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Michel Thomas Method: French Vocabulary Course (Michel Thomas Series) [Audiobook] (Audio CD)

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  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: Hodder Arnold (25 May 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340939826
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340939826
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13.8 x 5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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"Ideal for any business traveller who needs to be able to get around confidently." (Sunday Business )

"A great way to learn; it's fast and it lasts". (The Daily Telegraph )

"Five minutes into the first CD, you already feel like you're winning." (Time Out )

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"Moving along at a relaxed, slow pace, punctuated by amusing anecdotes and jokes from the teacher, the new words, phrases and language rules are gently introduced and reinforced through subtle repetition without ever being tedious. In fact, despite a distinct emphasis on non-work, the course proves very effective and enjoyable, and its format is ideal for learning anywhere you like. So, if you only want to learn to speak the language, this course is highly recommended."

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Learn another language the way you learnt your own! As a child, you learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn French vocabulary in the same way.

• Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas
• This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your French in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out the answers for yourself.
• You learn through listening and speaking – the way you learnt as a child.
• You then pick up the language naturally and unforgettably.

This NEW Vocabulary Course builds on the Foundation and Advanced Courses to increase the number and range of words you will be able to use. Rose Lee Hayden, Michel Thomas’s most trusted teacher, shares her first-hand insights with the author, Hélène Lewis, who teaches French at Bournemouth University, to give you over 1,000 words in a unique and memorable way. The presenter is joined by two native speakers to make sure your pronunciation is perfect, while a booklet shows you the written language.

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50 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A little less presentation, please, 31 Jul 2007
By Rhythmvox (Surrey, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Michel Thomas Method: Spanish Vocabulary Course (Michel Thomas Series) (Audio CD)
The classic format of the Michel Thomas Spanish series, as represented by the Foundation and Advanced courses, is `live' lessons given to real students. This works for as long as the students' abilities exceed or match your own. Repeated plays of someone else's mistakes will eventually wear anyone down. This does not detract from the quality of the courses: proper use of the CDs will ensure a sound and solid grounding in the language.

The series also includes 'Review' and 'Language Builder' editions. The Review courses are edited versions of the relevant original course, while Language Builder expands on vocabulary and colloquial knowledge. The common factor in these deviations is they feature Michel Thomas alone, talking directly to you, the only student. One-on-one is generally deemed the most effective way of teaching and these courses are no exception: the lack of distraction is a welcome contrast to the Foundation and Advanced courses.

The format in this latest edition is different again: two native speakers replace the students - a great improvement on a good idea - while Rose Lee Hayden takes the role of the great man. One strives to be objective, but from a personal angle, this is where it all starts to come apart.

Even with the conversational possibilities inherent with two students live in a studio, Michel Thomas very rarely strayed from the business of teaching the language and certainly never descended into small talk, all the time keeping a coherent path and displaying impeccable manners, even when his patience was being tested. Rose Lee however, despite only having the microphone for company, takes every opportunity to inject a 'personality' into proceedings, which as the template demonstrates, is utterly unnecessary. Over time and with repeated plays, this constant eager sincerity can become very irritating indeed.

The sort of thing that happens is: you're invited to speak an answer; you respond and get it right. Your teacher says "Right!". Do you feel encouraged? Bear in mind you are conversing with a CD. You try answering another, but maybe this time you get it wrong. Don't worry, because teacher excitedly shouts "Good for you!!!" and never fails to respond positively to every answer. It becomes hard to know which is the most annoying: being congratulated for getting it right or for getting it wrong.
You try hard to resist the invitation to answer back, but then you notice yet another sentence beginning with "As Michel Thomas told us..." - OK, no big deal, she's just pushing the brand, but more than once you will hear Rose Lee claim that she just knows how good your Spanish is (how?) and that you should feel free to go back and check out the Michel Thomas courses and a whole lot other stuff you already know, until it gets really crazy and it sounds like she's being equally patronising to the native speakers, saying "Yes!" or "Right!" every time they chip in with their idea of how it's said, so that in the end, your challenge becomes how to find a way of stopping yourself shouting at your CD machine - "For the love of god, wouldya please just cut the cra p and get on with some godda m Spanish!!!".

Did I mention that Rose Lee speaks in a very broad American accent? Do you think that could be part of the problem?

Obviously, this is a very subjective review and it should perhaps be emphasised that there is no intention to put anyone off the idea of buying this set of CDs, though if you're already a Michel Thomas fan, that's hardly likely anyway. It's great value for money and despite some other minor inconsistencies, a worthy addition to the series, containing a mass of excellent material that will help any diligent student improve their Spanish.

The thing is, they may have to work for it. If you are comfortable in the role of small schoolchild, grab it with both hands. Others of a less malleable nature, be sure to take my tip - practise deep breathing exercises before and after each session and you'll get through.
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107 of 117 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic Conclusion to The Spanish Series, 28 May 2007
By Languagelover (Manchester, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Michel Thomas Method: Spanish Vocabulary Course (Michel Thomas Series) (Audio CD)
This vocabulary course builds on the structure that Michel Thomas laid down in his foundation and advanced courses.

