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French
Introductory Course
Michel Thomas

Learn another language the way you learnt your own

Michel Thomas, 1914–2005
Michel Thomas, the internationally renowned
linguist and language teacher, who was awarded the
Silver Star by the US Army for his bravery in the
Second World War, died of heart failure at his home
in New York on 8th January 2005
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2012 2011 2010
ISBN:
978 0340 78064 0

Introduction
Anyone can learn a
language with
Michel Thomas!

No books, no pens, no
homework, no memorizing –
just sit back and let the most
sought-after language teacher in
the world be your guide
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Photo by Robert Milazzo

The amazing teaching method of
the world’s greatest language teacher,
Michel Thomas, is now available to
everyone, not just the rich and famous
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And they promise a remarkable
educational experience that will
make your learning both
exciting and pleasurable
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His approach gives startling
results within a remarkably short time, all without the need for books,
memorizing, or homework
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The experience of learning a language becomes so exciting
and satisfying that it stimulates self-motivation and builds confidence
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He achieves this by guiding you
through carefully planned sets of exercises that build up your understanding
of the language almost without you realizing it
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What does the Introductory (2-hour) course contain?
In his specially developed course you hear the voice of Michel Thomas as
he leads a class of two students
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Their responses to
Michel Thomas are not scripted and they have received no additional
instruction or preparation – just the guidance from Michel Thomas that you
hear
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This radically different approach means that you will learn a language in
‘real-time’ conditions, that is in the same way that the students on the
recording learn
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Therefore, unlike other
learning methods you may have encountered, you will not be set unrealistic
or unachievable goals
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S
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• Do not write or take any notes
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• Do not try to remember
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It is a basic principle of the Michel Thomas method that the
responsibility for the student’s learning lies with the teacher
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• Interact fully with the recordings
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This is essential
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• Give yourself time to think
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On the recordings their ‘thinking time’
has been cut in order to make full use of the recording time and to give you all
the time you may need (by pushing your pause button)
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Whatever your existing knowledge
of the language you are learning, it is important that you follow the way that
Michel builds up your knowledge of the language
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Mistakes are
part of the learning process; as long as you understand why you made the
mistake and you have the ‘ahaa’ reaction – ‘yes, of course, I understand now’ –
you are doing fine
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The course is structured so that
you cannot go on unless you fully understand everything, so just go back a little
and you will pick up where you left off
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You will notice that this course
is not divided into lessons*; you will always be able to pick up from where you
left off, without the need to review
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These breaks are added purely to help you
locate where you left off, and do not represent any sort of hierarchy in Michel’s method
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Both courses are designed for complete beginners
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They will give the beginner a practical and functional use of the spoken
language
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The Advanced Course follows on from the Foundation Course and expands
on structures touched on in the earlier course to improve your understanding
and mastery of complex language
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You will absorb the vocabulary and grammatical structures and, in addition,
will be introduced to elements of writing and reading
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A knowledge of the language that will
take months of conventional study can be achieved in a matter of hours with
the Michel Thomas Method
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Michel moves quickly between numerous
practice sessions, which all build the learners’ confidence in their ability to
communicate in complex ways
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It offers immersion without strain or stress, and you will find the
recordings are not divided into lessons, though the material has been indexed
for your convenience
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The excitement of learning will motivate you to continue listening and
learning for as long a time as is practical for you
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Who is the Michel Thomas Method for?
Anyone can learn a language with the Michel Thomas Method – and the
wide diversity of his students proves this
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For
example, in 1997, Michel taught French to a group of sixteen-year-olds in
north London who had been told they could never learn a language, and
gave them the ability to use the new language far beyond their expectations
– in just a week
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Whatever your motivation for learning a language, the Michel Thomas
Method quite simply offers the most effective method that is available
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Television and radio programmes via satellite
podcasts, newspapers and magazines (print or on-line) (especially those
which feature interviews) will give you practice in the most current and
idiomatic language
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The Michel Thomas Foundation and Advanced courses follow on from
the Introductory course
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The Michel Thomas Language Builders take the form of a ‘one-to-one’
lecture with Michel Thomas, building on the words and phrases in his
Foundation and Advanced courses
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The much-anticipated Vocabulary courses carry forward the Michel
Thomas teaching tradition and faithfully follow his unique approach to
foreign language learning
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The courses remain faithful to the
method Michel Thomas uses in his earlier courses, with the all-audio and
‘building-block’ approach
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The student
takes part in the audio, following prompts by the presenter, as in Michel
Thomas’ original Foundation and Advanced courses
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See the end of the booklet for details about all these courses
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He was a graduate of the Department of Philology at the
University of Bordeaux, France, and studied psychology at the Sorbonne
(Paris) and at the University of Vienna
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Michel spent most of his childhood in Germany and France
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He spent two brutal
years in French concentration and slave labour camps, constantly threatened
by deportation to German death camps
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His mastery of languages enabled him to adopt many identities (the last
one being ‘Michel Thomas’), and, once France was liberated, allowed him to
join the US Army as an intelligence officer
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As well as recording the horrors of the Holocaust, he was driven
by a personal mission to discover the fate of his own family (he later
discovered that they had all perished in Auschwitz)
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In 1944 Michel was
nominated for the Silver Star medal for his service to the US Army’s 45th

