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Title: They don't make it easy.
Review: The material is all over the map -- a little grammer, a little vocabulary, proper nouns, country names, numbers -- perfect for a generation with a short attention span. A French Sesame Street for adults. I found the CDs interesting -- often the vocabulary included words that had not been introduced so it made understanding a real challenge. I have trouble enough hearing the French even when I *know* what the words are.I purchased this text because an alternative language school designated it for beginning French. Interestingly, they barely use it, instead coming in every week with copied material from other sources.A note on the book itself. It is made of very slick paper with a lot of pictures and color graphics (see Sesame Street above) so don't get it wet. I spilled a cup of coffee, and all the pages *instantly* glued themselves together. My book is completely ruined. A total (but not a great) loss.
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