Sadly, Michel passed away in 2005, so this course has been written by a long-standing teacher in his language school, Dr Rose Lee Haydon.

For anyone thinking of purchasing this I've made a summary below of what you can expect to cover. I think it will be of interest to those who are beginners or intermediate students or anyone want to brush up on rusty Spanish skills.

The course is very much based on cognates to give a large vocabulary (about 2 CD's worth). In all over 1,000 words are taught on the five CD's.

The next couple of CD's go through Verbs in the tenses covered in Michel's courses.

Some of the verbs covered (in Spanish) are

To avoid
To tempt
To use
To invent
To mention
To form
To spend

Should
To shout
To earn
To invite
To Justify
To dine
To inspire
To admire
To install
To adore
To consider
To acuse
To inspire
to Classify
To study
To console
To administer
To negociate
to clean
To call
To look at
To lend
To kiss
To touch
To attack
To drink
To learn
To understand
To answer
To write

Reflexive Verbs (a whole assortment)

To promise
To be able
To fit in to
To rain
To offer
To protect oneself
To defend oneself
To sell
To be worth
To fear
To cough
To believe
To grow
To recognise
To place
To admit
To insist on
To invade
To omit
To decide
To suffer
To recieve
To cover
To describe
To open
To flee
To permit
To prohibit
To attend
To say
To go out
To sleep
to destroy
To translate
To produce
to climb up
To go out
To lose
To deny
To think
To close

Irregular verbs

Expressions that trigger the subjunctive

The last couple of CD's cover everyday expressions particularly those using hacer and tener and questioning words.

Clarification when to use por and para and Ser/Estar

Making comparisons

Using opposite meanings to build vocabulary eg. Good and Bad, Pretty and Ugly etc

Much of this was familar to me, but the course is a great reminder of the shortcuts for creating your own vocabulary and manipulating verb tenses. I also liked the fact that a model for pronunciation is given by a native speaker from Spain (a woman) and a male speaker from Latin America. So this course will be good for anyone planning on going to any Spanish speaking country who wants to practice the correct pronunciation for their destination.

Rose Lee Haydon is superb (to my ears she has an excellent Spanish accent), she is also very encouraging, I did miss Michel's voice but his legacy is obviously in good hands. A recommendation to buy.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful course, 18 Jun 2007
This review is from: Michel Thomas Method: German Vocabulary Course (Michel Thomas Series) (Audio CD)
I have just finished this and it really has been a wonderful course. I have done both the foundation and advanced and this course follows on very well from them. It rounds off a lot of the areas that were begun in the other two courses. I can agree with the other reviewer though that I only hope a review course comes out soon. It would make this course even better. Still five stars though, because it really does give you a massive number of words and covers a great deal of grammar in just a few hours.
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2.0 out of 5 stars the woman is irritating
I have the utmost respect for Michel Thomas' teaching methods, however, I find the woman so profoundly irritating, I can hardly concentrate on the subject matter. Read more
Published 16 days ago by Lilly

3.0 out of 5 stars Worthwhile - but extremely irritating
I've been a huge fan of Michel Thomas for years and would recommend any of his CD audio courses to anyone wanting to learn Spanish, Italian, French or German. Read more
Published 9 months ago by johnny t99

2.0 out of 5 stars Not worthy of the Michel Thomas brand
I'm a massive advocate of Michel Thomas's work. I'm constantly recommending his courses to my friends for their ease of use, simplicity and the positive feeling you get from... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Matt S

5.0 out of 5 stars Michel Thomas Spanish vocabulary course
I completed the various Michel Thomas Spanish courses and it is only natural to compare the vocabulary courses of his various "disciples" (in this case Dr Rose Lee Hayden) with... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mr. J. D. Melville-smith

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent addition to the series.
I have completed the French Foundation, Advanced and Language Builder courses and found them excellent. Read more
Published 13 months ago by John S

3.0 out of 5 stars Haydenised Spanish.
This vocabulary course was a big disappointment to me after the excellent Michel Thomas CDs. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mr. John F. Mead

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Practice Course
I think Rose Lee Hayden does a fantastic job bravely stepping into the void left by Michel Thomas. Rather than just vocabulary - which is often taught most bizarely and... Read more
Published 18 months ago by M. T. Belton

1.0 out of 5 stars Awful Woman.
I am of a like mind with Rhythmvox (see above) but I have a lower tolerance threshold. This presentation is absolutely awful. Read more
Published 19 months ago by sammy devine

2.0 out of 5 stars Sorry to give a negative review on the course of Michel Thomas...
Based on my rather positive experience in using other French courses of Michel Thomas (especially the `Language Builder'), I spontaneously expected a lot from this new course when... Read more
Published 20 months ago by book maniac

1.0 out of 5 stars There's no such thing as a bad student only a bad teacher!
...was one of the things Michel Thomas said...and how true...

I agree, that if Michel were alive today he would be up in arms over hearing this, then again if he were... Read more
Published 21 months ago by S. W. Stretch

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