Infantry Division in France
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Michel’s wartime experiences, particularly
his torture by the Gestapo when he
discovered the ability to block out pain,
made him aware of the untapped potential
of the human mind
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Michel
the French Resistance
moved to Los Angeles in 1947, and he set
up a language institute in Beverly Hills
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Now, for the first time, his method has been made widely
available through the publication of these recordings
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Whom did Michel Thomas teach?
People came from all over the world to learn a
foreign language with Michel Thomas – because
his method works
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For example, he taught French
to filmstar Grace Kelly prior to her marriage to
Prince Rainier of Monaco
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• Diplomats, dignitaries and academics: Former U
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Ambassador to France,
Walter Curley; U
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Ambassador to the U
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, Joseph V
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• Executives from the following corporations: AT&T International,
Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Chase Manhattan Bank, American Express,
Merrill Lynch, New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Boeing
Aircraft, General Electric, Westinghouse Electric, Bank of America, Max
Factor, Rand Corporation, Bertelsmann Music Group-RCA, Veuve Clicquot
Inc
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Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 1 Track 1
0:00
Introduction
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Over 60 percent of English vocabulary comes
from French
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Active vocabulary is small: 500–1,500 words
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4:00

possible

possible

4:07

table

table

4:15

comfortable

confortable

4:39

it is / that is

c’est

4:47

the life

la vie

4:52

It is possible
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5:02

It is comfortable
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5:11

good

bon

5:15

It is good
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5:25

very

très

5:28

It is very good
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5:39

It is very comfortable
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5:50

It is probable
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6:20

It is acceptable
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6:28

for me

pour moi

6:34

for

pour

6:40

It is for me
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6:46

for you

pour vous

6:51

It is for you
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7:03

It is very comfortable for me
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7:33

it is not

ce n’est pas

7:46

Not for me, thank you
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7:59

thanks

merci

8:24

It is not for me
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8:40

It is not very comfortable
for me
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Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 1 Track 3
0:00

so-so (lit
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C’est comme ça
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Ce n’est pas comme ça
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Ce n’est pas possible pour moi
comme ça
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Je regrette mais ce n’est pas très
confortable pour moi comme ça
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Je regrette mais ce n’est pas
acceptable pour moi comme ça
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C’est très remarquable
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They have the same spelling and the same meaning
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The stress is always at the end of the word in French
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Ce n’est pas très différent comme ça
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Mais c’est très important pour moi
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It is pronounced as a ‘z’
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3:17

necessary

nécessaire

3:25

It is not necessary for me
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3:36

contrary

contraire

3:39

on the contrary

au contraire

3:53

military

militaire

3:58

vocabulary

vocabulaire

4:32

I would like…

je voudrais…

4:40

to speak

parler

4:55

to speak French

parler français

5:03

I would like to speak French
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5:13

with

avec

5:18

with you

avec vous

5:21

with me

avec moi

5:28

I would like to speak French
with you
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5:41

Will you…? / Will you…,
please? / Do you want…?

Voulez-vous…?

6:08

Will you speak French
with me?

Voulez-vous parler français
avec moi?

