Why I buy this one ?
- Improved user interface; audio CD, plus free headset and microphone included
- Complete and extensive French software with up to 850 hours of learning
- 4 levels including complete beginner, beginner, intermediate, and advanced
- 4,500 exercises and 37 types of activities broken down into 6 workshops
- Covers reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and culture

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What our customer's say!

"Excellent product when you get it figured out....", I almost did not get this product after reading some of the reviews, but Rosetta Stone was boring and did noting for me. So, I gave this a try. I agree with the reviewers who say the documentation is weak. It does jump right in and can be discouraging at first. But, once I figured out how to use it, it is great. I love the way it leads you to the grammer, pronouncation and translations. I am going to have fits with verbs, but that's me.

I have finished about half of "Complete Beginner" and actually feel I have it down. The various learning modules really help in and out of context. Hearing a word or phrase and having to type it out is the toughest, and most helpful, drill I have come across. The ablility to practice pronouncing words and phrases with feedback have me speaking well enough to be understood by a lovely french lady I happen to know.

I recommend this product, as it is working for me. Just take your time when starting out, press "translation" to see the english portion, and click on "words" to get any word to practice it alone. It slowly builds understanding and usage at a comfortable pace. One more note. Do not get overwhelmed when looking at grammer/verbs. It gives a complete explanation and can be too much at once. Just get the part you need and move on. I promise you, you will be visiting this section a lot, over and over (at least I do). I still hate irregular verbs in any language.

"Great French program", I had purchased the TELL ME MORE Spanish product and really liked it. The diversity of the activities really kept me interested and motivated. I found it more useful than any other resources I used: audio CDs, books...I am going to France for a business trip this year and wanted to learn it before going there, to be able to have conversations there. The dialogues are great as I can practice that.

"Has potential but lacks many things", This product has potential such as the ability to practice pronounciation on any word in the program's vocabulary. There are also some fun exercises to play with. However, that is the extent of what is good. The negative items include:

1 - The product manual is very lacking and non-helpful.

2 - The so-called tech support does not answer their phone, and I am still waiting for e-mail replies.

3 - Some of the product features are not on any of the menus. I am an advanced software professional, and I could not even find some of the features it lists on the box - even after two full hours of searching.

4 - The included CD's are not labeled to know which practice and vocab topics are on each CD. I had to insert each one in and write down the menu choices for the topics. It only displays the ones that are on the CD currently in the drive.

5 - Their web site has incomplete pages and lacks any support forum or knowledge base. It does have a FAQ page, but it is less informative than the useless product manual.

6 - The program requires the CD's to be available for it to run properly, which is unrealistic for travelling abroad. Their web site actually addressed this and claims that it is impossible to make it fully install on the hard drive (more like they don't know how to do it).

Overall, save your money. If this was less than $100, then maybe it might be worth the pronounciation features. But for it's current price tag, it is a major disappointment.

"Terrible. Save Your Money.", Absolutely useless for the beginner. Totally confusing. It assumes a knowledge of French even at the outset. A ridiculous waste of money.

"Best I have found to date!", I was fortunate to learn french in France over a two year period in Strasbourg. One of the biggest concerns I had leaving was I would lose all the French I had learned. I was a little skeptical at first when the representative from Auralog promised that I could actually improve my French while living in the U.S., but I am happy to say that it is true! I have been using this product for the last 4 months and have never been happier. After a recent visit to Geneva I can tell you that I actually improved my French while living in the United States. Tell Me More fills in the biggest gap in learning any language: oral production. Even while in one of the best language schools in Strasbourg I rarely had the opportunity to speak. Tell Me More addresses it through their voice recognition software which measures your speech compared to a native speaker. The modules are varied and can be customized to your level and needs. What I really like about the program is its variety and the fact you can follow the program at your own pace. If you want my 2 cents (and I did a lot of research in this area), this is flat out the best language program out there!