FSI French Basic (Now available in a Digital Edition on MP3 and PDF formats!) The course is presented over four levels, so students can choose the level of proficiency they desire or decide when they no longer need assistance. This is a modern course, revised by Monique Cossard and the FSI staff. It follows a format of learning, practice and progress at your own pace, which is standard to these courses. For beginning students, the twenty-four units are designed for a six-month intensive training program of six hours of work per day, plus outside preparation. Each unit presents a situational topic introduced in a dialogue, and usually five grammar points. Each grammar point is preceded by grammar notes which generally are expressed in non-technical terms. Planned in four volumes, the French Basic Course was designed to help students reach a level of proficiency which will enable them to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations. The complete course comes with four books and 101 CDs, and is now available in a Digital Edition on MP3 and PDF formats!
FSI French Levels 1-4 Digital Downloads starting at $85 Download the digital edition (MP3 audio files and PDF text) of French Level 1 and Level 2. And when you buy all four levels, you get one level free compared to single unit pricing! PDF and MP3 Samples of the Digital Courses
Course - Pricing - MP3 and RealAudio Samples Contents of: French 1 | French 2 | French 3 | French 4
Planned in four volumes, the French Basic Course was designed to help students reach a level of proficiency which will enable them to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations. The dialogues, drills, situations and narrations have been recorded on audio unless otherwise indicated in the text.
For beginning students, the twenty-four units are designed for a six-month intensive training program of six hours of work per day, plus outside preparation. Each unit presents a situational topic introduced in a dialogue, and usually five grammar points. Each grammar point is preceded by grammar notes which generally are expressed in non-technical terms.
Other units include materials of the following kinds:
Here is a RealAudio Sample for the French Basic Course. RealAudio is a popular Internet audio format with a free player available for most major operating systems at www.real.com. If nothing happens when you click on the "RealAudio" link, you may need to go to www.real.com and install the player.
Here is an MP3 sample for Level 1 of the CD version of the French Basic Course, a sample for Level 2, and a sample for Level 3. MP3 is a common sound format for the compression of CD quality audio, and there are many freeware and commercial players downloadable from the Internet, including current versions of the Windows Media Player.
FSI French Levels 1-4 Digital Downloads starting at $85 Download the digital edition (MP3 audio files and PDF text) of French Level 1 and Level 2. And when you buy all four levels, you get one level free compared to single unit pricing!
French Basic Course - CD version Level 1 - 19 CDs $239 Level 2 - 29 CDs $269 Level 3 - 29 CDs $269 Level 4 - 24 CDs $269 Levels 1 and 2 on CD $449 All Four Levels on CD $899
French Basic Course - Digital version (MP3 audio files and PDF text format) Level 1 Digital Format CD-ROM $99 Levels 2 through 4 Digital Format CD-ROMs $129 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4