6:26

to come

venir

6:42

Will you come with me?

Voulez-vous venir avec moi?

6:57

to eat

manger

7:10

Will you eat?

Voulez-vous manger?

8:11

Will you come eat
with me?

Voulez-vous venir manger
avec moi?

Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 1 Track 5
0:15

to come

venir

0:18

to go

aller

0:27

Will you go eat with me?

Voulez-vous aller manger
avec moi?

0:56

Where?

Où?

1:05

Where do you want to go?

Où voulez-vous aller?

1:48

Where do you want to go eat?

Où voulez-vous aller manger?

2:36

tonight

ce soir

2:52

It is for tonight
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3:06

It is for me
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3:23

Where do you want to go
eat tonight?

Où voulez-vous aller manger
ce soir?

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4:09

to have dinner

dîner

4:16

the dinner

le dîner

4:26

Where do you want to
have dinner tonight?

Où voulez-vous dîner
ce soir?

4:39

Do you want to come have
dinner with me tonight?

Voulez-vous venir dîner avec
moi ce soir?

Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 1 Track 6
0:00

to know

savoir

0:15

I would like to know…

Je voudrais savoir…

0:35

I would like to know where…

Je voudrais savoir où…

0:45

I would like to know where it is
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1:45

How much?

Combien?

1:54

I would like to know how
much it is
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2:09

something

quelque chose

2:16

the thing

la chose

2:20

the same thing

la même chose

2:28

I would like to eat something
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2:45

I would like to eat the
same thing
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3:30

Do you want to eat
something?

Voulez-vous manger quelque
chose?

3:41

Do you want to eat the
same thing?

Voulez-vous manger la
même chose?

3:55

The same thing for me,
please
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4:10

I would like the same thing
for me, please
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Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 1 Track 7
0:00

Words in English ending in -ance and -ence come from French
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They have the same spelling and
the same meaning
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Out of
1,200 there are only three exceptions: translation, explanation, vacation

2:19

translation

traduction

2:32

I would like a translation
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2:56

to do / to make

faire

3:19

Will you make a reservation
for me?

Voulez-vous faire une réservation
pour moi?

3:34

What kind of reservation do
you want to make?

Quelle sorte de réservation
voulez-vous faire?

4:42

Will you make a translation
for me?

Voulez-vous faire une traduction
pour moi?

5:00

explanation

explication

5:10

to give

donner

5:25

Will you give an explanation
for me?

Voulez-vous donner une explication
pour moi?

6:05

vacation

les vacances

6:44

to spend money

dépenser

6:51

to spend time

passer le temps

6:55

to spend the vacation

passer les vacances

7:06

Where do you want to
spend the vacation?

Où voulez-vous passer les
vacances?

7:27

the situation

la situation

7:52

What impression do you
have of the situation?

Quelle impression avez-vous
de la situation?

Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 1 Track 9
0:00

Words in English ending in -ical end in -ique in French
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Ce n’est pas logique mais
c’est très pratique comme ça
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Je voudrais aller en France
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Je voudrais passer les vacances
en France
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4:05

restaurant

restaurant

5:04

It is very small
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5:18

too / too much

trop

5:43

late

tard

5:56

It is very late
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6:05

It is too late
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6:16

It is too much for me
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7:01

big / tall

grand

7:08

He is big
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7:10

She is big/tall
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7:21

She is small
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7:39

fast

vite

7:48

It is very fast
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8:03

It is too fast for me
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Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 2 Track 2
0:00

to speak

parler

0:23

you speak

vous parlez

0:33

You speak too fast for me
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1:01

you go / you are going

vous allez

2:02

You are going too fast for me
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2:24

It is very good
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2:36

so

si

2:40

It is so good
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3:00

if

si

3:04

if it is so good…

si c’est si bon…

3:23

I would like to know if it is
so good
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3:56

Why?

Pourquoi?

