Français Authentique Review: Testing Out Their Courses
Français Authentique
Summary
These audio lessons focus on teaching you authentic French that is used in everyday life. As everything is in French, it is not suited to beginners although it will certainly help intermediate learners gain fluency and improve their comprehension skills. Speaking and writing are not featured much but the listening and reading resources are generally very good. It will help you improve these skills but it is up to you to put in the time to practice the lessons.
Very easy to use with good content. Could maybe vary up the exercises a bit more.
The vocabulary explanations in French are great though this approach means you learn grammar intuitively without any analysis of how it works.
Very authentic and is worth checking out. Not everyone will be a fan of the heavy amount of repetition. Cheaper than a lot of resources.
I Like
- Everything is in French which is great! The complete immersion will help you improve.
- The PDFs accompanying the audio lessons are very useful as you can read them while listening.
- The vocabulary explanations were very clear and serve to clarify the meaning in your mind and give you other ways in which you can use the word or phrase.
- Motivation is key and Johan provides you with clear instructions on how to get the most out of his teaching method.
I Don’t Like
- This method is a bit too repetitive for me. I don’t think I could listen to the audios ten – thirty times as is recommended.
- Speaking and writing takes a backseat. This is because Johan believes that improving your comprehension skills and your vocabulary will eventually lead to speaking and writing coming naturally.
- The audios are clear to listen to, authentic and well done but are not the most riveting things in the world.
- You are supposed to learn intuitively and automatically which explains why there is no in-depth focus on grammar. Not all learners will relate to this approach.
Price
Divided into three bundles of courses that increase in difficulty:
Pack 1 costs 49 euros and contains 4.5 hours of audio. Pack 2 costs 129 euros and includes 17 hours of audio. Pack 3 is 149 euros and includes 14.5 hours of audio as well as 3.75 hours of videos.
All three packs together cost 327 euros and this includes 3.75 hours of video, 36 hours of audio, 355 pages of text and should take you over a year and a half to complete.
For a look at how Francais Authentique is taught and whether it fits your learning style, you can access a week of free lessons on the website.
This course isn’t for beginners – you’ll be completely immersed in French
I had never heard of Francais Authentique prior to writing this review and upon checking out the website I was immediately intrigued as absolutely everything is in French.
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