Pimsleur French Level 1 Lessons 1-5

4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars | 6 ratings

Price: 17.29

Last update: 03-24-2025


About this item

The Pimsleur Method: the easiest, fastest way to learn French. Completely portable, easily downloadable, and lots of fun. You’ll be speaking and understanding French in no time flat!

With this newest edition of French 1, we reflect the general trend in France toward casual interaction and have updated vocabulary and structures. What you are learning is neither stilted “textbook” French, nor “street” French, but rather everyday French as spoken in France.

This course includes Lesson 1-5 from the French Level 1 program featuring 2.5 hours of language instruction. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak French.

Reading Lessons begin in Lesson 2 and provide you with an introduction to reading French. A Reading Booklet and a User's Guide are included with your download.

The French Language

French is spoken by 55 million speakers in France, 3 million in Belgium, 1.5 million in Switzerland, 6.5 million in Canada, and 5 million in former French and Belgian colonies. It is an official language in 44 countries and an official language of the United Nations. An estimated 50 million people around the world speak French as a second language.


Top reviews from the United States

  • Brooklyn's Air Force
    5.0 out of 5 stars Works for me--And it has the reading content
    Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2024
    This is an easy way to learn a language while you walk, sleep, or just having it in the background. A review said it did not have the reading content. It does, you need to navigate the Audible content. Click on the title (or the three dots) a table of content opens and you can open, print or save the reading PDF.
  • MC
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Course
    Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2021
    It's a Great course. I am through the first 5 lessons. It's a slow and steady course that is based on spaced repetition. But you can go back and review of you need to. It's actually really good I think. I bought the entire first Level 1 through Audible and found it to be a good choice for me. The audible version has a downloadable and printable PDF file to use when needed. It teaches you piece by piece, bit by bit to help you gain understanding and to help with your accent. I also bought the entire 2nd level as well. amusez-vous à apprendre le français! Have fun learning french! bonne journée Have a nice day!
  • Elisabeth Luff
    1.0 out of 5 stars Don’t buy as an Audible
    Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2019
    I purchased the audible version but part of the lessons were in a book that was not included.

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