4:09

I would like to know why
it is so good
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4:46

I would like to know where
you are going
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5:13

I would like to know where
you are going to have
dinner tonight
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Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 2 Track 3
0:18

port / harbour

port

0:24

airport

aéroport

0:43

the door

la porte

0:51

A consonant at the end of a word which is not followed by an ‘e’ is not pronounced with
the following four exceptions: C, R, F, L – CAREFUL consonants
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2:27

white wine

vin blanc

2:34

a glass

un verre

2:42

a glass of white wine

un verre de vin blanc

2:54

I would like a glass of
white wine
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3:24

bottle

bouteille

3:30

I would like a bottle
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3:43

I would like a bottle of
white wine
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4:15

water

eau

5:25

I would like a glass of water
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5:53

I would like a glass of
mineral water
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6:22

All words in English ending in -al or -el come from French
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C’est très special
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Je voudrais une tasse de café
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Je voudrais manger
quelque chose
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Je voudrais manger la
même chose
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Je voudrais autre chose
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Je voudrais voir
autre chose
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Je voudrais avoir
autre chose
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Je voudrais encore une bouteille
de vin blanc
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Je voudrais encore une
tasse de café
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Je voudrais encore un verre
d’eau minérale
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Ninety percent of
French verbs end in -er
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Verbs are the
backbone of any language
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Je dois parler avec vous
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Je dois savoir où c’est
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Je suis fatigué
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Je suis très fatigué maintenant
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Je suis très occupé maintenant
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Pas pour moi, merci
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Je ne peux pas
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3:50

I am not
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4:02

I am not tired now
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5:05

But I am not very
busy now
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Your guide to the Michel Thomas Method courses
• No books

• No writing

• Just confidence

Introductory course (2 CDs)
• First 2 hours of the Foundation course
• A taster of the Michel Thomas Method
• £14
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French, German, Italian, Spanish
Language Builders (2 CDs)
• Increase word power and learn
colloquial phrases
• Track listing
• £20
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French, German, Italian, Spanish
Vocabulary course (5 CDs)
• Learn 1,000 words – painlessly
– in 6 hours
• Track listing
• £30
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The Michel Thomas Method product range
Introductory course (2 CDs*) £14
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Foundation course (8 CDs) £70
Arabic
ISBN: 978 0340 95727 1
Dutch
ISBN: 978 0340 97169 7
French
ISBN: 978 0340 93891 1
German
ISBN: 978 0340 93892 8
Italian
ISBN: 978 0340 93894 2
Japanese
ISBN: 978 0340 97457 5
Mandarin
ISBN: 978 0340 95726 4
Polish
ISBN: 978 0340 97517 6
Portuguese
ISBN: 978 0340 97167 3
Russian
ISBN: 978 0340 94841 5
Spanish
ISBN: 978 0340 93893 5
Advanced course (4 CDs) £50
Arabic
ISBN: 978 0340 95729 5
Dutch
ISBN: 978 0340 97171 0
French
ISBN: 978 0340 93898 0
German
ISBN: 978 0340 93913 0
Italian
ISBN: 978 0340 93900 0
Japanese
ISBN: 978 0340 97459 9
Mandarin
ISBN: 978 0340 95723 3
Polish
ISBN: 978 0340 97517 6
Portuguese
ISBN: 978 0340 97168 0
Russian
ISBN: 978 0340 94843 9
Spanish
ISBN: 978 0340 93899 7

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The Language Builders take the form of a ‘one-to-one’ lecture with Michel Thomas,
building on the words and phrases in the Foundation and Advanced courses
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Language Builders (2 CDs) £20
French
German
Italian
Spanish

ISBN: 978 0 340 78969 8
ISBN: 978 0 340 78973 5
ISBN: 978 0 340 78975 9
ISBN: 978 0 340 78971 1

The Vocabulary courses carry forward the Michel Thomas Method teaching tradition
and faithfully follow this unique approach to foreign language learning, with the all-audio
and ‘building-block’ approach
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Written by acclaimed
journalist Christopher Robbins, it tells the story of the world’s greatest language teacher
and of how his experience at the hands of the Gestapo fuelled his passion for language
teaching
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99
In The Learning Revolution renowned instructional psychologist Dr Jonathan Solity draws
on professional experience and lengthy discussions with Michel Thomas to explain how
and why the Michel Thomas Method of language teaching works where so many
others fail
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THE TEST OF COURAGE
EAN: 978 0 340 81245 7
£9
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Why are you learning a language?
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