the mother tongue. '"
"Overall, the method being used is superb and I feel it more or less guarantees that someone will be speaking French by the end. This is what has happened to me – and for the first time!"
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80 of 85 people found the following review helpful
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I have been quite a collector of French language courses over the years, and I would place this product at the top. This is an extremely approachable course, and constructed to make it easy to learn the fundamentals of French. Learning is made simple, but indeed never simplistic. The discs are broken down into small lessons, none over 7 or 8 minutes long, some much shorter. Very easy to pick up and put down, with never a sense of losing your place in the scheme of learning. The clever, intuitive style of the course, and the empathic style of speech from the author, with his unique strategies for learning, and constant revision, is quite a delight.
Having just completed the final 2 revision CD's, I was impressed that it just seemed natural for me, and the answers came out correctly and spontaneously. I am impressed by how quickly the course enables the student to talk in quite long sentences. Paul Noble certainly has the unique knack of explaining points of grammar which are so different from any other method I have encountered. This chap knows how to communicate.
100% recommended.
Having just completed the final 2 revision CD's, I was impressed that it just seemed natural for me, and the answers came out correctly and spontaneously. I am impressed by how quickly the course enables the student to talk in quite long sentences. Paul Noble certainly has the unique knack of explaining points of grammar which are so different from any other method I have encountered. This chap knows how to communicate.
100% recommended.
41 of 44 people found the following review helpful
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After having learned French at school, I was left knowing a lot of words, but being unable to use them in a sentence. Paul Noble's style is so different. He introduces words and concepts at a good pace, but gives tips on how to use them, when to use them, and how to make a sentence from the words. By the end of the second CD, he has introduced and reintroduced many of the words, and as he discusses, words are forgotten, that's fine, because he intends to continue to bring them into normal every day language.
And that's where the power of this entire package lies. It's everyday language, that is being developed. Paul will introduce a word or phrase, and then time is given to repeat it, but in French. An example of this, is "I would like to reserve a room for two people, for two nights with breakfast". It's also brilliant to have a native speaker involved to give the answer, and to continually be reminded how to pronounce words properly. One tip I'd suggest is that providing the French sentence, it's always useful to sometimes repeat it along with the French speaker. It's useful because you can detect quite easily when you've mispronounced a word or used the wrong word (such as la when it should be le).
As you begin to work through the package, Paul suggests that if you're finding it a little tough, just go back and replay that section of the CD. Now, I have done this a few times, and it's rather enjoyable being able to retrace some of the work that you've covered.
I use these CD when I'm driving to and from work, so for about 15 minutes twice a day, I'm working through several of the sections of the CD. If the traffic is a little heavy, I'll just repeat the track. But it is quite astonishing just how easy the words, sentence structures and to an extent the pronunciation just simply sinks in. It doesn't take much concentration to follow Paul's instructions, and before long, the sentences are emerging without any problems.
The package is good, because each CD is broken into very manageable chunks of language. Therefore, you can go slowly, or speed up, and generally work at your own pace. I'm always amazed when I reach the end of a CD, and think that didn't take long, but how much I've learned! Because of the style of repetition and using it in a conversational way, words, and how to use them, tend to stay, so when Paul says a sentence in English, I don't need to think about it, translate it, and then try and put the words into a coherent sentence. It just comes out automatically - so that must mean I'm already thinking in French!
An excellent package. Well worth having. I'd recommend it heartily.
And that's where the power of this entire package lies. It's everyday language, that is being developed. Paul will introduce a word or phrase, and then time is given to repeat it, but in French. An example of this, is "I would like to reserve a room for two people, for two nights with breakfast". It's also brilliant to have a native speaker involved to give the answer, and to continually be reminded how to pronounce words properly. One tip I'd suggest is that providing the French sentence, it's always useful to sometimes repeat it along with the French speaker. It's useful because you can detect quite easily when you've mispronounced a word or used the wrong word (such as la when it should be le).
As you begin to work through the package, Paul suggests that if you're finding it a little tough, just go back and replay that section of the CD. Now, I have done this a few times, and it's rather enjoyable being able to retrace some of the work that you've covered.
I use these CD when I'm driving to and from work, so for about 15 minutes twice a day, I'm working through several of the sections of the CD. If the traffic is a little heavy, I'll just repeat the track. But it is quite astonishing just how easy the words, sentence structures and to an extent the pronunciation just simply sinks in. It doesn't take much concentration to follow Paul's instructions, and before long, the sentences are emerging without any problems.
The package is good, because each CD is broken into very manageable chunks of language. Therefore, you can go slowly, or speed up, and generally work at your own pace. I'm always amazed when I reach the end of a CD, and think that didn't take long, but how much I've learned! Because of the style of repetition and using it in a conversational way, words, and how to use them, tend to stay, so when Paul says a sentence in English, I don't need to think about it, translate it, and then try and put the words into a coherent sentence. It just comes out automatically - so that must mean I'm already thinking in French!
An excellent package. Well worth having. I'd recommend it heartily.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I have found ths CD set great, French is not easy to learn but I found this easy to follow with great explaination of how to pronounce the words and tips on rembering them. Well worth the money.
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Excellent to build confidence in the speaking the language
I bought this course to improve my French language skills. I have tried many courses (including the Michel Thomas course). This one is far less scary! Read more
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This product is excellent, I have lived in France for 7 years and althoguh i have lots of words i have struggled to put sentences together. Read more
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So far so good
I'm up to disk 6 and so far, so good. The method involves hearing and speaking, and learning to put together sentences from vocabulary introduced along the way. Read more
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I finally get French!
I thought I would never improve on my Patiserie French and have tried four other cd's. I read the reviews,decided to splash out and no regrets. This is great for car journeys. Read more
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Excellent way to learn french
Excellent method. Pain free way to learn french. Much easier to learn using the CD's than traditional text book style learning.
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Easy start in French
I really enjoyed this course for French. I wanted to relearn French and after looking around at the options this seemed like the best buy. Read more
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What an absolutely fantastic course!
I have struggled with French for years.
I have tried both evening classes and book and CD courses to learn at home with and never learnt anything more than a handful of... Read more
I have tried both evening classes and book and CD courses to learn at home with and never learnt anything more than a handful of... Read more
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Learning with a little difficulty
This style of learning does suit me for my drives down through France. What I do find annoying is that some areas he labours on and others he moves on quite quickly. Read more
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At last a French Language Course that is 100% Crystal Clear!
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I have had this Paul Noble French Course for a few weeks now and am so glad I decided to buy it. Read more
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This is an excellently constructed course. It differs from many others (eg pimsleur or Rosetta Stone) in that it explains many of the complexities of the language. Read more
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