Description
French Short Stories for Beginners
To improve your reading comprehension and become better in creating French sentences, you need to…. READ.
But finding proper materials to read can be frustrating for beginners. Most of what you’ll read are meant for children while the rest could be too difficult for you to enjoy. You will also need to consult a dictionary while you’re reading, and without an audio accompaniment, you will find it difficult to learn the word and how it’s pronounced.
Read and listen to short stories: an enjoyable method to learn French
For beginners, reading and listening to short stories can be a fun and painless way to learn French. Stories which are fit for beginners will introduce you to new vocabulary and sentence structures, while an accompanying audio material will help you with listening comprehension.
By learning this way you will be able to:
Enjoyable stories
Varied vocabulary and sentence structures
Audio for listening practice
Learn French With 15 Short Stories For Beginners
Learn French With Stories for Beginners is a fun way to enjoy reading French while learning new vocabulary and sentence structures.
No Dictionary Needed
Each story is broken down with a French and English glossary to introduce you to the words and phrases you might not understand. This removes any need for any painful back and forth process of continually searching for definitions or translation.
Learn Useful New Vocabulary for Beginners
The book contains 15 stories about the following themes: Family, Months, Days, Numbers, Weather, Introduce yourself, House, Nature, Clothing, Shopping, Visiting/Tourism, Weekend Activities, Daily Routine, Describe yourself, Food, Cooking, Jobs and Occupation, and At the Train Station.
The stories are written using vocabulary that you could easily use in your day-to-day conversations.
Make the vocabulary stick
With the vocabulary list recap at the end of each chapter, you can review what you have read and listened to and make sure that you don’t forget any essential French words.
Diverse grammar structure and vocabulary
The stories are written with a good mix of dialogue and description. Improve your reading comprehension for newspaper articles, but also for French spoken in the street.
Improve your listening skills with the FREE audio!
Practice your listening skills and familiarize yourself with spoken French by listening to the free audio supplement. The 4 hours audio recorded by a French native speaker will also help you improve your pronunciation.
Each story is recorded in 2 different ways:
•A slow version to help beginners improve their pronunciation
•A normal and natural speed for intermediate and advanced learners
Make progress in your French writing skills
After reading each story, we encourage you to write your own summary to reinforce the learning process. You’ll find a sample summary for each story. Write your own and compare it with the summary provided. This exercise is totally optional but recommended as a good way to boost your writing skills.
Recommended for beginner and intermediate level learners of French
The stories are written for new French learners, however, a basic understanding of French would be highly recommended to achieve maximum enjoyment and effectiveness of the lessons. Perfect for anyone who wants to brush up on their French language skills.
Here’s What Our Customers Have to Say
“Okay, here’s why I love this: it’s not just a bunch of useful words and phrases, but the context to keep all those things interesting. As you go from situation to situation you see how people interact with each other, which is great. But it’s so much better than just sitting down and listening to two people speak French with each other. Because there’s audio included, so you can see the words AND listen to them at the same time. And when it’s done (and I often didn’t get it my first time,) I can just do the same lesson again so I master it and really get a feel for the language. It’s like learning to read AND listen to French at the same time.” - John Ashton
“Something I liked very much about this book, is that you can apply what you learn here immediately in practical situations, for example going shopping or taking a train. Besides, the vocabulary that is included at the end of each tale, helps you in getting these words learned quickly.” - Mario
“This book was great! I thought learning would be much more difficult, but this was a fun way to learn basic skills of French, rather than using expensive software or boring textbooks. I highly recommend it!"- Summer Stalley
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John Ashton –
Okay, here’s why I love this: it’s not just a bunch of useful words and phrases, but the context to keep all those things interesting. As you go from situation to situation you see how people interact with each other, which is great.
But it’s so much better than just sitting down and listening to two people speak French with each other. Because there’s audio included, so you can see the words AND listen to them at the same time. And when it’s done (and I often didn’t get it my first time,) I can just do the same lesson again so I master it and really get a feel for the language. It’s like learning to read AND listen to French at the same time.
Mario –
Something I liked very much about this book, is that you can apply what you learn here immediately in practical situations, for example going shopping or taking a train. Besides, the vocabulary that is included at the end of each tale, helps you in getting these words learned quickly
Xavier Miller –
“Right off the bat, I had a good impression of this book due to one reason; the addition of a slow version. The last time I studied French, was in 7th grade. Due to lack of studying, French sounds completely foreign to me right now, so for the authors to go out of their way to add this in, is a huge plus for me. The narrator is very deliberate in his diction which makes it easier for a novice like myself to follow along.
All in all, this was a very good book for someone like me who wanted to dive back in to learning French but isn’t quite ready to go swimming in the deep end of the pool. High-quality book for beginning learners.
Ayanda –
I’ve had French friends for a long while and studied it once when I was younger. I’m also a fan of good stories. The way this book hits the basics allowing me to relearn French is a plus. Its layout design is easy to digest and appealing. And the mixture of English and French helps crutch my way in to having light hearted conversations with my friends from France in their language
Luiz Vitor –
In this first volume are presented the basic dialogues about the day to day, about the family, seasons of the year, going out to make purchases, among others with an excellent didactics. Using a method of listening with a handout to follow vocabulary, these little stories can introduce and fix the basic vocabulary of the language. In addition they provide a slower audio ideal for beginners who do not have the least knowledge of the language.
Maria Anfilatova –
I think its a great book for those people, who want to improve their French. I ordered this book, because i wanted to improve my listening skills. Few years ago i was living a studying French in the south of France, but i have a couple of years with minimum practice. This book was really helpful, because it helps me with a pronunciation. Everyone who have learned French before knows that a pronunciaction sometimes are very dirrerent from the writing French, so it is very important to practice pronunciation , if you want to know that french people are talking about)
The most i liked is that there are an option of the slow pronuncination, glossary recaps.
I like this book) Definitely recommended)
mashka-anfi –
I think its a great book for those people, who want to improve their French. I ordered this book, because i wanted to improve my listening skills. Few years ago i was living a studying French in the south of France, but i have a couple of years with minimum practice. This book was really helpful, because it helps me with a pronunciation. Everyone who have learned French before knows that a pronunciaction sometimes are very dirrerent from the writing French, so it is very important to practice pronunciation , if you want to know that french people are talking about)
The most i liked is that there are an option of the slow pronuncination, glossary recaps.
I like this book) Definitely recommended)
Leonardo Hernández –
Pretty useful book as a complementary to French classes or beginners in the language.
leo007_254 –
Pretty useful book as a complementary to French classes or beginners in the language
carlosferro –
Great book to learn new words.
Amir –
The audio was great, really enjoyed and this audio made me remember the things that I forgot about the French word so this audio was a refreshment. I really recommend buying the My French Routine Volume 2.
ecem1346 –
During my Erasmus I had 4 French friends and when they speak French I remember how they amazed me. And couple weeks ago I was in Brussels and I saw many people who speaks French. Then I decide to how much I want to learn French. When I try to learn a new language I always start with listening some musics, watching movies or dramas and try to getting used with that language. And thats why these stories good for me. Its good that you can also learn new vacobualry. You don´t have to look at the dictionary all the time. And its also good that you have also audio for improving your pronunciation. Also I like how the design of this book is clear and simple. It doesn´t bother my eyes.
lb.mineo –
I realy liked how this book can adapt to all kinds of routines: you can choose to listen to the audios whether on slow or normal speed, taking your time in each lessons depending on your free time (which was very helpful to me).