Frans

French course for Dutch speakers

French is a major language. Its influence is growing around the world, particularly in Africa. For English speakers, learning French is fairly straightforward because, despite some grammatical differences, the two languages share many lexical similarities and cultural references.

Our course, based on daily study of parallel dialogues in French and Dutch, is structured around two carefully designed and progressive phases. In the first phase, learners immerse themselves in the language by listening to realistic dialogues and reading the explanatory notes, while checking and confirming their knowledge through a series of short exercises. The second phase, which begins midway through the course, activates those skills and puts them into practice, particularly through translating the dialogues. By practising regularly, learners will acquire a solid grounding in everyday vocabulary and usage, as well as the fundamental rules of grammar. The entire course, comprising around one hundred lessons, takes just a few months to complete. No gimmicks, no exaggerated promises: Assimil helps learners to reach their own goals as quickly and enjoyably as possible.

The recordings include all the texts in French for each lesson and the translation exercises from the book. These progressively more challenging texts have been recorded by professional native speakers. Use the USB stick to download all or part of the recordings on your MP3 player.

• Lively dialogues
• Carefully-constructed progression
• Pronunciation using the recordings